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------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- ****Job advert************************************ United Nations Development Programme Government of BAHRAIN ************************************************** Project: Bahrain Urban Indicators Programme ************************************************** 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 *********************************************************** 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _____________________________________________ 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 ------------- End Forwarded Message ------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Whiley Department of Statistics Phone : +44 (0)141 330 6118 University of Glasgow Fax : +44 (0)141 330 4814 [log in to unmask] http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/postgrad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [log in to unmask] http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/allstat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%