Urban Planning and Resilience Officer

About The Job Job Description: Under the overall guidance of the Head of office, the Urban Planning and Resilience Officer will work with implementing partners for the “Transforming the built environment through sustainable materials”. The implementation of the project is funded by Germany’s Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and seeks to support the aim of the GlobalABC to work towards zero-emission, efficient, and resilient buildings and their construction. Led by UNEP and jointly implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The project aims to support the government in transforming their buildings and construction sector towards sustainable and resource efficient constructions, particularly in the housing sector. The main output will be a national buildings and construction country assessment and roadmap. Duties And Responsibilities Summary of Key Functions: Compile the relevant chapters of the country assessment report and roadmap for Buildings and Construction 2020-2050 and compile advocacy/policy briefs for decision makers. Data analysis pertaining to urban planning including land use planning, zoning, buildings, infrastructure and energy systems, resilience and their interactions Reporting on country assessment and annotated roadmap pertaining to urban planning Data Analysis Pertaining to Urban planning including Land use planning, zoning, buildings, infrastructure Collect existing/available studies, reports, data and analysis on the country’s codes, policies and legislation relevant to urban planning including land use planning, zoning, buildings, infrastructure and energy systems and resilience and their interactions Identify data and information gaps and summarize preliminary findings/analysis in above mentioned areas Collect additional data and information from stakeholders related to urban planning and resilience. Provide support of ongoing project activities including those associated with data collection strategic planning, city development strategies and programme management support. Reporting on Country Assessment and annotated road map including those associated with analyzed data. Draft the country assessment report chapter pertaining to above mentioned areas of urban planning and resilience. Drafting the Urban Planning and resilience Chapter of the Roadmap tailored to the country context. Provide inputs on urban planning and resilience to the second stakeholders’ workshop/consultation to present key findings and discuss priorities and recommendations led by UN-Habitat Complete urban planning and resilience of the Country Assessment report Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO, focusing on achievement of the following results: Support UN-Habitat to conduct stakeholders’ workshop/consultation to present the assessment process, preliminary findings, different stakeholders involved and data collection