Urban Resilience Expert (Consultant)

About the role

UN-Habitat is recruiting an Urban Resilience Expert as a consultant to support the City Resilience Global Programme. The consultant provides technical expertise, analytical support, capacity-building and programme development assistance to partner cities, territories and institutions, helping them plan and implement integrated resilience and climate adaptation actions. The homebase is Barcelona and the expected duration is 6 months.

Key responsibilities

• Implement the CRGP methodology with partner cities and regions: review and calibrate the methodology, develop work plans, prepare reports and maps, coordinate data collection and monitor progress.
• Provide knowledge generation, capacity building and technical advice on urban resilience, disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation, including training sessions, toolkits and policy dialogues.
• Develop a cross-country comparative framework for the NewMed 2030 project, including indicators, benchmarks and data visualization approaches.
• Produce knowledge products such as methodological guides, comparative reports, policy briefs and a binational learning report, and support knowledge-sharing events.
• Develop a Barcelona Resilience Profile and recommended actions with the Barcelona City Council, including workshops, interim reports and monitoring recommendations.
• Support the programme head in proposal development, project formulation, fundraising and donor reporting.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in urban and regional planning, urban studies, urban geography, architecture or a related field, or equivalent experience (minimum four years).
• Previous experience in urban planning, resilience, climate risk, disaster risk or territorial analysis projects.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to keep the supervisor regularly informed of progress.
• Fluency in spoken and written English; knowledge of Arabic and/or Spanish is desirable.
• Experience in the Mediterranean or MENA region, Spain (Catalunya) or Latin America is an asset.

Required skills

• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office, spreadsheets and other software packages.
• Good communications, reporting and representation skills.
• Adaptability to changing priorities, ability to meet deadlines and willingness to learn continuously.