Jobs at UN-Habitat

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide planning and design inputs to ongoing planning initiatives, including citywide and site-specific assessments
• Develop clear design proposals, drawings and related reports for partner cities
• Review of technical work prepared by local planners
• Develop critical analysis of existing planning documents and instruments
• Develop learning materials for the section
• Facilitate training of trainings and community participation workshops
• Support in layout and design of key publications for the Agency.

Qualifications/special skills

• Eduaction; University degree in Architecture or Urban Planning, or related field that is relevant for sustainable urban development and urban health.
• Working Experience; 2 years’ experience in urban planning and design with direct proven experience in drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer assisted design tools. Strong graphic representation skills required.

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the overall supervision of the Programme Management Officer, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties:
• Support the Young Gamechangers Initiative Globally and in the pilot cities;
• Provide urban health inputs to ongoing and future projects;
• Draft project proposals for new programme implementation;
• Contribute to resource mobilisation and grant application.;
• Seek out new partnerships and collaborations;
• Develop urban health normative documents;
• Provide critical analysis of existing urban health documents and instruments;
• Provide inputs to guides, policy briefs and normative outputs;
• Provide urban health inputs into PFES publications and documents;
• Mainstream urban health throughout the Planning Finance Economy Section and UN-Habitat; and Attend meetings, missions and conferences within and outside UN-Habitat on behalf of the Urban Health team and Planning Finance Economy Section.

Qualifications/special skills

• Education; University degree in public health, environmental studies, medicine, sustainable development, urban planning, or related fields relevant to urban development and urban health is required.
• Working Experience; A minimum of 2 years of experience in project management and coordination in public health, global health, urban health, sustainable development, clinical practice, health systems management, urban policy, environmental health science, or research.
• Experience in research related to the urban environment and/or sustainability and the use of evidence-based knowledge for programmed development is required.
• Experience in writing reports, documents and correspondence is required