Post Title: Junior Spatial/Environmental Planner
Duration: 34 - 48 Months (full-time)
Location: Accra, with field missions as required
Deadline: 30th April 2025
Knowledge
- MSC in human/social or physical geography, spatial planning/public policy, environmental sciences/ecology or equivalent programs;
- Familiarity with in-country spatial, environmental, and economic planning system;
- Visualising and analysing spatial data in a GIS such as QGIS;
- Social science data collection methods such as conducting interviews;
- Strong interest in urban green space and urban (in)equalities.
Interest
- An interest in climate change, climate change impacts, and climate change solutions, together with an interest for global South challenges in general;
- Experience in involving stakeholders in research projects, experience in social science methods such as surveys and interviews;
- Interest to work in an interdisciplinary and international environment.
Experience
- Experience in GIS and remote sensing;
- Participation in (international) planning projects;
- Work experience in government agencies is beneficial;
- Work experience with data management is beneficial.
Expected Tasks
- Design and implementation of project methods to develop implementable scenarios of climate adaptation at multiple scales with urban and environmental strategic choices;
- Proof that innovations to planning for climate adaptation to increase resilience of coastal communities and urban development of the coast of Ghana are better.
Your Skills and Experience
Foundational attributes
Emotional intelligence, accuracy, tenacity, creativity, flexibility, resilience and accountability.
Competencies
- Document findings and results for international audience, particularly addressing and accessible to members of the Abidjan (and Nairobi) convention;
- Spatial modelling;
- Excellent level in English, both written and spoken (C1);
- Command of the French language at B1/B2 level for basic oral and written communcation is beneficial.
