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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local go...
Responsibilities
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, (UN-Habitat), is the United Nations agency for Human Settlements. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. As the United Nations focal point on human settlements, UN-Habitat will lead advocacy efforts to raise awareness of sustainable urbanization issues; provide evidence-based policy advice; build capacities; develop tools, norms and standards based on best practices; work on demonstration projects and provide assistance to national Governments, local authorities and other public institutions responsible for urban issues.
Under the overall guidance of the Chief, Human Resources and Training Unit, the team assistant will perform the following duties:
Qualifications/special skills
Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required
Deadline: 17 May 2022
Responsibilities
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the United Nations agency for Human Settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. As the United Nations focal point on human settlements, UN-Habitat will lead advocacy efforts to raise awareness of sustainable urbanization issues; provide evidence-based policy advice; build capacities; develop tools, norms and standards based on best practices; work on demonstration projects and aid national Governments, local authorities and other public institutions responsible for urban issues. To enable it to respond to the challenges and opportunities of 21st Century cities and human settlement in a more holistic way, and to address one of the most significant areas of need in developing countries; UNHabitat has adopted a more strategic and integrated approach that is more systematic, going beyond addressing only the symptoms of malfunctioning urbanization. It is integrated, rather than sectorial, transformative rather than fragmentary and links urbanization and human settlements to sustainable development by focusing on prosperity, livelihoods and employment.
The vacancy is in the Regional Office of Africa, Somalia Programme.
This project was designed to implement recommendations of the Scoping Study on Land and Conflict in the Horn of Africa, which identified the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) as the most appropriate strategic partner for interventions under Pillar Four of the Comprehensive Regional Prevention Strategy for the Horn of Africa to contribute to improvement of responsible land governance and enhance inclusive, equitable and sustainable development in the region. It will support IGAD, its Member States and other development actors in the region to implement regional level interventions to address land governance challenges and resolve land-related root causes of conflict.
The project addresses a critical challenge that bedevils all the countries of the Horn of Africa, renders livelihoods insecure and undermines prospects for sustainable development, collective security and peace. The project seeks to implement recommendations of the scoping study by providing support to strengthen the capacity of IGAD and the Member States collectively and individually to manage the land-conflict-climate change-development nexus and thereby secure responsible and inclusive land governance, efficient and effective resolution of land-based conflicts, sustainable management of the environment and promotion of climate security. In doing this, the project will be contributing directly to achievement of the objectives of the Comprehensive Regional Prevention Strategy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the overall supervision of the UN-Habitat's Senior Humans Settlements Officer and in consultation with FAO representative, the consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
Qualifications/special skills
Language: Fluency in both oral and written English is required.
Deadline: 24 May 2022
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