Current Opportunities at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Urban Lab Mesoamerica Hub Coordinator, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties:  

• Provide technical expertise and input in urban design proposals and urban planning projects.  Develop analysis, collection, interpretation and representation of data and spatial analysis.  
• Produce desk and field research on topics related to urban planning projects.  
• Elaborate project proposals on urban planning and urban regeneration.  
• Advice and implement participatory processes in the scope of urban planning projects.  
• Advise and develop materials for events, outreach, communications, capacity building sessions and workshops.  Develop graphic materials and publications.  
• Draft progress reports regarding the implementation of projects, including documentation, knowledge management, advocacy and outreach.

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic Qualification: First Level university degree in geography, urban planning, architecture, urban development, or a related field is required.  
• Work Experience: At least 7 years of relevant work experience in the field of urban and territorial planning is required.

Languages

• Fluency in oral and written English and Spanish are required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

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Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Urban Lab Mesoamerica Hub Coordinator, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties:  

• Provide technical expertise and input in climate change and urban planning projects;  
• Develop analysis, collection, interpretation and representation of data and spatial analysis;  
• Produce desk and field research on topics related to climate change projects;  
• Elaborate project proposals  
• Advice and implement participatory processes in the scope of climate change projects;  
• Advise and develop materials for events, outreach, communications, capacity building sessions and workshops;  Develop normative materials and publications;  
• Draft progress reports regarding the implementation of projects, including documentation, knowledge management, advocacy and outreach.

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic Qualifications: First Level university degree in geography, environmental engineering, geography, urban planning, climate change, or a related field is required.   Work Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of urban and territorial planning is required.

Languages

• Fluency in oral and written English and Spanish are required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

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Duties and Responsibilities  

• The main objective of this consultancy is to test, consolidate feedback, and lead the validation of the Water and Sanitation and Wastewater Management Diagnostic Tool under the Urban Basic Services Section in collaboration with the SDG Cities Flagship Programme. 
• The water and sanitation and wastewater management institutional capacity diagnostic tool is being finalized hence the need for an expert to progress the testing and piloting. 
• In addition to the development of the water and sanitation and wastewater management institutional capacity diagnostic tool, the consultancy will also deliver a city-utility joint Urban sanitation service masterplan guide for integrated citywide sanitation planning by urban planning and sanitation practitioners.  

Part One of the consultancy:  

• Conduct an introduction workshop for the tool in a number of cities to help review and adjust the questions, aligning them to the various city contexts.  
• Work with selected 5-8 cities and Sanitation and Water Operator’s Partnerships (SWOPs) through the support of Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance (GWOPA) to test the adjusted tool by supporting the cities to organize 5-10 government officials or relevant civil society to answer questions in the digital system.   
• Upon generation of the reports, review, modify and present the final report to the SDG Cities Programme and WASH team members.  Conduct city-level workshops to validate the reports, agree on recommendations and develop plan of action for the cities.  onduct trainings / webinar series based on the resulting plans of actions to share on how cities can enhance their capacities for water and sanitation services provision and enhancement.  
• Update the tool based on the experience learned and provide the final report.  

Part Two of the consultancy:  

• Develop city-utility joint urban sanitation service masterplan guideline.   
• Organize peer-reviewing of the city-utility joint urban sanitation service masterplan guideline.  
• Organise a stakeholders’ validation workshop to discuss and validate the city-utility joint urban sanitation service masterplan guideline.   
• Review, finalize and present the final city-utility joint Urban sanitation service masterplan guideline for piloting, publishing, and dissemination.  
• The incumbent will work under the overall supervision of the Head, Water and Sanitation Unit and Human Settlements Officer in the Urban Basic Service Section.   
• He / She will collaborate and provide support to personnel of the Section, as well as the counterparts in the regional and multi-country offices.

Qualifications/special skills

• A first-level university degree in sustainable development, Civil/Water/Sanitary/Public Health Engineering, Urban Infrastructure Institution and Regulations and Planning, Environmental studies, education or related area in the water and sanitation sector with a minimum of seven (7) years’ experience; or an Advanced Degree (Masters or higher) with a minimum of 5 years experience is required.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For the post advertised, proficiency in spoken and written English is required