The Planning, Finance & Economy Section (PFES) is responsible to support urban and territorial planning at all scales including through the development of planning policy, norms and guidelines, urban design and public space design, urban finance (municipal finance and urban development/projects finance), and local economic development.

REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION

The Urban Finance Consultant will be hired to collaborate closely with the Finance and Economy team of PFES. He/she will be reporting to the team lead on Finance and Economy, Mr. Lennart Fleck

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall supervision of the Programme Lead on Finance and Economy, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties:

• Conducting research on the finance and economy needs of other PFES teams and identifying possible entry points.
• Development of concept notes on potential collaborative projects between Finance and Economy and other teams in the section.
• Providing technical input on finance and economy issues to other ongoing projects within the section and UN-Habitat as a whole.
• Representing Finance and Economy team in UN-Habitat meetings and with external partners.
• Preparing and delivering presentations about the work of UN-Habitat on Finance and Economy

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic qualification: First Level university degree in Economics, Public Policy, Public Finance, Political Science, Development Studies or a related field is required. An advanced degree with (2) two years qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the first level degree.
• Work Experience: At least 4 years of relevant work experience in the field of public finance, public policy, and/or local economic development is required
• Experience working on Own Source Revenue and/or municipal finance is desirable

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this advertised position fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.