Urban Mobility and Safe Environments Consultant

Organizational context

The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) (www.grsproadsafety.org) is a hosted programme of the IFRC and is a voluntary association of governments, businesses, and civil society organisations. Both the IFRC and GRSP are headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The GRSP has full time staff based in Geneva, Kuala Lumpur and Budapest and a cadre of globally based consultants. The aim of the GRSP’s work is to reduce death and serious injuries as a result of road crashes with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries claim more than 1.35 million lives each year and result in approximately 50 million injuries. Low and middle-income countries are disproportionately negatively affected. Globally, road traffic deaths are the leading cause of death among young people aged 5 to 29 years and can cost governments between 3 and 5% of GDP. Road traffic injuries and deaths represent a manmade humanitarian crisis and GRSP/IFRC are committed to evidence-based interventions to address this global pandemic. GRSP’s work includes:

• Carrying out a variety of member and non-member funded road safety projects and research throughout the world but focused primarily in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
• Managing a Road Safety Grants Programme that supports civil society and Red Cross/Red Crescent National Societies to strengthen legislation and policies that impact on road safety.
• Undertaking projects in low- and middle- income countries to reduce road crash deaths and serious injuries.
• Running road policing capacity building and training programmes in multiple cities and countries.
• In conjunction with Johns Hopkins University International Injury Research Unit, running Global Road Safety and Road Policing Leadership programmes.

GRSP’s work is funded by members, donors and development banks with two philanthropies contributing to two large programmes, namely;

• Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) – funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

• Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge (BCRSC) – funded by Fondation Botnar.

  GRSP’s work specifically contributes to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3.6 - “By 2030, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes” and 11.2 – “By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons.” GRSP also contributes to meeting the broader SDG sustainability agenda.

Consultancy purpose

The Urban Mobility and Safe Environments Consultant will support the GRSP in ensuring specific programmes meet best practice in integrated transport, urban planning, sustainable mobility, road safety and well-being issues. The Consultant will provide advice to GRSP on:

· the interconnection between road safety, safer urban environments and mobility;

· supporting innovation and inclusivity in mobility systems;

· providing practical recommendations on proven initiatives that will contribute to these focus areas that can be applied programmatically.

The Consultant will also, where required, facilitate collaboration between GRSP and other relevant global partners, and ensure GRSP is able to support its partners and donors to develop guidance and projects with a focus on safer urban environments for children, youth and vulnerable road users in low-to-middle income countries.

Consultancy deliverables

1. Provide technical support and advice on safer urban environments and urban mobility in the implementation and delivery of the BCRSC (ref to #BCRSC on social media).
2. Conduct site visits (in person or virtually dependent on prevailing travel restrictions and need), in conjunction with relevant GRSP members to identify project opportunities and problem solutions.
3. Provide technical advice and conduct research specific to integrated transport, sustainable mobility and urban planning.

4. Review and provide technical comment related the above areas of expertise for the Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge reports, proposals, and articles.

5. Provide remotely based training and briefings (webinars) to GRSP staff and grantees at the direction of the Manager, Road Safety Projects.

Consultancy Applicant Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering, architecture, transport/urban planning or related field
• Professional certification(s) in urban/network planning (i.e. AICP, APA), safer environments, or related field (preferred)
• More than 7 years of experience providing support and advice in mobility planning and integrated/sustainable urban transport
• More than 7 years of experience providing technical advice, including capacity building, to civil society organisations in low- and middle-income countries (preferred)
• Demonstrates experience and knowledge of current urban mobility, sustainable transport, and related good practice approaches and methodologies related to the global sustainability agenda
• Experience working with/for a Red Cross-Red Crescent national society, an NGO or other humanitarian organisation. (preferred)
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the practical implication of the Sustainable Development Goals and how these can be integrated into transport, infrastructure and mobility planning
• Demonstrated ability to develop conceptual and technical design development and drawings using AutoCAD, SketchUp, or other 2D or 3D software
• Demonstrated understanding of trends and technological developments in the sustainable mobility and urban planning area
• Demonstrated ability to provide clear and concise written English guidance on complex environmental safety and sustainable mobility issues
• Demonstrated ability to work within diverse cultural, socio-economic and language environments and provide customised advice with appreciation of local context
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic) (preferred).

How to apply:

Applications, consisting of a cover letter (which includes the expected daily rate of remuneration in Swiss francs), CV and examples of recent work products, should be sent to email Atsani.Ariobowo@ifrc.org with ‘Urban Mobility and Safe Environments Consultant’ in the subject line by 17:00 Central European Time (UTC +1) on Friday, 4 December 2020.