The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India have jointly launched the Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SCIAP) Project in India. The broad objective is to support cities by showcasing mechanisms to integrate sustainability strategies into urban planning and provision of municipal services so as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a favorable environment for investment in infrastructure and service delivery. The project is being piloted with the municipal corporations of Bhopal, Jaipur, Mysore, Guntur and Vijayawada. To support these municipal corporations with sustainability planning and low carbon investments in municipal services, UNIDO and UN-Habitat are establishing city cells at each corporation. This is a call for suitable candidates for the positions to be placed at city cell:
City Coordinator (Urban Planner)
(five positions, Bhopal, Jaipur, Mysore, Guntur and Vijayawada)
Contracted by UN-Habitat through UNDP Service Contract
See Terms of Reference (ToR) at: http://in.one.un.org/page/work-with-us/job-opening-city- coordinator-for-unhabitat-india/
Urban Technology and Investment Specialist
(five positions, Bhopal, Jaipur, Mysore, Guntur and Vijayawada)
Contracted by UNIDO
See Terms of Reference (ToR) at: http://in.one.un.org/page/work-with-us/job-opening-urban- technology-and-investment-specialists-for-unido-india/
The Urban Planner is expected to support improvements in people-centred, low carbon and resilient urban planning. The Urban Technology and Investment Specialist is expected to support technology assessment and selection and implementation of low carbon pilot projects in the broad areas of waste, water and waste management. Relevant advanced university degree combined with a minimum of five years professional experience in urban planning and/or technology are required. Good command of English is required and solid knowledge of local language in duty station stands highly recommended.
Applicants for City Coordinator (Urban Planner) are requested to please indicate their immediate availability to undertake the assignment as per terms of reference above and send the following documents: (i) Cover Letter giving motivation for applying and also explaining how your qualifications and skills-set are suitable for this consultancy assignment; (ii) Completed UN Personal History Form1 (P11), and (iii) indicate the city preference for placement. Please indicate the Post Title: “City Coordinator (Urban Planner)” in your email subject and send it to: unhabitat.india@un.org
Applicants for Urban Technology and Investment Specialist should create their online candidate profile (through https://recruitment.unido.org/) and email a copy thereof with their motivation statement to office.india@unido.org, clearly indicating their preferred duty station.
Applications close Wednesday, 26th June at 17:00 hrs (IST). Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply
1 Please download the P11 form in MS-Word format from UN-Habitat ROAP website at this link:
http://www.fukuoka.unhabitat.org/vacancy/pdf/Personal_History_P11.doc