Vacancy title:
Geospatial Information Systems and Urban Economy

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: , Category: Computer & IT]

Jobs at:
UN-Habitat

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, July 15 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 4 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support spatial assessments and mapping efforts related to climate resilience, public space, and inclusive urban development, using available data and basic GIS tools.
• This contributes to the development of planning tools and visual materials that help identify priority areas for local investment and nature-based urban interventions.
• Assist in maintaining user-friendly dashboards and spatial databases to track indicators related to urban health, accessibility, and public services.
• Participate in the preparation of project materials that combine spatial data with social and economic insights to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Support the identification of underserved communities and opportunity areas, contributing to strategies for local economic recovery and improved service delivery.
• Help ensure spatial data and outputs are organized, well-documented, and compatible with partner systems, following UN-Habitat’s basic data standards.

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic Qualification; Master’s degree in Economics, Geography, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, or a related field is required.
• Working Experience; At least two (2) years of experience working in local economic development, urban planning, GIS and/or public finance is required.
• Prior experience working in developing countries is strongly desired.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to UN-Habitat on careers.un.org to apply

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