Urban and Regional Development Experts play a crucial role in shaping the future of cities and regions.
We are seeking highly skilled professionals to join our pool of experts who will be interested in short-term assignments on various priorities under this framework contract.
The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of professional experience in regional and urban development, urban buildings, social infrastructure, economic development, disaster risk management, and social and affordable housing.
Key skills include:
* Experience working with EU, EIB, WB etc. financed projects
* A Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree relevant to the topic
* Excellent command of English (CEFR C1)
Specific areas of expertise include:
Urban and Regional Development
• Urban planning, urban renewal, and regeneration
• Transition to climate-neutral economy and environmental sustainability
• Carbon neutral cities
• Land use and transport integration
• Transit-oriented development
• Sustainable urban mobility plans
• Smart cities
• Eco-districts
• Brownfield regeneration
• Cultural heritage
• Urban/regional climate mitigation & adaptation
• Territorial governance mechanisms and partnerships
• Territorial just transition plans and similar, territorial impact assessment
Urban Buildings and Social Infrastructure
• Urban infrastructure
• Municipal utilities
• Green buildings
• Buildings of public administrations and public service organisations/institutions
• Business infrastructure (such as productions facilities, commonly used facilities, business parks, industrial zones, logistics facilities, science parks, research centres, office buildings, warehouses, etc.)
• Re-purposing of abandoned buildings, mining sites, lands, and stranded assets
• Education facilities (e.g., kindergartens, schools, and universities)
• Hospital and health care buildings
• Tourism infrastructure and assets, shopping centres, cultural buildings, sport and recreation facilities, parking facilities and similar
Economic Development
• Tourism development
• Access to finance
• Employment creation and preservation
• Skills development (e.g., re-skilling and up-skilling)
• Productive investments in large enterprises
• Sectorial competitiveness
• Industry restructuring, clustering and similar
Disaster Risk Management
• All stages of the DRM-cycle (prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery) in relation to natural and man-made disasters
Social and Affordable Housing
• Projects and programmes for social and affordable housing construction and renovation
• Development and application of social and affordable housing finance approaches and instruments
• Application of energy efficiency/circular economy/nature-based solution approaches in the housing context
• Analysis of regulatory and policy issues in countries lacking robust social and affordable housing frameworks
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced professionals to contribute to the development of sustainable and resilient communities. If you are interested in this position, please upload your CV and provide one or more telephone numbers.
The work location is flexible and can be either NTU's office in Aalborg or remote. Only selected candidates will be contacted.