UNDP Junior Urban Planner Jobs in Ethiopia
Job Purpose and Organizational Context
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human settlements mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable cities, with the aim of providing adequate housing for all. It is the lead agency within the United Nations for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
UN-Habitat supports Member States and development partners to transform cities into safer, more resilient and healthier places with better opportunities working towards achieving inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and communities, with a focus on addressing urban challenges and improving the quality of life for all people.
UN-Habitat advocates for policies and practices that promote sustainable urbanization, including the integration of social, economic, and environmental dimensions. It also helps build the capacity of governments, local authorities, and communities to plan, manage, and govern urban areas effectively, including promoting participatory approaches and inclusive decision-making processes.
The incumbent under this call is expected to join a team of professionals for a multi-agency joint project to pursue a nexus-based multi-dimensional and integrated approach to enable internally displaced communities in Somali and Oromia regions of Ethiopia to move towards recovery and resilience by employing durable solutions actions that enhance communities’ coping mechanisms against future shocks to anthropogenic disasters and natural hazards by rolling out a multi-pillar intervention that aims to take into consideration the diverse aspects of solutions-based programming among UN Habitat, FAO and IOM.
Along this, UN Habitat’s responsibility focuses on strengthening and building capacity of institutions through area level spatial planning to ensure sustainable re-integration of displacement affected communities for improved access to HLP through legal and policy tools and planning instruments to respond to longer-term impacts of displacement affected communities (DACs).
Scope of the work
The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Urban Planner and Project Lead who is under the project manager.
He/she will be responsible for the following duties:
Undertake Community Planning components, participate in site/neighborhood assessments, support participatory planning processes with the local government, host and displacement affected communities and different organizations to inform area-based multisectoral interventions.
Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to the team to carry out preparation and reporting of trainings, events, exchanges for synchronized and coordinated outputs.
Together with the senior urban planner and team leader, follow up daily work progress against the work plan of the project, assess results, identify problem areas, and take corrective steps to achieve program and project objectives.
Support monitoring of project implementation and report against milestones to project team members.
Undertake GIS mapping exercise of land use pattern, basic services, facilitate data collection for spatial planning and profiling of settlements.
Facilitate participatory enumeration to contribute to reducing land related conflicts.
Any other tasks requested by the Project and Programme Manager.
Duties and Expected deliverables
The incumbent will have to perform the following assignments independently and in collaboration with the project lead and other team members:
Within their assigned regions or responsibility, the Junior Urban Planner will provide support in the daily management of all project activities ensuring that works are carried out in compliance to the agreed project deliverables and UN Habitat’s best practices for the full project life.
The Junior Urban Planner will assist with technical support to the project team, local government and displacement affected communities in the areas of participatory planning exercise including settlement planning, mapping, spatial profiling with location of key functions for target project locations in Oromia and Somali regions.
Provide details on affected and host communities such as land tenure and ownership, size and mix of communities, quality of housing etc.. to prioritize project activities at project locations to develop short- and long-term programmes for upgrading housing, improving security of tenure and proving support to the affected community in a way that considers the gender dimension and the peaceful co-existence of communities.
The Junior Urban Planner will support in mapping stakeholders, assessment of displacement causes, analyze institutional capacity and gaps in responding to the needs of displacement affected and host communities to inform decision making.
Follow up reports on community planning workshops with disaggregated data, results, and findings.
Conduct meetings with local government and hosting community on various topics including tenure arrangements, land uses, settlement planning etc…
Undertake settlement planning and spatial profiling exercise using UN habitat tools and GIS software
Follow up periodic progress reports against milestones based on monitoring of project activities.
Coordinate with consultants on research, data collection, participatory planning and capacity building trainings towards targeted results.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
Education
BA/BSC degree in urban planning, spatial planning or other relevant disciplines.
Work Experience
Two (2) years of relevant experience in urban planning including community mapping, GIS and participatory monitoring.
Training facilitation
Proven experience and knowledge in urban planning fields, projects/ programme design and implementation with the UN or other international agencies is desirable.
Experience in crafting questionnaires, undertaking interviews, report writing, making presentations and case study development.
Experience in working with the United Nations is an advantage. Experience in the humanitarian sector, including field experience is an asset.
Proven experience and skills in arcGIS
Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision with a high degree of responsibility, in a flexible manner and often under pressure.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Commitment to gender sensitivity. Have conception on social inclusion and pro-poor development works.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent writing skills, with analytical capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for preparation of quality reports as well as media stories.
Capacity to coordinate and organize a team and to support project implementation.
Ability to conduct interviews, surveys, and other data collection techniques.
Ability to follow work plans and schedules.
Consultative and empowering working style and willingness to learn from others.
Willingness to travel as required.
Computer skills in ArcGIS, Database Software, Microsoft applications
Language
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Good knowledge (written/spoken) of the working language of the regions is desirable. Ability to communicate technical knowledge to non-expert audience is preferred.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNDP Junior Urban Planner Jobs in Ethiopia
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