Urban Finance Consultant

The consultant will be responsible for the following specific duties: Capital Infrastructure Stocktaking & Budget Tagging: Conduct a thorough review of Moscow's public finance registry to compile and systematically classify capital infrastructure investments executed over the last three (3) financial years. Spatial Finance Integration & Geo-Referencing: Coordinate with relevant municipal departments to identify the precise geographical locations of major capital assets. Structure this financial data into a clean, geo-referenced spatial matrix to enable thematic mapping. Financial Heatmap Modeling & Gap Assessment: Analyze expenditure concentrations to identify priority spatial patterns, infrastructure delivery mechanisms (including Public-Private Partnerships and green financing tools), and existing financing gaps relative to SDG implementation targets. Drafting and Stakeholder Validation Support: Prepare high-quality technical inputs, graphs, tables, and narrative texts for the financial sections of the VLR and its background SDG Discussion Papers. Refine all data layers based on feedback from UN-Habitat review teams and Government counterparts. Qualifications/special skills Academic Qualification: An advanced university degree (master's or equivalent) in Economics, Public Policy, Public Finance, Political Science, Development Studies or a related field is required. A first-level university degree, combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. Work Experience: A minimum of two (5) years of relevant work experience in the field of public finance, public policy, urban governance research is required; Strong analytical skills with the capacity to synthesize complex municipal financial datasets and translate them into policy-relevant documents and visual heatmaps is required Experience working on Own Source Revenue and/or municipal finance is required; Relevant experience in working in the Russian Federation and Moscow is desirable; Experience in SDG-related work, urban sustainability reporting, or VLR/VNR development is desirable; Working experience with international development agencies such as the United Nations is desirable.