Responsibilities

• Support to develop technical and normative outputs, including spatial strategy, situational analyses reports, proposals, maps, plans, and designs for public spaces.
• Assist in mapping open-source databases, standardizing diverse datasets, and conducting relevant spatial and statistical analyses.
• Support to review normative tools, reports, research papers related to public space, ecosystem and public facilities.
• Support the drafting of proposals, applications, newsletters, media articles with local partners for advocacy, networking and resource mobilization.
• Contribute with planning and design inputs to ongoing public space related initiatives, including citywide and site-specific assessments, public facility study, gender equality or social inclusion report, public participation activities and urban proximity related communications.
• Contribute to writing policy briefs, concept notes, research papers and reports on the work of inclusive and resilient public space, public facilities and sustainable urban design approaches.
• Support with preparation of workshops, community of practices sessions, site investigation, and other activities; write reports on workshops, meetings, charrettes, and other stakeholder engagements.
• Provide input into PFES publications reports, proposals, concept notes, policy documents, guidelines, information materials, presentations, and other dissemination materials.
• Specific Duties: Support in compiling NbS and biodiversity related work.
• Work on data analysis tasks to assess the spatial pattern and the environmental and social impacts of NBS and public space projects from perspectives of low-carbon, ecological resilience, social inclusion, etc.
• Support identifying and mapping the approaches, tools, potential partners and sites for future collaboration in advancing inclusive and productive public space and facilities. • Assist in drafting the report for public space and facilities, compiling relevant statements, studies, data to clarify the framework, trends, demands, approaches and impacts of inclusive and productive public space and facilities, from the perspective of social inclusion and economic value.
• Work on case studies world-wide to identify the public space and facility related best practices, principles and lessons learned.
• Collaborate in the creation of educational materials, training sessions and public outreach campaigns to raise awareness about how to implement inclusive and resilient public space and facilities.
• Help with the organization of international events to involve more stakeholders in and expand the network.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent),
• Have graduated with Bachelor’s degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite). Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.