New Urban Agenda Reporting Expert

About the role

The Africa New Urban Agenda Platform (AF-UAP), led by the Kingdom of Morocco in partnership with UN-Habitat, is recruiting a New Urban Agenda Reporting Expert. Working home-based, the consultant supports national focal points in strengthening their capacity to report on the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and the Urban Monitoring Framework (UMF), contributing to the project target of 70% of national partners reporting improved capacity and at least 10 countries technically supported. The expected duration is 12 months, part-time.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deliver training on NUA reporting: a session at the first AF-UAP regional workshop in Rabat (December 2026) and a series of online webinars in 2027, plus training-of-trainers materials
• Provide tailored technical assistance to pilot countries preparing their national NUA reports, including advice on data collection, indicator interpretation and data sources, review of draft reports and an offline data-gathering template
• Identify good practices emerging from the support and share them among AF-UAP member countries

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Urban Planning, Urban Development, Economics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Urban Governance, Regional Planning or a related field; a first-level degree plus two years of qualifying experience may be accepted
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in urban policy, planning or research, including urban monitoring, indicators and data
• Demonstrated experience with NUA reporting, the UMF, SDG 11 monitoring or related urban indicator frameworks
• Experience designing and delivering training for government counterparts, and previous work on NUA or city/national urban reports, is highly desirable
• Experience in sustainable urban development in Africa is desirable
• Advanced oral and written English and French