Urban Resilience Programme Specialist at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the overall supervision of the Senior Human Settlements Officer and the Human Settlements Officer at the Regional Office for Africa (ROAf), UN-Habitat, in collaboration with ROAf staff and other local staff assigned to the project, the consultant will support ROAf in carrying out the duties and responsibilities listed below:
• Under the project ‘Building urban climate resilience in south-eastern Africa’:
• Preparations for the third regional workshop – including the Project Steering Committee meeting and the DiMSUR Executive Board meeting – to be held in Quarter 4 of 2023 in collaboration with DiMSUR and Oxfam, including drafting content for specific sessions, organization of the agenda, invitations.
• Drafting of the revised Project Performance Report (PPR) and checklist after the first round of comments received by the Adaptation Fund related to the third year of activities including the direct provision of inputs and coordination of the process for the retrieval of information and progress reports from all the Executing Entities.
• As part of the resource mobilization team, contribute to the drafting of concept notes, project proposals, and all necessary material to scale-up the project contributing to its sustainability.
• Under the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Africa’s portfolio of work on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and urban resilience:
• Drafting of the CityRAP trainer’s manual in collaboration with other expert trainer colleagues as appropriate.
• Development of proposals for a regional project for the African SIDS (Small Islands Development States), based on the existing donor analysis and research on the latest findings on SIDS climate financing and sustainable development through the most recent literature review and main key messages coming from global conventions such as COP27.

Qualifications/special skills

• Master’s degree in urban planning/ design, architecture, environmental studies, sustainable development or equivalent is required.
• Minimum 7 years international working experience in architecture, graphic design, project management or related fields is required.
• Familiarity with the concepts of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and urban resilience.
• Previous working experience in Southern Africa is an asset.

Skills:

• Ability to work in team and individually with a high degree of responsibility, often under pressure is required.
• Capacity in research and information analysis.
• Good communication and writing skills.

Languages

• English and French are the official working languages of the United Nations. Proficiency in oral and written English language is required. Some knowledge of Portuguese is an asset.