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Empanelment of Subject-matter Experts National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) 2023

  • Deadline: Oct 15, 2023

  • Qualification (Education): Graduate

  • Experience Required: NA Year

About Job Profile

Support and office management

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded UrbanShift Country Project aims to demonstrate lowemissions, resilient, nature-based, inclusive, sustainable urban development in Indian cities; and support scale-up nationally of the knowledge created and learnings from the Project. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) as the executing agency, is implementing the Project in the target cities (Pune and Surat) and the replication cities (Agra and Puducherry). The Project would provide technical assistance and investment for undertaking the following activities in the partner cities: 

  • Evidence-based sustainable and integrated planning;
  • Investments in low emissions, resilient, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and mobility;
  • Innovative financing solutions for cities and
  • Knowledge management and capacity development: Knowledge products, good practices and tools would be made available to national, state and city authorities as well as other stakeholders through the National Urban Learning Platform (NULP). 

 

Primary Responsibilities include

The Project will also focus on enabling gender mainstreaming practices and processes through the inclusion of gender expertise, stakeholder consultations with women, adoption of genderresponsive planning and budgeting processes and mandatory gender assessment of all urban development projects. 

The key focal areas of work in the partner cities are as follows:  

  • Pune and Agra: Integrated spatial planning for compact development and low-emission resilient green transit corridors
  • Surat and Puducherry: Integrated spatial planning for resilient coastal zones and low-emission mobility development 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

  • Candidates employed with other organisations may also apply, subject to the consent of the current employer.
  • All candidates should confirm their availability to provide services as Subject-matter Experts by signing the Undertaking provided in Annexure 3.  
  • Applications, including Cover Letter (stating the suitability of the applicant for the said position), CV (as per Annexure 2), Undertaking to provide services (as per Annexure 3) and Self-attested undertaking that the candidate is not blacklisted (as per Annexure 4) in PDF format, shall be submitted by e-mail to urbanshift@niua.org and hr@niua.org not later than October 15, 2023, 17:00 hrs IST.
  • The subject line of the email must clearly mention the position applied for:   “Subject-matter Expert _Name of position_Specify grade (GRADE I/ II/ II)I”.  Only candidates whose applications are complete in all regard and adhere to the prescribed formats will be considered for empanelment. To expedite the empanelment process, candidates are encouraged to apply promptly due to the time-sensitive nature of the tasks.  

 

Other Information:

Job Functions

  • Salary Range: NA LPA

  • Employment Type: Full Time

  • Work Mode: Work from Office

How to Apply

Individual consultants with more than 3 years of professional experience can apply for positions mentioned in Section B. Multiple candidates (across all levels of experience – Grade I, II & III) will be empaneled for each area of expertise.    
The empaneled consultants shall be paid as per the per person-day rate commensurate to their years of experience, as mentioned below:   
S.No.    Position    Work Experience    
Per person-day

remuneration*

National Consultants
1.    Grade I Consultant     15+ years      INR 15,000
2.    Grade II Consultant     8+ to 15 years     INR 12,000 
3.    Grade III Consultant     3+ to 8 years     INR 6,500 
* One person-day is equivalent to 8 hours of work.  

** Remuneration paid to empaneled experts will be subject to tax deductions as per the prevailing rules of the Govt. of India.  

*** Expenses towards travel (including travel and hotel bookings, and meals) will be covered by the Project. 

If you qualify and are interested in taking up the role, please apply through this link.

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National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

  • State: Delhi

  • City: New Delhi

About Organisation

Established in 1976, the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is a premier institute of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, for research and capacity building for urban sector in India. NIUA’s broad objective is to bridge the gap between research and practice on issues related to urbanisation.

For more than 40 years now, NIUA has been the vanguard for contributing to and building the urban narrative for a fast-evolving urban India. The Institute has been actively working on bringing forth key areas of concern for urban India in order to build the urban discourse at various urban scales.

It has utilised its competencies in research, knowledge management, policy advocacy and capacity building to address urban challenges and continuously striving to develop sustainable, inclusive and productive urban ecosystems in the country.

It has emerged as a thought leader and knowledge hub for urban development in India and is sought out by both Indian and international organisations for collaborations and partnerships in India’s urban transforming journey. NIUA is committed towards aligning its efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through all its initiatives and programmes.
 

  • State: Delhi

  • City: New Delhi

Contact Details:

Contact Phone: 1124643284

Contact Email: iscfp@niua.org

Date of Posting/Posted On: Oct 12, 2023
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