Overview
This consultancy supports a project to enhance urban resilience in South and Southeast Asia through sustainable heat resilience strategies, with a focus on Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The role aims to develop and implement a comprehensive urban heat action plan and policies to mitigate the adverse effects of urban heat.
Key Responsibilities
- Finalize a comprehensive baseline assessment report for Cox’s Bazar, including urban heat vulnerability zone mapping, risk parameters, and analysis of heat characteristics.
- Lead the development of a comprehensive, gender-mainstreamed and disability-aware urban heat action plan for Cox’s Bazar.
- Provide substantive expert inputs to organization and delivery of multi-stakeholder awareness-raising workshops.
- Provide ongoing technical guidance and advisory support to Cox’s Bazar city officials on action plan implementation.
- Ensure meaningful participation of persons with disabilities, women’s organizations, and other vulnerable groups in all project design and implementation activities.
- Coordinate with ESCAP, ESCAP SRO-SSW, UCLG-ASPAC, UNEP, and other project partners.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in urban climate resilience, heat mitigation strategies, or sustainable urban development.
- Proven track record working with city governments and local authorities in developing countries.
- Experience in baseline assessments and vulnerability analyses.
- Experience in South Asian contexts, particularly Bangladesh, and with gender-responsive and disability-inclusive planning approaches, is desirable.
- Expert knowledge of urban heat island effect, heat mitigation strategies, and climate adaptation planning.
- Strong understanding of nature-based solutions in urban contexts.
- Familiarity with GEDSI principles and integration of gender equality and disability inclusion in planning processes.
- Knowledge of remote sensing, GIS, spatial analysis tools, and participatory planning methodologies is desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in urban planning, environmental science, climate change adaptation, public policy, sustainable development, or related field.
- PhD and professional certifications in climate adaptation or disaster risk reduction are desirable.
