Urban Pathways: Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services at UN-Habitat

Responsibilities include:

• Carrying out a review of existing road safety policies in selected African countries and propose a set of well proven policies, strategies and suggestions in terms of best practices with positive impacts on vulnerable road users in terms of road safety and climate change.
• Conduct analysis of road safety assessment methodologies and traffic management systems and contribute to the formulation of demonstration plans for improving road safety in selected African countries.
• Developing a Technical Guide on "How to promote Road Safety and Climate Friendly transport in African cities".
• Reviewing post-crash care management policies and practices in selected African countries to identify gaps and challenges and recommend appropriate policy interventions to address the challenges.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement activities including meetings, record keeping, data collection and other tasks as required for the smooth undertaking of the tasks above.

Reporting

The Consultant will prepare a proposed work schedule for the contract period. The consultant will work under the overall management of the Chief, Urban Basic Services Section, reporting to the Programme Management Officer in Urban Mobility - and all other Project team members.

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Urban, Regional or Transport Planning, Economics, Sustainable Transport, Sustainable Development, Traffic/Road safety Engineering, Public Health, or related field is required.

Experience:

• 2 years of relevant experience in collecting and researching data across areas of policy analysis, transport and mobility, road safety, road user behaviour is required. Working experience in developing countries is an advantage;