Jobs at UN-Habitat

Responsibilities

• The Project individual contractor will assist the work of the Urban Mobility Team in the Urban Basic Services Section by providing the following:
• Support capacity building efforts in the fields of sustainable mobility with a focus on spatial analysis and mapping;
• Support monitoring and tracking of the impact of the projects of the urban mobility team;
• Support the digitization, data collection, analysis and development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans incl. the creation of land use/ transport network plans, transport modelling, accessibility analysis etc; - Support the review and drafting of mobility related policies and strategies;
• Support research and development of knowledge products with a focus on sustainable, inclusive and low carbon urban mobility;
• Support the analysis of trends on emerging topics in the field of sustainable urban mobility; among others.

Qualifications/special skills

• High School Diploma is required. A university degree in urban development, geoinformatics or spatial analysis related issues is an added advantage. •
• One (1) year working experience in the field of sustainability, international affairs or urban development is required.
• An understanding of urban planning, geoinformatics and spatial data analytics is required.
• Good interpersonal skills, previous exposure to cross cultural environments is advantageous.
• Ability to work well in a team whilst also having the capacity and initiative to work independently is required.
• At least 6 months working experience in the field of sustainability, spatial analysis and geoinformatics, or urban development is required.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills. The ability to draft a wide selection of written communication and to articulate ideas in a clear and concise manner.
• Research skills are an asset.
• Ability to work well in a team whilst also having the capacity and initiative to work independently is required.
• UN experience required.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• The consultant will work under the overall leadership of the UNITAC Hamburg Programme Management Officer, and closely coordinate with the UNITAC Hamburg team and partner entities. He/She will perform the following: •
• Convert the prototype into a product
•  Develop a comprehensive product plan
• Create detailed technical documentation including system architecture
• Deployment and distribution of tool o Publish source code
• Create user manuals and system administrator guides
• Support adoption of Digital Job Card by local towns in Namibia
• Create demonstration materials highlighting key features, benefits and case studies
• Prepare for and attend Product Launch
• Provide technical support and feedback to the UNITAC project team
• Participate in regular progress reviews and technical meetings
• Document technical challenges and solutions
• Establish key performance indicators to measure adoption the consultant will work under the overall leadership of the UNITAC Hamburg Programme Management Officer, and closely coordinate with the UNITAC Hamburg team and partner entities

Qualifications/special skills

• Bachelor's degree, in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a directly related field is required.
• A minimum of four years of experience in implementing open data management/ platforms and (geospatial) data standards (e.g., OGC) with a focus on the data collection and transformation side of the process is required.
• Previous involvement in data collection from either on-site sources (e.g., sensor data and surveys) or REST APIs, web scraping, and other third-party partners is desirable.
• Experience in ETL process: data extraction, orchestrating data pipelines, and data transformation using Apache Airflow (other data orchestration tools would be an advantage.
• Previous experience with applied statistics, machine learning algorithms (classification, prediction, and deep learning methods), and at least one machine learning tool (e.g., TensorFlow, Pytorch, or Keras) is desirable