Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 12, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities/Activities.
• Develop technical and normative outputs, including spatial strategy, situational analyses reports, proposals, maps, plans, and designs for public spaces.
• Develop clear design proposals, drawings and related reports for partner cities.
• Review of public space design proposals prepared by local planners for various pilot cities.
• Provide planning and design inputs to ongoing planning initiatives, including citywide and site-specific assessments.
• Write policy briefs, concept notes and research papers on the work on Nature Based Solutions and sustainable urban design planning approaches.
• Facilitate public space and Block by Block community participation workshops.
• Write reports on workshops, meetings, charrettes, and other stakeholder engagements.
• Provide inputs into PFES publications reports, proposals, concept notes, policy documents, guidelines, information materials, presentations, and other dissemination materials.
• Attend meetings and conferences within and outside UN-Habitat on behalf of the Section.
• Deliver trainings to partners on the Global Public Space Programme's methodologies and approaches.

Qualifications/special skills
• University degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture or Urban Planning, or related field that is relevant for sustainable urban development and urban planning and design is required.
• 2 years' experience in urban planning and design with direct proven experience in drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer assisted design tools is required.
• Strong graphic representation skills is required.
• Good hand drawing / sketching is an added advantage
• Experience of facilitating community participation processes related to urban planning, design and public space development is desirable
• Experience of playing Minecraft, using Minecraft as a community participation tool and translating Minecraft sketches into actionable public space designs is desirable.

Languages
• Fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English (oral and written) is required; knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to UN-Habitat on careers.un.org to apply


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