International Housing Expert for the National Urban Housing Strategy of Mauritania at UN-Habitat

He/she will perform the following tasks:

• Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation plan for the tasks assigned to the Technical Team, including specific indicators and timelines for measuring progress towards outcomes;
• Collaborate with national consultants working in the Technical Team to ensure the quality and accuracy of their work, and provide technical assistance and support as needed to help them achieve their objectives;
• Contribute to the preparation of all necessary documentation for the Steering Committee and Technical Secretariat meetings, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Housing, Urbanism and Spatial Planning, ensuring that the documentation is complete and accurate and participate physically (preferably, especially for Steering Committee meetings) or virtually in Steering Committee and Technical Secretariat meetings, and keep the minutes accurately reflecting key discussions, decisions, and action items;
• Review and incorporate feedback, inputs, and recommendations from stakeholders involved in or concerned with the National Urban Housing Strategy development process into the relevant documents being prepared by the Technical Secretariat, ensuring that modifications and additions are made in a timely and accurate manner;
• Organize and participate, as much as possible, in online or face-to-face data collection, stakeholders interviews, and thematic workshops and focus groups, ensuring the inclusion of youth, women, and people with disabilities to integrate their perspectives and prerogatives in the diagnosis;
• Identification of constraint points, and analysis of the impact of climate change, conflicts, existing vulnerabilities, etc., on the production, management, and maintenance of housing and identification of ongoing opportunities and innovative approaches.

Qualifications/special skills

• The Expert must have a minimum of a Master's degree in housing finance, urbanization processes, urban governance, and sustainable development in general is required
• The Expert to be recruited must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in housing and habitat policies in Africa and developing countries in general, proven knowledge in terms of housing finance, urbanization processes, urban governance, and sustainable development in general is required.
• Proven analytical and writing skills, dialogue, and consultation skills, ability to work in a team and also under pressure, a high level of multicultural sensitivity is desirable
• Proven experience in Mauritania or a Sahelo-Saharan country is an asset
• Computer literate, using Word, Excel, and Powerpoint under Windows as well as the Internet is desirable

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of Arabic is an advantage.