Senior Urban Development Specialist

The Asian Development Bank is hiring a Senior Urban Development Specialist for its Manila headquarters. The role involves overseeing waste management projects, providing expert advisory on regulations, policies, and technologies, and collaborating with various teams to enhance urban environmental management. Candidates must have a strong background in solid waste management and circular economy practices. Relocation to Manila is required, with expenses covered.
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Organizational Setting and Reporting RelationshipThe position of Senior Urban Development Specialist (Waste Management) is assigned to the Water and Urban Development Sector Office within the Sector Department 2 (SD2). You will be based at our Headquarters in Manila, Philippines and relocation is required. All reasonable relocation expenses will be covered.

You will report to Director, SD2-WUD and will oversee junior team members.

Your RoleAs a Senior Urban Development Specialist (Waste Management), you will be expected to have an academic and professional background on designing and implementing solid waste management, circular economy and urban environmental management projects, and work with various project teams across sector departments and thematic groups of CCSD in conducting analytical work to assess the solid waste management at city and country levels and processing and administering investment and technical assistance.



You will:Provide expert support and advisory work on innovative project design, specifically on regulations and policies, and alternative, advance and appropriate technologies for solid waste management, building on city and country level experiences and applicable practices on localized solid waste management projects;Provide extensive inputs during project design and implementation, including identification of supply and demand, and recommendation on suitable action to address such issues, and regulatory and policy reform (including cost recovery, user fees, and extended producer responsibility) components, covering the entire service chain (including generation, collection, transportation, treatment, final disposal, and resource recovery) of solid waste management and circular economy;Provide guidance on advancing policy, stand-alone technical assistance aimed at building capacity, management of available resources and operation and maintenance including network management, strengthening urban planning and development through project investment, and institutional reforms related to solid waste management for urban areas;Support sector departments and regional departments/resident missions as a mission/project member in preparing solid waste management projects and advise governments on improving urban environmental management based on regional and local resources and data analytics on solid waste management support infrastructure;Facilitate collaboration with sector departments and thematic departments and regional departments on relevant solid waste management;Conduct development of knowledge products and services for innovative practices and technologies on solid waste management and circular economy;Participate in solid waste management community of practice and contribute to a wider departmental and organizational agenda for waste management and circular economy;Lead the organization and implementation of knowledge sharing events, workshops on specialized topics and capacity building program on solid waste management;Lead and participate in designing special initiatives and programs to promote sustainable, inclusive, environmentally sound waste management system in Asia and the Pacific region; andPrepare presentations and other briefs for use in meetings related to the trust fund, including the annual consultation meeting with financing partners, and other management support requested.
You will need:Master's degree or equivalent in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Environmental economics, Public policy or relevant fields; or University degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, or related fields and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.At least 10 years of relevant working experience in international professional work involving waste management and circular economy.International experience working in several countriesProficiency in expressing ideas in both spoken and written formats in English.Experience undertaking high-quality background research and analysis on difficult but well-defined tasks; collect and organize required data and information; apply appropriate computer skills in analyzing and developing the data; and prepare notes, papers, and sections of reportsDemonstrate in-depth understanding of the interactions between differ