Overview
Develop an Integrated City-Region Spatial Economic Development Framework for the Greater Busia Metro, providing an actionable roadmap for inclusive, resilient, and investment-oriented urban development.
Tasks Summary
- Lead the preparation of the Integrated City-Region Spatial Economic Development Framework for the Greater Busia Metro.
- Support the preparation of spatial development concepts for the cross-border region.
- Prepare draft land use concepts, zoning proposals, and spatial development strategies.
- Contribute to the development of a Smart Economic Zone / Investment-oriented Master Plan concept.
- Identify strategic urban development corridors, investment nodes, and economic zones.
- Integrate climate resilience, environmental sustainability, and risk reduction measures.
- Ensure planning proposals incorporate inclusive public space planning, mobility/access, and service delivery improvements.
- Conduct an urban diagnostic assessment.
- Analyze spatial-economic dynamics influencing livelihoods and informal trade systems.
- Support collection and consolidation of baseline planning data.
- Support the design and facilitation of participatory planning consultations.
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and technical working sessions.
- Ensure inclusive engagement of women, youth, and marginalized groups.
- Document consultations, stakeholder inputs, and validation sessions.
- Support cross-border dialogue and coordination processes.
- Provide technical inputs into infrastructure and service development planning.
- Support identification of priority infrastructure investments.
- Ensure infrastructure planning reflects the needs of informal women and youth traders.
- Support integration of “smart planning” concepts.
- Support identification and formulation of priority catalytic projects and “bankable” investment opportunities.
- Develop an investment pipeline concept.
- Support preparation of planning outputs that strengthen municipal investment planning.
- Contribute to proposals that improve local economic development.
- Ensure all planning outputs align with national and sub-national planning frameworks.
- Provide technical guidance to local authorities on planning implementation modalities.
- Support strengthening of local government planning capacity.
- Contribute to simplified guidelines and recommendations for municipal implementation.
- Prepare high-quality technical reports, planning summaries, and presentation materials.
- Produce planning maps, planning narratives, and supporting documentation.
- Review all relevant policies and procedures, legal documentations, and prepare relevant reports.
- Provide support to the design of surveys and special studies.
- Support the collection of data for surveys and special studies.
- Review analysis of data and reports.
Experience Requirements
A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in urban planning, spatial planning, regional development planning, or city-region planning, preferably in Africa, is required. Proven experience working with local governments, informal communities, and cross-sector stakeholders in the preparation of urban development plans, master plans, spatial frameworks, or participatory planning processes is required. Demonstrated experience integrating inclusive planning approaches, including planning interventions targeting informal settlements, informal traders, women and youth livelihoods, is required. Prior experience working with UN agencies, international organizations, or similar multilateral institutions is an advantage.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Urban Planning, Regional Planning, Land Administration, Human Settlements, Geography, Geomatics, Architecture, Urban Design, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in combination with additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
