Feb 4, UN-HABITAT Urban Mobility and Geographic Information System Assistant Jobs in Kenya

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.

UN-Habitat works with varied partners including cities, central governments, local authorities, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular, Goal 11 of “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”.

As cities around the world are rapidly urbanizing, they are increasingly facing urban mobility

challenges key among them traffic congestion, pollution and road traffic crashes. The transport sector also significantly contributes to global energy related carbon emissions. Public transport comprising efficient bus systems, trams, metros and non-motorised mobility such as walking, and cycling are emerging an ideal mix to curb the growing urban transport challenges and meet the transport needs of citizens.

UN-Habitat collaborates with governments at city, regional and national levels on development and implementation of policy, guides and tools for sustainable urban mobility; provides technical advise for development of effective transport systems and knowledge, advocacy and capacity building.

Focus areas on urban mobility have included sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP); planning for Bus Rapid Transit incorporating travel demand measures; transport institutional reforms and capacity building; urban electric mobility; walking and cycling and urban transport policy.

The individual contractor position is in the Urban Mobility team under the Urban Basic Services Section of UN-Habitat. The individual contractor will provide technical advise to cities on sustainable mobility solutions, and supports mapping and spatial analysis of urban mobility projects. The individual contractor will support the implementation of e-mobility interventions and the development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans.

With support from the EU, the mobility team is implementing the SOLUTIONSplus project that brings together highly committed cities, industry, research, implementing organisations and finance partners and establishes a global platform for innovative, shared, public and commercial e-mobility solutions to kick start the transition towards low-carbon urban mobility.

The project encompasses city level demonstrations to test different types of innovative and integrated e-mobility solutions, complemented by a comprehensive toolbox, capacity development and replication activities.

Demonstration actions will be launched in Hanoi (Vietnam), Pasig (Philippines), Lalitpur/Kathmandu (Nepal), Kigali (Rwanda), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Quito (Ecuador), Montevideo (Uruguay), Madrid (Spain), Nanjing (China) and Hamburg (Germany). Replication activities are foreseen for Kenya among other countries. UN-Habitat contributes to capacity building, pilot projects through engagement with startups, as well as policy

support.

UN-Habitat is also implementing the UN Development Account funded project titled “Building back safer, more sustainable and resilient transport in the aftermath of COVID-19 in Western Balkan and Central Asian Landlocked Developing Regions”. The project aims to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility plans in the countries and facilitate participatory processes.

The Individual Contractor will work under the overall supervision of the Coordinator of the Urban Basic Services Section, and in close collaboration with the thematic team on mobility – reporting to the Programme Management Officer, Urban Mobility.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Project individual contractor will assist the work of the Urban Mobility Team in the Urban Basic Services Section by providing the following:

Support capacity building efforts in the fields of sustainable mobility with a focus on spatial analysis and mapping;

Support monitoring and tracking of the impact of the projects of the urban mobility team;

Support the data collection, analysis and development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans incl. the creation of land use/ transport network plans, transport modelling, accessibility analysis etc.

Support the review and drafting of mobility related policies and strategies;

Support research and development of knowledge products with a focus on sustainable, inclusive and low carbon urban mobility; among others.

Qualifications/special skills

A degree with 0.5 years of experience in the field of sustainability, spatial analysis and geoinformatics, or urban development is required. A high school diploma with two additional years of experience in the same field will be accepted in Lieu of the degree.”

Excellent analytical and communication skills. The ability to draft a wide selection of written communication and to articulate ideas in a clear and concise manner. Research skills are an asset.

Ability to work well in a team whilst also having the capacity and initiative to work independently is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UN-HABITAT Urban Mobility and Geographic Information System Assistant Jobs in Kenya

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