Overview
Provide substantive support to the Smart SDG Cities Programme and UN-Habitat work in Ghana, focusing on urban planning and resilience to achieve maximum impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide timely feedback on urban planning and resilience needs.
- Provide technical support for spatial plans, diagnostic reports, and stakeholder engagement materials.
- Support the planning and design of missions to participating cities.
- Participate in Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) workshops and review draft VLR reports.
- Support engagement with government officials at the city level.
- Support analytic works for lessons learned and methodologies for Smart SDGs Cities and CO programmes.
- Support the identification of priority SDG impact projects.
- Draft proposals/concepts for funding.
- Prepare briefing papers and discussion points on urban planning and resilience.
- Support analysis and research of information on donors and preparation of substantive briefs.
- Support desktop and field data collection and analysis.
- Provide technical guidance and support to local governments on planning and reporting.
- Manage the backend of data collected using spatial survey tools.
- Produce thematic maps and spatial analysis.
- Ensure the application of UN-Habitat tools in the computation of spatial indicators.
- Collect and assess data from national statistical offices and other verified sources.
- Analyse spatial data for geographical statistics.
- Provide technical backstopping and support relevant research and analysis.
- Participate in UN working groups.
- Support capacity building sessions with Local Authorities.
- Provide inputs to UN-Habitat publications and newsletters.
- Research, analyze, and present best practices and lessons learned.
- Support diagnostic assessment of key local institutional capacities.
- Support local institutional capacity development.
- Keep abreast of emerging spatial planning tools and methodologies.
- Reflect on processes and generate knowledge.
- Collect, document, and analyze data to identify trends or patterns.
- Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Required Experience
- A minimum of six (6) years of professional experience in urban planning and design, including the use of computer-aided design and GIS software for spatial data management.
- A minimum of two (2) years with a Bachelor’s degree and proven work experience in urban planning and design, including the use of computer-aided design and GIS software for spatial data management.
- Desired: Experience in the management of urban development programmes and planning projects.
- Desired: Experience in analyzing, summarizing, and presenting spatial and socio-economic datasets using relevant software (e.g., GIS, SPSS, Excel, etc.).
- Desired: Experience in coordinating planning-related trainings and stakeholder workshops.
- Desired: Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling web-based management systems.
- Desired: Experience in the areas of slum upgrading and housing, and ability to code in Python or R will be an added advantage.
Qualifications
• Secondary education is required OR First-level university degree (undergraduate, bachelor, or equivalent) in Urban Planning, Architecture, Geography, or a related field relevant to urban development and spatial planning.
