Open Roles at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities:

Capacity Development and Institutional Assessment

• Support training needs assessments for relevant federal, regional, city and woreda authorities.
• Conduct institutional mapping and stakeholder assessments to identify planning and governance capacity gaps related to displacement management.
• Contribute to the preparation of training curricula and learning materials on durable solutions, area-based approaches and settlement management.
• Facilitate leadership training sessions and peer-learning activities, and document participant feedback and recommendations for follow-up support.

Settlement Planning and Durable Solutions

• Undertake settlement assessments and urban diagnostics to identify spatial development challenges, service gaps and the needs of displacement-affected communities
• Prepare settlement development and upgrading recommendations informed by assessment findings and stakeholder consultations.
• Support the integration of durable solutions principles into local development and spatial planning processes.
• Provide technical support to municipalities in applying displacement-responsive planning approaches.

Climate-Smart Planning and Spatial Analysis

• Support the collection, validation and analysis of GIS and other relevant data for settlement planning.
• Contribute to suitability and hazard mapping to inform planning and investment decisions.
• Analyse settlement growth trends, environmental risks and access to basic services.
• Prepare climate-resilient planning recommendations based on spatial analysis and assessment findings.

Land Governance and Tenure Security

• Contribute to housing, land and property assessments relevant to settlement planning and durable solutions
• Support the development of tenure security tools and local land governance systems relevant to the programme’s settlement planning interventions.
• Incorporate land governance and tenure security considerations into intervention site identification and prioritization.
• Provide technical support during stakeholder consultations and validation workshops.

Coordination, Reporting and Knowledge Management

• Liaise with regional bureaus, municipalities, land agencies and development partners to obtain technical inputs and coordinate activities related to the assignment.
• Prepare technical reports, consultation records and project documentation associated with the agreed deliverables.
• Provide monitoring, evaluation and reporting inputs on assigned activities.
• Document lessons learned and good practices to inform subsequent training and settlement planning interventions.

Qualifications/special skills

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Additional training in urban planning, regional planning, human settlements, territorial planning, urban development, architecture or a related field is desirable.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience in urban planning, settlement development or a related field is required.
• The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced by two years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree.
• Experience using GIS and spatial planning tools for settlement assessments and analysis is required.
• Experience in displacement, refugee response, recovery or durable solutions programmes is desirable.
• Experience in capacity development, including preparing training materials and delivering training, is desirable.

Deadline : Sep 15, 2026

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager and in close collaboration with the Ethiopia Programme team, the consultant will undertake the following:

GIS Database Development and Management

• Compile, organize and consolidate spatial and non-spatial datasets from government agencies, development partners and project sources.
• Develop and maintain a geospatial database covering settlements, infrastructure, services, environmental features and hazards.
• Prepare metadata and apply data management procedures to ensure consistency, traceability and accessibility of datasets.
• Maintain backup copies and version control, and support appropriate data sharing and knowledge management.

Spatial Data Collection and Validation

• Conduct field verification, GPS surveys and geospatial data collection in project target areas.
• Verify settlement boundaries, infrastructure locations and environmental features.
• Support community consultations and participatory mapping exercises.
• Document field observations, validate collected spatial information and integrate findings into the GIS database.

Climate-Smart Suitability Mapping

• Support the development of settlement suitability assessment criteria and undertake multi-criteria spatial analysis using agreed methodologies. • Analyse infrastructure accessibility, service coverage, and environmental and climate-related constraints.
• Prepare suitability maps and settlement development scenarios to inform planning and investment decisions.
• Contribute maps, spatial analysis and explanatory notes to the Regional GIS Planning Atlas.

Hazard and Climate Risk Mapping

• Support the preparation of flood, heat stress and other relevant environmental hazard maps using available data and agreed methodologies. • Analyse the exposure of settlements and infrastructure to identified hazards, incorporating available climate projections where appropriate. • Contribute spatial evidence to climate-resilient planning recommendations.
• Prepare clear maps and other visual products for consultations, validation and decision-making.

Settlement Planning Support

• Assist with settlement profiling and urban and territorial planning assessments.
• Provide geospatial inputs for infrastructure planning, service delivery assessments and settlement growth scenarios.
• Contribute to planning reports and technical recommendations informed by spatial analysis and field findings.
• Support the application of durable solutions planning approaches that reflect the needs of displacement-affected communities. F. Capacity Development and Training Support
• Support GIS capacity development activities for local authorities, including the preparation of training materials and technical presentations. • Demonstrate GIS applications and explain mapping outputs during workshops and training sessions.
• Prepare maps and planning evidence to support City Leaders Training activities.
• Assist with peer-learning and knowledge-sharing activities on the use of spatial information in planning.

Coordination, Reporting and Knowledge Management

• Liaise with regional bureaus, municipalities, woredas and partner institutions to obtain data, validate findings and coordinate assigned activities. • Participate in technical meetings, workshops and field missions relevant to the assignment.
• Prepare technical reports, maps, presentations and progress updates on assigned activities.
• Maintain geospatial repositories and supporting documentation, and document lessons learned and good practices.

Qualifications/special skills

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Additional training in urban planning, regional planning, human settlements, territorial planning, urban development, architecture or a related field is desirable.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in GIS, spatial planning, geomatics, remote sensing or a related field is required. The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced by two years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree.
• Experience in developing and managing spatial databases is required.
• Experience in field-based geospatial data collection and GPS surveys is required.
• Experience in suitability analysis, hazard mapping and geospatial modelling is required.
• Experience supporting development, humanitarian, displacement, resilience or local government programmes is desirable.

Deadline : Sep 14, 2026

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Under the overall supervision of the Team Lead on Finance and Economy, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties: Diagnostic Assessment
• Map the institutional landscape in Dadaab-Hagadera and Kakuma across county, national, humanitarian, and community actors • Review legal, policy, institutional, and administrative frameworks and governance constraints affecting revenue generation and service delivery in refugee-hosting areas • Assess service delivery responsibilities, gaps, and unfunded mandates
• Estimate the scale and cost of current service needs
• Conduct a literature review on local government finance, OSR, and land-based finance in refugee-hosting contexts
• Assess existing revenue instruments, performance, and potential across 5 major revenue streams and identify opportunities to improve billing, collection, and enforcement
• Analyze county assets, liabilities, revenues, expenditures, financing gaps, and fiscal sustainability building on the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Assessment
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and financing options for capital investment projects
• Analyze the landscape for external funding and financing Strategy and Reform Design
• Develop case studies on public land use and land-value capture to identify revenue opportunities in both counties/municipalities • Assess realistic revenue options, including market fees, business permits, transport charges, and commercial land/asset revenues • Assess digital tools, mapping tools, or asset inventories to improve revenue administration
• Develop practical recommendations for strengthening OSR and broader financial position, specifically tailored for refugee-hosting counties and the transition to the Shirika Plan
• Develop an OSR strategy for each county and a phased implementation roadmap distinguishing immediate OSR opportunities from medium-term and transfer/concessional-dependent options Capacity Building 
• Draft a Practice Knowledge Tool on Municipal Revenue Enhancement & Financing, with a focus on Dadaab and Kakuma Stakeholder Engagement and Representation
• Consult with county and municipal officials, national government stakeholders, humanitarian and development partners, private sector actors, and other relevant stakeholders
• Prepare and submit high-quality written outputs, presentations, technical notes, and reports in line with UN-Habitat standards and the agreed consultancy workplan
• Represent the Finance and Economy team in UN-Habitat meetings and with external partners; prepare and deliver presentations on UN-Habitat's work on Finance and Economy
• Provide administrative and project management support to the Finance and Economy Team as needed

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:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of public finance, public policy, and/or local economic development is required; • Experience working on Own Source Revenue and/or municipal finance is desirable;
• Prior experience working in developing countries is desirable;
• Working experience with international development agencies such as the United Nations is desirable.

Deadline : Sep 11, 2026