Urban Resilience Specialist for Sahel Resilience Project at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the overall supervision of the Human Settlements Officer (HSO) in the Regional Office for Africa, and in close collaboration with the Technical Leading Team (TLT) of the project and the National Project Manager in Comoros, the Urban Resilience Specialist will be responsible of providing substantive and administrative contribution to regional work on the Central Sahel, the African regional component of the DA project on SIDS and the country programme in Comoros. Within the Regional Office for Africa, he/she will have to support in:
• Contributing training on writing bankable projects and disseminating the Resilience Framework for Action with purpose of resource mobilization in seven (07) cities under Sahel Urban Resilience project (under Outcome 2 of Sahel project).
• Contribute technical assistance for the implementation of the CityRAP tool in Comoros under the SEA Climate Urban Resilience Project.
• Contributing technical expertise to the further development of material for the CityRAP tool.
• Contributing to the DA15 project in Senegal, Burkina Faso and other French-Speaking LCDs “Harnessing urbanization for a more resilient, inclusive and green recovery in French-speaking Least Developed Countries”.
• Providing technical inputs to the delivery of the African regional and pilot components of the project “Strengthened Capacities of African, Caribbean and Pacific SIDS for Green, Resilient and Pro-poor Pandemic Recovery”.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of capacity building activities for the different activities of the UN-Habitat portfolio in Comoros.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Urban Planning/Design, Architecture, Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development or Development Studies, International Relations and/ or other relevant discipline with a focus on human settlements equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 2 years of working experience in Urban Planning, Architecture, Graphic Design, Project Management, or related fields at international level is required.
• Familiarity with the concepts of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and urban resilience, and a demonstrable understanding of urban development processes, urban planning, urban social issues, urban policy analysis is required.
• Good understanding and knowledge of urbanization issues in the Sahel region.
• Experience within multi-cultural international institutions would be considered an asset.

Skills

• Capacity to analyze and synthesize information.
• Ability to work in team and individually to achieve organizational goals with a high degree of responsibility, often under pressure.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. Fluency in oral and written English and French is required.
• Knowledge of another UN language is an added advantage.