Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Urban Lab and the direct supervision of the Programme Manager, in coordination with the UN-Habitat Regional Offices and in close collaboration with UN-Habitat thematic Sections, the incumbent of the post will have to fulfil the following duties and responsibilities:
Provide technical expertise in relation to the Naryn project in Kyrgyzstan by developing a city profile, strategic plan documents and urban design proposals in selected areas.
Research and compile best practices related to environmental and socio-economic resilience to inform the strategic plan and urban design proposals in Naryn.
Contribute to the development of Capital Investment Planning methodology for Naryn in relation to the strategic plan proposals.
Develop training material and capacity reinforcement activities and deliver workshops/training in relation to the project deliverables and applied methodologies.
Provide technical expertise in relation to the normative production of the Urban Lab, including My Neighbourhood, Evidence-based Urban Planning and Spatially informed Capital Investment Planning.
Provide technical expertise in relation to sustainable urban and regional development for Urban Lab projects.
Advise and work with the Urban Lab team to analyse, collect, compile and interpret data to guide and inform the urban planning and design projects.
Support and contribute to the development of methodologies and guidelines to be tested and implemented in the Urban Lab projects.
Develop planning analytic and diagnostic maps, drawings and related reports for partner cities.
Develop clear planning proposals, drawings and related reports for partner cities.
Develop and organise participatory, multi-stakeholder processes tailor-made for the projects in a specific context.
Provide input to Urban Lab and PFES documents and publications.
Support the technical development of country proposals and development frameworks.
Contribute to the development of the Urban Lab and PFES project portfolio on urban planning and design.
Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualification:
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Urban Development and Planning, or a related field. A first-level university degree, in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience:
At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of sustainable development and spatial analysis (and/or related fields) with direct proven experience in drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer-assisted design tools, with special attention to data management and processing with GIS software is required
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this advertised position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
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