Research and Policy Consultant for World Urban Forum 12 at UN-Habitat

Duties and responsibilities

The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the Director of ERSKID, and will be responsible for the following duties:

• Technical support and inputs to the internal WUF Task Force headed by the Executive Director and constituted of all UN-Habitat Divisions
• Research and drafting of background papers on selected themes of the WUF including on housing, smart cities and climate change
• Compilation and analytics of data in support of the preparation of substantive sessions at WUF12
• Substantive and coordination support for the organization of the main Dialogue session of the WUF overseen by the Director of ERSKID
• Coordination support with relevant partners and stakeholders for the organization of WUF
• Substantive organization and coordination of the launch of the World Cities Report at WUF
• Coordination and substantive support on ERSKID’s engagement with the Office of the Executive Director on WUF 12
• Substantive inputs on other corporate processes related to WUF including UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2026-2029; Summit of the Future and UN-Habitat’s intergovernmental bodies
• Substantive support for the impact strategy and monitoring of WUF 12 before, during and after the session
• Substantive support and coordination towards the preparations of WUF 13 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, public administration, economics, urban planning, social science or a related field is required. A first university degree with a combination of two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree. Five years of varied experiences with international organizations and/or significant previous background in institutional environment of development cooperation (NGOs, UN system, multilateral cooperation, etc.) is required.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of one or more official languages will be an advantage.

Deadline : Mar 22, 2024