The position of Urban and Regional Development Specialist has been created to lead a strong international consortium in implementing various EIB priorities under the framework contract.
The assignment duration is 48 months, during which you will be responsible for building up a pool of experts interested in short-term assignments on EIB projects.
As an expert in regional and urban development, you will have at least 10 years of professional experience in fields such as urban planning, social infrastructure, economic development, disaster risk management, and social and affordable housing.
Your skills and qualifications should include experience working with EU, EIB, and WB financed projects, as well as a Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree relevant to the topic.
You should also have specific professional experience within at least one of the following sectors:
* 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, and territorial just transition plans.
* Urban Buildings and Social Infrastructure: Urban infrastructure, municipal utilities, green buildings, public administration buildings, business infrastructure, re-purposing of abandoned buildings, education facilities, hospital and health care buildings, tourism infrastructure, shopping centres, cultural buildings, sport and recreation facilities, and parking facilities.
* Economic Development: Tourism development, access to finance, employment creation and preservation, skills development, productive investments in large enterprises, sectorial competitiveness, industry restructuring, clustering, and similar.
* Disaster Risk Management (DRM): All stages of the DRM-cycle 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, energy efficiency/circular economy/nature-based solution approaches in the housing context, and analysis of regulatory and policy issues in countries lacking robust social and affordable housing frameworks.
You should have excellent command of English (CEFR C1) and be willing to work in NTU's office in Aalborg and/or remotely.
If you are interested in this position, please upload your CV and ensure that it includes one or more telephone numbers.