The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It 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.

The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Extraction of built-up areas and open spaces from satellite imagery.
• Digitization of public transport stops from various open data sources.
• Collection of data from various national statistical offices and other verified sources and assessing its correctness and authenticity before it is integrated into the urban indicators database.
• Contributing to the development of tools and executable programmes for spatial data analysis.

Qualifications/special skills

• A High school diploma or equivalent is required. Additional training in remote sensing, geographic information systems, urban planning, geography or any other closely related field is highly desired.
• At least 3 years’ experience working on spatial data analysis, image interpretation, data extraction from satellite imagery and maps creation and digitization.
• High proficiency in Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing software (egs ArcGIS, ArcGIS online, QGIS, ErdasImagine, ENVI, Google Earth Engine) is required.
• Experience working as a spatial data analyst is desirable. Knowledge of and experience working with the SDGs is highly desirable.
• Knowledge in GIS relevant programming skills, geostatistical workflows and GIS online systems is desirable