Senior Consultant

Result of Service
The Senior Consultant (Urban Mobility Policy) must prepare a technical report about the impacts of land subsidence caused by underground mining activities in four neighborhoods and their surrounding areas of Maceió, Alagoas.
The report shall include:
- The current picture of the population displacement;
- An analysis of the existing urban mobility system and the effects of the land subsidence on traffic and public transport;
- Recommendations and preliminary proposals to improve the mobility in the affected areas.
The goal is to provide a brief impact assessment of the land subsidence on the urban mobility system of Maceió and metropolitan area to guide the decision-making process of the State Government.
The consultant will work in close collaboration with the operational and technical teams of UN-Habitat offices in Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro and Nairobi, staff of other UN Agencies, Government officials, media, multilateral and bilateral donors and civil society.
Work Location
Maceió (initially, home based)
Expected duration
The consultancy has an expected duration of one (1) month.
**Responsibilities**:
Background
The main mandate of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is to promote sustainable development of human settlements and policies conducive to adequate housing for all.
Within this framework, UN-Habitat supports central and state governments, as well as local authorities and other partners for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, the 2030 Agenda with the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.
UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, more inclusive, compact, integrated, resilient and connected places with better opportunities where everyone can live with dignity.
It works with organizations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector to help build, manage, plan and finance sustainable urban development.
The Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean - ROLAC - is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Agency puts emphasis in developing and managing activities in the host country.
Indeed, for the past years, UN-Habitat has expanded its portfolio in Brazil by working with the three tiers of government in order to support the formulation and implementation of more effective, sustainable, participative and socially fairer urban economic, social and environmental policies.
Through a partnership with the Government of the State of Alagoas to improve institutional and technical capacities of State and municipal stakeholders on sustainable territorial and urban development, UN-Habitat is now setting up the second phase of the project named "Sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity in the State of Alagoas".
This second phase shall lead to enhance State of Alagoas engagement toward sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity, through a better understanding of the urban setting, and the establishment or improvement of its public policies, plans, and actions.
In order to properly implement this project, a Senior Consultant (Urban Mobility Policy) is required to ensure a good execution of the work programme.
Report to UN-Habitat Manager
The Senior Consultant (Urban Mobility Policy) will report to the National Officer for Brazil, who will evaluate him/her.
**Responsibilities**:
Under the overall supervision of the National Officer for Brazil, the Senior Consultant (Urban Mobility Policy) will:
- Define a Work Plan considering the Term of Reference, and other activities that may be required for a better execution of the product;
- Establish the execution schedule and monitor the preparation of the activities;
- Prepare all the material to guide the meetings, including supporting materials such as PPT presentations and printed materials;
- Hold bilateral meetings with municipal and state managers, experts, and local movements.
- Define innovative methodologies for holding meetings, when held remotely;
- Conduct dialogues with UN-Habitat, the Government of the State of Alagoas, when requested, and with the other consultants;
- Systematize and consolidate information in reports, executive summaries and PPTs;
- Maintain an orderly and accessible information file system on the information and data produced;
- Be responsible for the delivery according to deadlines for each report;
- Prepare all reports according to the Portuguese standard norms, following the norms of the Brazilian Association of Technical Norms (ABNT);
- The consultant will be responsible, within its competencies, to ensure that the technical activities are aligned with the quality expectations of UN-Habitat and the project counterparts.
The activities will be carried out under the technical supervision of UN-Habitat in coordination with the Government of the State of Alagoas, and the infrastructure required for the meetings, when held in person, will be provided by the Government of the