The Cities
Alliance is a global partnership promoting the role of cities in pove...
The Cities
Alliance is a global partnership promoting the role of cities in poverty
reduction and sustainable development. Hosted by the United Nations Office for
Project Services (UNOPS) and managed by a Secretariat based in Brussels, the
Cities Alliance is a unique partnership with a diverse membership, which is
committed to strengthen both developmental impacts through improved coherence
in urban development. Cities Alliance is a global leader with a strong track
record in grant making, that supports strategic city planning, slum upgrading
strategies and national policies designed to make cities more inclusive and
sustainable. Through UNOPS, the Cities Alliance operates a Multi-Donor Fund
supported by an efficient, and flexible grant-making mechanism with a global
reach. Cities Alliance activities are guided by its 2018-2021 Strategic Plan,
with a recalibrated business model combining a Global window for normative work
and a Country/City window for operations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and the MENA region.
As part of
its Strategic Plan, the Cities Alliance has established a Joint Work Programme
(JWP) in 2015 focused on fostering equitable economic growth in cities. The JWP
aims to better understand and address the link between public service provision
and equitable economic growth trajectories in cities. To accomplish this goal,
it works with local governments, city stakeholders and development partners to
produce global knowledge, facilitate policy dialogues and support city-level
diagnostics and policy recommendations to respond to the challenges of
inequitable economic growth in cities. The JWP is funded and chaired by the UK
Department for International Development (DFID), actively facilitated by the
Cities Alliance Secretariat. The first phase of the programme is being
implemented until June 2020, a continuation of the programme is intended,
subject of funding.
Cities
Alliance is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Urban Economic Development Specialist responsible
for the management of the Joint Work Programme in Equitable Economic Growth in
Cities. Under the guidance and supervision of the Head of Global Programmes, the
incumbent is responsible for the implementation and day-to-day operations of
the Joint Work Programme on Equitable Economic Growth and provides both substantive
strategic advice and project management services to the wide range of
stakeholders engaged in the realisation of the project objectives, especially
the closing of Phase 1 and design of Phase 2 of the programme. The incumbent
also serves as a thematic focal point within the secretariat on Economic
Development issues and represents the secretariat externally in global
dialogues on the subject matter to proactively grow the range of strategic
partners for the Cities Alliance.