Key Expert II: Urban development expert (with missions to Portugal)

SIMAB – Municipal Markets in Portugal

The support delivered by the Service Provider will complement SIMAB in the preparation of the operational program in those areas where external expertise is needed:

i)     Design of a funding and financing solution that enable easy access by municipalities to the necessary financial resources to undertake the modernisation of municipal markets.

ii)    Design of state-of-the-art interventions in the fields of mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and urban integration of the market buildings and surrounding public space areas.

iii)  Analysis of state-of-the-art alternative business models for investment, operation and management of municipal markets, feasible for the characteristics of the Portuguese municipal market sector.

iv)  Design and implementation of a pilot project including a set of municipal markets suitable and ready for investment, including the preparation of feasibility studies and investment plans for a set of selected municipal markets suitable and ready for investment.

Key Expert II: Urban development expert (Category I)

Qualifications: At least a Bachelor’s Degree in urban development, civil engineering, architecture or related field (Minimum requirement).

General professional experience: At least 15 years’ professional experience in urban design of infrastructure

projects (Minimum requirement).

Specific professional experience: 

At least 12 years of documented work experience in the field of urban projects (Minimum requirement).

·         Experience in project planning, design, and implementation phases in property development supporting urban renewal, with proven involvement in at least 5 relevant projects (Minimum requirement).

·         Very good knowledge of inclusion of climate change (mitigation and adaptation) features in urban projects and their application in an urban context demonstrated by specific professional experience within the past 5 years (Minimum requirement).

·         At least 3 years of experience in research, analytical, response programming and report writing skills (Minimum requirement).

·         Knowledge of the EU system including EU policies/legislation relevant to the in-property development sector supporting urban renewal (Advantage).

Language and other Skills: Working command of English language (CEFR C1) (Minimum requirement). Working command of Portuguese language (Minimum requirement).