The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements, mandated to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Mobility and Disaster Resilience Specialist role is situated within the Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat. The specialist will be crucial in expanding UN-Habitat's portfolio by undertaking research on emerging urban mobility issues, focusing on sustainable, resilient, and safe urban transport solutions globally, and providing high-level technical and policy advice to partner cities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Undertake research on emerging urban mobility issues and contribute to the development of project proposals to expand the portfolio.
- Development and delivery of practical capacity-building materials (guidance notes, training modules, presentations, case studies) addressing sustainable urban mobility, street design, road safety, active mobility, foresight, and climate-resilient transport infrastructure.
- Provision of structured technical and policy advice to partner cities under UNRSF, PAAPAM, TRANSSAFE and related initiatives, including written technical inputs, policy recommendations, and advisory notes supporting innovative and low-carbon mobility transitions, road safety improvements, and resilience-oriented transport investments.
- Substantive technical contributions to the preparation and review of Mobility Plans under the UNDA project in Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including inputs on participatory planning processes, climate resilience, road safety, active mobility, public transport integration, and post-crisis “build back better” principles.
- Preparation of policy and analytical briefs on urban mobility challenges and resilient infrastructure, disaster risk reduction, post-crisis mobility recovery, to inform UN-Habitat programming, policy dialogue, and project development.
- Development of high-quality technical inputs to funding proposals and concept notes focused on integrated basic services, sustainable urban mobility, and climate-resilient infrastructure, contributing to resource mobilization efforts and expansion of UN-Habitat’s urban mobility portfolio.
Qualifications and Special Skills
Education
- An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Transport Planning, Engineering, Geography, Climate Resilience or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree, combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
Experience
- A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in Urban Design, Urban Regeneration, Urban Planning, Transport Planning or Climate Resilience is required.
Knowledge & Skills
- A good understanding of transport planning, urban planning, urban development, urban governance, risk and resilience, urban transformation and institutional change, and sustainable urbanisation is an asset.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills is required.
- Good interpersonal skills, previous exposure to cross cultural environments is desirable.
- Knowledge of International Organisations, including working experience in urban projects is required.
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