National Senior Consultant-Urban Planning

Job Description

Title: National Senior Consultant-Urban Planning

Company Name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Advanced university degree in urban planning/engineering/architecture relating to international/ national master plan preparation.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 15 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH provides services worldwide in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe, with the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations and governments of other countries all benefiting from our services. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is our main commissioning party, but we also work with the private sector, fostering successful interaction between development policy and foreign trade.
∎ The CRISC project has supported the Sirajganj and Satkhira Municipality to prepare the Climate Resilient Inclusive Urban Master Plan (CRIUMP) and a national Methodology to prepare the CRIUMP for other cities in Bangladesh. Now the drafts will go through several processes through the Urban Development Directorate (UDD) and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MoLGRD&C) to review and validate the draft CRIUMP and the national methodology will require to incorporate the feedback and comments from different stakeholders. GIZ is looking for suitable "National Senior Consultant-Urban Planning" to support the partner cities, UDD and the MoLGRD&C to plan, organize and moderate the feedback sessions, collect feedback, incorporate it into the drafts and produce the final version of the documents. The following working experience and competencies are required:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Language: Good business language skills in both English and Bangla
∎ General Professional Experience: Minimum of 15 years of experience developing city-level master plans.
∎ Specific professional experience: Minimum of 12 years of relevant Urban Planning/master plan preparation experience at Paurashava and city corporation level in a senior/leading role.
∎ Leadership/management experience: 10 years of management/leadership experience as a project team leader or manager or comparable positions.
∎ Regional experience:15 years of experience in projects in the urban sector in Bangladesh
∎ Development Cooperation (DC) experience: 10 years of experience in DC projects with UDD, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and other relevant ministries and international development partners

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 5 Jul 2023

Company Information:
∎ 26 Jun 2023
∎ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
∎ Business : As a service provider with worldwide operations in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works together with its partners to develop effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. GIZ is a public-benefit federal enterprise and supports the German Government as well as many public and private sector clients in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security.

Category: NGO/Development

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