Job Opportunities at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the overall supervision of the Programme Lead on Finance and Economy, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties:
• Provide technical support within the Flagship Programme 1 on urban regeneration, producing financial analysis, policy recommendations, and reports.
• Develop presentation materials on urban regeneration and economy and finance training and capacity-building materials within the Flagship Programme 1
• Conducting research on the finance and economy needs of other PFES teams and identifying possible entry points.
• Development of concept notes on potential collaborative projects between Finance and Economy/ Flagship Programme 1 and other teams in the section.
• Draft normative and strategic documents for the Flagship Programme 1 and Our City Plans in collaboration with country offices and teams.
• Provide technical support to the Planning Finance and Economy Section on communication and outreach activities.

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic Qualification: An advance university degree in Economics, Public Policy, Public Finance, Political Science, Development Studies is required.
• Work Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of public finance, public policy, urban regeneration initiatives, and/or local economic development is required. Demonstrate knowledge of the 2030 Agenda, the New Urban Agenda, and/or UN-Habitat language.
• International experience will be positively taken into account, particularly in the field of international cooperation for territorial and urban development.
• Work experience in the UN System is not a requirement but will be valued.

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Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the Secretary to the Governing Bodies, the Individual Contractor will be responsible for the following duties:
• Edit complex or politically sensitive material, normally without revision, to ensure accuracy, clarity, cohesion and conformity with United Nations standards, policy and practice.
• Carry out more extensive editing where required, including rewriting, abridging and restructuring texts for greater readability and better logical sequence.
• Carry out research to clarify ambiguities and rectify substantive errors.
• Draw up guidelines for editors and determining desk-top publishing standards and practices.
• Draft and review background papers, relevant documents, talking points, reports, speeches and other correspondence.
• Review and edit reports, pre-session and post session documents
• Draft, edit and review correspondence as needed for various purposes from the Organization.
• Review and edit summary of minutes from the Working groups and the Bureau
• Development and review of surveys including analysis of survey results.
• Conduct research, compile and prepare summaries of background materials for use in the preparation of reports, briefs, and speeches.
• Review and update information on the relevant websites for ease of access to Member States

Qualifications/special skills

• Degree in social sciences, communication, international relations or any related field
• Five years of experience in report writing in Government related meetings and inter-governmental meetings is required.

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Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing UN-HABITAT’s normative activities related to housing policy, with the main focus on slum upgrading and prevention through pro-poor housing delivery mechanisms, and assisting in the design, advice and implementation of relevant strategies and programmes in collaboration with other UN-HABITAT units in line with the Strategic Plan and other relevant frameworks; responsible for research and networking; updating existing knowledge and information sources in the organisation; prepare documentation for the governing bodies of UN-HABITAT, World Urban Forum and other international bodies and conferences and contribute to relevant programmes.
• Designs and co-ordinates normative aspects including research and monitoring activities related to enabling housing policies and strategies with particular focus on slum prevention and upgrading, through:
• In relation to the Strategic Plan and other relevant frameworks, monitoring progress in the development of enabling policies, approaches and tools globally and exploring innovative approaches to address in particular housing targets, including informal and slum housing;
• Reviewing and assessing developments in the shelter field globally and on-going research activities particularly regarding slum upgrading and prevention to develop pro-poor strategies;
• Updating and developing documentation on relevant subjects such as policy and implementation guidelines, standards, tool kits and strategy papers;
• Contributing to the production of the World Cities Report and UN-HABITAT policy statements on topics regarding slum upgrading and housing delivery;
• Updating housing development programmes and projects with particular focus on pro-poor slum upgrading and housing delivery policies, strategies and modalities contributing to the development of database, web-site, tools, media packs and related promotional materials;
• Contributing to relevant campaigns and global programmes on housing and land from the housing side.
• Performs advisory and networking functions, to governments, agencies, organizations, institutions, individuals on issues and operational activities related to pro-poor slum upgrading and housing development, through:
• Organizing and co-ordinating ad-hoc expert-group meetings and other activities such as regional policy consultations, capacity building workshops and seminars on technical exchange of experiences;
• Preparing background material for the meetings;  
• Identifying and liaising with consultants, resource persons and other participants;
• Undertaking logistical arrangements for such meetings;
• Representing UN-HABITAT at these meetings by preparing and presenting papers;
• Preparing final reports of the meetings;
• Undertaking technical advisory backstopping missions, augmenting work of UN-HABITAT Regional Offices and strategic partners, with emphasis on policy and institutional development, practical procedural advice and developing tools and guidelines as well as monitoring project execution;
• Promoting initiatives executed by UN-HABITAT Regional Offices and strategic partners for slum upgrading, improving living conditions of slum dwellers including social, economic and environmental aspects;
• Establishing and implementing cooperation agreements, MOUs and grant agreements for governments and strategic partners, monitoring effective use of funds allocation;
• Co-ordinating special initiatives requested by the Executive Director on slum upgrading, housing delivery and activities such as relief operations, programmes and projects for provision of emergency shelters, and disaster management; .

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master degree or equivalent) in architecture, engineering or urban/regional planning, with focus on issues related to shelter development, slum upgrading and enabling housing policies in Developing Countries is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience, including at least six years at the international level, with normative work on low-income slum upgrading and housing policies and programmes is required. Experience in field research in the broad field of housing and urban development, including slums, informal settlements is required.
• Publications –including co-authoring- in one of the following themes: housing and/ or land right, slum upgrading, building materials and technology is desirable.
• Experience in projects on slum upgrading in Asia, Africa or Latin America is desirable.
• Experience making presentations on behalf of an organization at international/national meetings is desirable.
• Experience in developing and/or implementing international sustainable development programmes involving donor community, clients and civil society groups is desirable.
• Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

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Duties and responsibilities:

• Prepare materials (presentations, maps, drawings) for workshops with city and county officials and technical staff in Nigeria.
• Be responsible of the drafting, revision and completion of a GIS data materials for spatial analysis and strategic vision for the Aba City Structure Plan.

Qualifications/special skills

• Minimum advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Urban Planning and Design is a requirement.
• A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least 2 years of proven experience in drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer assisted design tools, with special attention to data management and processing with GIS software.
• Good hand drawing / sketching of macro-scale plans is an advantage.
• Good analytic and design skills in regional and citywide planning and design is an advantage.