Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Multilevel Action

Qualifications/special skills

• Minimum advanced university degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Social Sciences, International Relations, Public Policy, Urban/Regional Planning, Environment Studies, International Development or a relevant field is required.
  

• A first degree with 2 additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
  

• A minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible experience in urban management, project management and stakeholder engagement, ideally gained at the international level is required, including working on urban climate change mitigation and/or adaptation.
  

• Familiarity with research and academic processes and academic partnerships at the international level is required.
  

• Proven experience in communicating urban climate change knowledge is desirable.
  

• Proven experience in project management, event organization and capacity development is an ad-vantage.
  

• Proven experience addressing the climate-crisis-urbanization nexus is an advantage.
  

Languages

• French and English are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
  

• For this post, fluency in writ-ten and oral English is required.
  

• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an added advantage.