Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 06, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Duties and Responsibilities
The consultancy is located in the Climate Change and Urban Environment Team of the Programme Development Branch. Under the overall guidance of the Subprogramme Coordinator of the Climate Change and Urban Environment Team, and direct supervision by the Programme Management Officer for Climate Change, the consultancy will involve the following typical main duties leading to the ultimate requested outputs: 1. Develop a NAP supplementary material for member states based on existing publication including the UN-Habitat's Discussion paper on a quantitative methodology to assess NBS for climate resilience approaches in informal areas.

Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualification
• A degree in urban planning, environmental science, environmental policies, climate change, or related field is required.

Professional Experience
• At least five (5) years of relevant work experience in climate resilience, climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, public policy, planning, or related field is required.
• Experience in developing climate adaptation technical materials for national or local governments or international organizations is required.
• Experience in leading Expert Group Reviews for publications is desirable.
• Strong communications skills are highly desirable.
• Experience on projects in the developing world is desirable.

Languages
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required. Fluency in other UN languages is an advantage.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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