Duties and Responsibilities

– Provide technical support to UN Country teams for the development, design and implementation of common premises projects. This may include: a) Support to UN Country teams and operational management Teams to initiate and progress construction and renovation projects. b) Technical assistance on common premises projects for example in the calculation of space. cost benefit analysis etc. c) Review of submissions of project business cases to the Task Team on Common Premises. d) Any other technical guidance. – Contribute to the development of the Common Premises platform (UNINFO) in the capacity of business expert in coordination with the data team. – Coordination support annual global premises data review and conduct relevant data analysis. – Assist in the preparation of training materials and delivery of training for Common Premises.

– Assist in the preparation of outreach material such as one pager, articles, Op-eds, updates, newsletters, power points for targeted agency and UN Country team briefings for common premises and contribute to Branch’s communication on internal communication platforms, such as the UNSDG website updates, Yammer groups, and SharePoint and other means of community engagement. – Assist in the preparation of material for the TTCP+FS meeting discussions. – Technical support in maintaining the TTCP+FS templates and toolkit including review and update of material. – Updating and maintenance of progress reports of ongoing projects. Indicators for Evaluation of Deliverables: – Timeliness in delivery of documents and response to clients – Accuracy of Technical support – Ability to work constructively with internal and external partners.

Work implies frequent interaction with the following: Internal DCO colleagues, and various UN system partners, as well as members of the client group.

Qualifications/special skills

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, real estate or related fields. Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the construction industry (space planning or architecture or engineering or real estate or Facilities Management) or related field Working knowledge on platform development is an asset. Experience with working on interagency common premises is an asset.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.