Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overview
Organizational setting and reporting: The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the lead United Nations agency for cities and human settlements. The agency is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all and sustainable development. The main documents outlining the mandate of the organization are the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements, the Habitat Agenda, the Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements, the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and UN General Assembly Resolution A/56/206.
UN-Habitat, being the focal point for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system, has a role in delivering the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted by Member States in 2015, specifically goal 11: make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Responsibilities: 1. Conduct backround research for people-centred smart city project planning and development (at least 6 initiatives), in close collaboration with key stakeholders, the UNITAC and UN-Habitat digital team.
• Coordinate projects and support the team, knowledge, experience and dissemination on digital technologies, urban knowledge, data and innovation, and sustainable urban development.
• Monitor the implementation of people-centred smart city project implementation (at least 6 initiatives), in close collaboration with key stakeholders, the UNITAC and UN-Habitat digital team.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops, supports consultative and other meetings, conferences (at least 6 initiatives).
• Delivers presentations on assigned topics/activities, conducts research and prepares reflective texts on urban projects, processes, and best practices (at least 6 initiatives).
• Prepares various written outputs (at least 6 initiatives, i.e. background papers, analysis, reports, and publications)
• Report on procedure for documentation of project inception, implementation, and post- project review processes, including knowledge products in support of overall UNITAC objectives and CoPs and recommendations for incorporating knowledge management principles and activities into the communications and advocacy strategy.
• Report on evaluation of implementation and lessons learnt of people-centred smart city projects (at least 6 initiatives).
• Research and program evaluation (at least 6 initiatives).
• Reviews assessments of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or research activities and studies (at least 6 initiatives).
• Coordinate knowledge in line with UNITAC's communications strategy, including concrete outputs for external audiences on knowledge management and lessons learnt.
• Prepare UN-Habitat website content in relation to UNITAC programme efforts and UNITAC sub-page and social media content; Online articles and blog posts on UNITAC inoitiatives (minimum
• UNITAC's quick win projects implementation report, including lessons learnt.
• Project-specific work tracker to assist in project and knowledge management processes.
• Develops training material and workshops (at least 6 initiatives).
• Creates visualizations and reports for requested projects using a different computer-
• assisted design tool (at least 6 initiatives).
• Final report required to hand over activities to the UNITAC programme, communication and advocacy team.

Qualifications/special skills
• Competencies: Professionalism: Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to urban planning and design. Strong analysis of urban form, urban systems, underlying social, legal and financial mechanisms and the political context. Ability to develop strong graphic materials (concept plans, diagrams, street sections) as well as substantive reports. Knowledge of urban development issues. Ability to observe deadlines and achieve set goals. Ability to work and deliver under pressure.
• Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively, listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately, asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication, tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience, demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
• Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Academic Qualifications:
• An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in communication, journalism, international relations, social sciences, political science, international development, urban and regional planning, architecture, innovation or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) years' experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Experience: A minimum of two years' relevant professional experience in architecture, urban planning, sustainable urban development and digital transformation, innovation, social and/or political science, international development or related field is required. Experience in research, writing, drawing and preparation of visual/graphical material using computer-aided design tools is desirable. Experience in working with digital platforms and websites, including social media is desirable. Experience in project management, ideally in international organization contexts, is desirable.
• Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN language is desirable.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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

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