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Issue Date: 21 Sep 2015
Deadline: 01 Oct 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

With the increased growth in the use and application of STDM in multiple contexts as well as open-sourcing the tool’s source codes, there is need to review, revise and maintain end-user software documentation including quick reference guides, installation and configuration manuals. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication and writing skills, and have familiarity with PC-based documentation tools. This individual must have an enthusiastic attitude, with a high level for researching and identifying key aspects requiring information to be documented.

Issue Date: 21 Sep 2015
Deadline: 01 Oct 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

UN-Habitat through its Urban Economy Branch seeks to support the effort of local and national governments and their partners in tackling the complex challenges and opportunities of urban economy and municipal finance through a range of ways including advisory services, research and tools development, training and capacity building. These activities constitute Subprogramme 3 of UN-HABITAT's six-year strategic plan 2014-2019, and the Urban Economy Branch is responsible to deliver them. The aim is to strengthen the capacities of cities to realise their full potential as drivers of economic... Read more

Issue Date: 19 Sep 2015
Deadline: 27 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

The Urban Planning and Design Branch of UN-Habitat supports countries in developing urban planning methods and systems that address current urbanization challenges. It promotes urban planning approaches to address rapid urban growth and urban transformation processes in countries with rapid urbanization processes and where cities face a backlog of services and housing.

Issue Date: 19 Sep 2015
Deadline: 27 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

The Urban Planning and Design Branch of UN-Habitat supports countries in developing urban planning methods and systems that address current urbanization challenges. It promotes urban planning approaches to address rapid urban growth and urban transformation processes in countries with rapid urbanization processes and where cities face a backlog of services and housing.

Issue Date: 16 Sep 2015
Deadline: 25 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

Editorial Consultancy – The Global Land Tool Network needs to develop appropriate messages that carry the ideas of the initiative, by using channels such as presentations, speeches, brief materials and visits to get them across.

Issue Date: 16 Sep 2015
Deadline: 24 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

East African countries have the highest annual urbanization rate in the world, estimated at above 4%. The annual demand for new urban houses is estimated to be on average at 100,000 units in each country. This corresponds with an estimated 40,000 new housing units, supplied by the market, by National Housing Corporations, real estate developers, private contractors and individuals.

Issue Date: 10 Sep 2015
Deadline: 17 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Asia and the Pacific;Africa; and Latin America and the Caribbean

The Land and Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Unit, located within the Urban Legislation, Land and Governance (ULLG) Branch of UN-Habitat, has the mandate to develop, test and disseminate pro-poor and gender responsive approaches in regard to land, innovative residential tenures, affordable land management/administration systems, and land related regulatory/legal frameworks and tools.  The Unit hence focuses on research and tool development also to supply technical advice to Member States and backstop the Regional offices and other sections of UN-Habitat.  GLTN considers a land tool as a... Read more

Issue Date: 10 Sep 2015
Deadline: 17 Sep 2015
Duty Station: Kampala

The development of Capacity Assessment tool has entailed a co-construction process involving professional land administrators, land policy makers and International Research and Training institutions and expert group meetings in Nairobi, Mozambique and product validation meeting in Uganda.  In adherence with GLTN’s tool development approach the Capacity Assessment tool has to be piloted in relevant country level environment and refined to suit user requirements.  GLTN will avail relevant document on the Capacity Assessment tool to guide the testing and piloting of the tool.  The specific... Read more

Issue Date: 08 Sep 2015
Deadline: 11 Oct 2015
Post Duration: Fixed-term Appointment
Grade: P-5
Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland

The position is located in in the Internal Services and Administration Department (INTSERV). INTSERV is responsible for the management of the building, security and safety, logistics and services including printing and publishing, document distribution, "greening the ILO", travel and diplomatic privileges. The position will be responsible for leading and managing the Publications, Production, Printing and Distribution Unit (PRODOC). PRODOC is responsible for all aspects of design, editing/proofreading/quality control, production, internal/external printing and distribution of official... Read more

Issue Date: 03 Sep 2015
Deadline: 23 Sep 2015
Duty Station: Kabul, Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP) is predicated on the vital linkage between state-society relations, local government capacity, and basic service provision in strengthening safety and security. It will provide direct assistance to the development of state capacity at the sub-national level, focusing on municipal administrations in eight of the country’s most strategic cities. By concentrating on the urban terrain of peacebuilding and state building, the programme will strengthen the production of public goods, especially security; improve local government responsiveness... Read more

Issue Date: 07 Sep 2015
Deadline: 15 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

The consultant will provide support to the organizing of GLTN related events such as workshops, conferences, meetings, seminars and field visits to projects and the process of printing, disseminating and recording of GLTN publications.

Issue Date: 02 Sep 2015
Deadline: 11 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

Under the supervision of the ROAF Senior Human Settlements Officer and Task Manager for Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, and São Tomé e Principe, also acting as Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience and Environmental/Climate Change Focal Point for the region, and in coordination with other concerned UN-Habitat departments at Head Quarters and with the UN-Habitat teams at country level, the International Consultant will be responsible for carrying out the following tasks:

Issue Date: 02 Sep 2015
Deadline: 18 Sep 2015
Post Duration: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

The Project Consultant will support the implementation of the various activities of the project in the three cities of Addis Ababa, Kampala and Nairobi. The Consultant will also provide support to the collaboration project “Catalyzing Low Carbon Transport in Kenya” (CLCT) and assist in efforts to develop the portfolio of UN-Habitat’s urban mobility activities.

Issue Date: 28 Aug 2015
Deadline: 10 Sep 2015
Post Duration: 9 Months
Duty Station: Nairobi

The World Urban Campaign (WUC) is a global coalition of public, private and civil society partners seeking to raise the urban agenda to a new level. Coordinated by UN-Habitat, but owned and driven by a long list of committed partners, the WUC provides the necessary environment for collaboration

Issue Date: 24 Aug 2015
Deadline: 04 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Uganda,Kampala

The consultant for Country Operations directly reports to the Human Settlements Officer in charge of Country Operations or any authorized staff.  The focus of this job is for the support in coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country level work of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), focusing on selected priority countries in Africa and coordination with regional programmes.

Issue Date: 24 Aug 2015
Deadline: 04 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Home-based

In order to support the country level interventions envisaged in GLTN Phase 2, UN-Habitat is seeking an English-French translator that would enable a wider audience reach in the targeted Francophone countries in Africa such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Issue Date: 24 Aug 2015
Deadline: 04 Sep 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

Given the complexity of the issues being addressed by GLTN and the huge number of stakeholders and partners of various interests, GLTN has come up with an Information and Communications Strategy that is currently being implemented. GLTN is seeking a Communications Assistant. She/he will work closely with the GLTN team and related offices within the UN system to efficiently and effectively carry out his/her responsibilities. The Communications Assistant will work under the overall supervision of the Partnerships and Networking Coordinator and directly with the Communication Associate in the... Read more

Issue Date: 24 Aug 2015
Deadline: 31 Aug 2015
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

The urban space needs to be rethought in order to optimize flow of traffic, but also to increase and encourage the use of non-motorized transport, such as pedestrian movement or cycling. Streets need to be adapted, with walkways, crossings, and cycling lanes. Transport junctions need to be established to create connection points between different transport modes, thus facilitating access to and extending the range of a public transport system, on both the macro level – the city, the region and beyond – and micro level – the neighbourhood.

Issue Date: 17 Aug 2015
Deadline: 24 Aug 2015
Post Duration: 4 Months Possibility of Extension
Duty Station: Nairobi

As the lead agency within the United Nations system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlements, UN-Habitat is also the focal point for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda – the global plan of action adopted in June 1996 by the international community at the Habitat II Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Its activities contribute to the overall objective of the United Nations system to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development within the context of rapidly urbanizing world. UN-Habitat is mandated through the Habitat Agenda to take the lead in disaster mitigation... Read more

Issue Date: 21 Jul 2015
Deadline: 31 Aug 2015
Post Duration: 4 work months spread over 6 month
Duty Station: Nairobi, with mission to select countries

The Land and GLTN Unit within UN-Habitat hosts the secretariat of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), which is a network of over sixty international institutions that was established in 2006 and since then has been working to promote secure land and property rights for all, through the development of pro-poor and gender appropriate land tools.  The programme seeks to implement the “Resolution on sustainable urban development through expanding equitable access to land, housing, basic services and infrastructure”, GC23-17, passed by the 23rd Governing Council in April 2011. The GLTN’s... Read more

Issue Date: 21 Jul 2015
Deadline: 31 Aug 2015
Post Duration: 2.5 work months spread over 6 months
Duty Station: Nairobi, with mission to select countries

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. It is the focal point for urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system. The agency supports national and local governments in laying the foundation for sustainable urban development.
 

Issue Date: 03 Aug 2015
Deadline: 15 Aug 2015
Post Duration: 4 Months
Duty Station: Nairobi

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable cities and towns with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, healthier, greener places with better opportunities where everyone can live with dignity. It works with a wide range of partners at global, national, city and municipality and even community levels.

Deadline: 13 Sep 2015
Grade: D-2
Duty Station: Nairobi

Job Opening number:15-PGM-UNHABITAT-44568-D-NAIROBI (O)