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United Nations Development Programme
Government of BAHRAIN
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Project: Bahrain Urban Indicators Programme
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ONE POST
Urban Indicator Specialist
The Government of Bahrain (Ministry of Housing, Municipalities and Environment)
and the United Nations Development Programme are looking to appoint an
international staff to lead this one year project which objectives are to
identify, collect
and analyse urban indicators for assessing urban conditions and trends in the
country.
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Details of posts
During this one year project, the Urban Indicator Specialist will be based in
the
Ministry of Housing, Municipalities and Environment in Bahrain (MOHME).
The Urban Indicator Specialist will work under the overall supervision of, and
report
to, the Project Director of the MOHME on all matters regarding the
implementation of
activities as specified in the project document. He/she will under the guidance
of the
Project Director be responsible for the daily running of the activities/tasks of
the
project. As such he/she will fulfil the role of team leader and will co-ordinate
and
supervise the work of the project team supporting the project.
He/she will liaise with related governmental and non-governmental agencies at
national and sub-national level on the provision of input from these
institutions and
the co-ordination of activities to support the establishment of BIUP.
He/she will be accountable, and report, to the Project Director.
Specifically, in collaboration with the project team and under the guidance of
the
Project Director, the Urban Indicator Specialist will undertake and or
co-ordinate:
(i) The identification and testing of key Urban indicators for measuring
performance
progress of Bahrain, including the preparation of a baseline study and
background
data, the preparation of data collection sheets, the selection of cities and the
operationalisation of the developed indicators at national and sub-national
level.
(ii)The development of a capacity building programme for key stakeholders in
Bahrain, including a capacity assessment at national and sub-national level, the
preparation of capacity building modules and capacity building software
packages,
and the testing of these modules at national and sub-national level.
(iii) The Institutionalisation of the Bahrain Urban Indicators Programme,
including the
institutional and operation design of the workings of the network, a
promotional and
information dissemination campaign, the preparation of electronic indicator data
bases, human resource development, technical support and financial resource
mobilisation.
Qualifications required: The Urban Indicator Specialist will have extensive
knowledge
and experience of at least 12 years with data analysis and urban management, and
will
have an advanced university degree in economics, urban planing, or a related
field of
knowledge of United Nations procedures.
Language required: English
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For further details of these posts, please contact:
Jay Moor, UNCHS (Habitat),
email: [log in to unmask] (tel: 254-2-623693 GMT+2)
or
Mathias Hundsalz, UNCHS (Habitat)
email: [log in to unmask] (tel: 254-2-623103 GMT+2)
Closing date for applications is 15 October 1999
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Christine Auclair
Indicators Advisor
Urban Secretariat
UNCHS (Habitat)
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: (254 2) 623694/623184 (GMT+2)
Telefax: (254 2) 603080
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.UrbanObservatory.org
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