Great Opportunity: UNESCO is Hiring a Consultant with Attractive Benefits. Apply!
Great Opportunity: UNESCO is Hiring a Consultant with Attractive Benefits. Apply!
- Supervisory sector: Natural Sciences Sector (SC)
- Duty station: Paris
- Job category: Exact and natural sciences
- Contract type: Non-permanent staff
- Contract duration: 7 to 11 months
- Recruitment open to: External candidates
- Closing date for applications (midnight Paris time): October 25, 2025
UNESCO is offering an exciting consultancy opportunity for professionals passionate about advancing education, science, culture, and sustainable development. As a UNESCO Consultant, you will contribute to the organization’s global initiatives promoting inclusive knowledge societies, cultural preservation, and innovation-driven growth. This role involves research, project coordination, and policy advisory support to strengthen UNESCO’s mission of building peace through international cooperation. Ideal candidates bring strong analytical, communication, and project management skills, along with a commitment to global equity and collaboration. Join UNESCO and make a meaningful impact on communities worldwide by shaping transformative strategies for a more sustainable and inclusive future. In this context UNESCO is seeking an experienced individual consultant to support the activities on the following areas: 1) collect seismic codes in Sub Saharan Africa and develop a database, 2) draft the database for publication on the UNESCO website.
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Responsibilities
- Review UNESCO’s existing seismic code database and identify gaps.
- Draft an inception report with a work plan, timeline, and stakeholder mapping.
- Collect and compile seismic codes from Sub-Saharan African countries (approximately two per month).
- Clean, standardize, and integrate the collected data into the UNESCO seismic database.
- Prepare the database and metadata for online publication, ensuring clarity and accessibility.
- Liaise with relevant UNESCO field offices and IPRED partners to validate entries and gather feedback.
- Provide monthly progress reports and flag challenges or additional support needs.
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Requirements
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in architecture, civil engineering, seismic engineering, disaster risk reduction, or urban planning
- Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience in disaster risk management, architecture, seismic engineering, and/or urban planning.
- Understanding of urban development and built environment in seismic contexts.
- Proven ability to collect, clean, and organize technical data for databases.
- Strong drafting, analytical, and coordination skills.
- Familiarity with UN or UNESCO technical cooperation procedures
- Prior work with UN agencies or international organizations in a technical advisory or consultative capacity
How to apply
Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply and submit as one single document incorporating all the required elements (pdf format) to be uploaded in the application section “Employment History Form , including the following elements :
- an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
- a statement indicating how their qualifications and experience make them suitable for the assignment;
- an indication of the approach he/she would adopt to carry out the assignment, including any inputs that may be required from UNESCO;
- the overall cost of the assignment, expressed as an overall lump sum. Any travel and subsistence requirements should be indicated separately.
Application should be done through Success Factor only . In case you are unable to attach the required documents in the system, you may send an email to: sc.recruitment@unesco.org quoting the reference (23032) in the subject line of your e-mail. Note: Applications missing any of the requested application documents will not be considered
