Senior Technical Advisor — Urban Planning Training

Responsibilities: Consult stakeholders and develop a practical curriculum for BRA public works engineers; deliver a three-day urban planning course for around 30–35 officials. Address municipal infrastructure, transport, utilities, services, waste management and environmental planning; strengthen institutional roles, community participation and public awareness, and develop an accountability/M&E framework. Work from DoPIED’s Mogadishu office with city travel subject to security and project rules. Accountable to the DoPIED Director General and supervised by the TAPF Team Leader with other project advisers. Qualifications: Relevant university degree, preferably Master’s, in civil/environmental/municipal/infrastructure engineering, urban/regional planning, water/sanitation, construction/project management or a related discipline. Experience: Eight or more years in senior engineering or technical advisory consultancy, including infrastructure/urban development/municipal services. Previous embedded-government TA/CTA or equivalent experience and at least three technical workshops, consultations or training assignments, including reports and training materials. Skills: Excellent English and Somali, interpersonal communication, organisation, analysis, problem-solving, multiple-priority management and strong knowledge of Somalia, particularly Mogadishu urban infrastructure and service delivery.

External portal. Submit your CV through the employer portal no later than 29 October 2026, the explicitly relaunched deadline. No closing hour is stated. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The TOR retains an expected June 2026 start date despite its October relaunched application deadline. Confirm the revised deployment date with DAI; no current start date has been inferred.