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Issue Date: 15 Dec 2018
Deadline: 14 Nov 2018
Grade: Consultant

UN-Habitat supports New Urban Agenda partners and governments at all levels in formulating and implementing progressive housing sector reforms, policies, programmes and legislation which contribute to the creation of inclusive and sustainable cities, and comply with international law relating to the right to adequate housing. It provides expertise to support sound analysis of the housing sector and, in particular, the review of key legislation and elements affecting affordable housing provisions. UN-Habitat assists governments to formulate and implement policies and strategies designed to... Read more

Issue Date: 31 Oct 2018
Deadline: 30 Nov 2018

One of the focus areas of UEFB has historically been to improve own source revenue (OSR) at the local/municipal level in Africa. In a latest project, UEFB will attempt to take a systematic and strategic approach towards own source revenue generation (OSR) in Africa and determine the specific interventions which are most urgently needed in African countries and best suited to UEFB’s own specific comparative advantage in the sector. This project thereby contributes to the overall strategy of UEFB and supports in developing key communication material and strategic partnership plans which will... Read more

Issue Date: 26 Oct 2018
Deadline: 03 Nov 2018
Grade: Consultant

The United Kingdom Prosperity Fund the “Global Future Cities Programme” has two phases; a strategic development phase (2018), followed by an implementation phase (2019-2021). The strategic phase of the programme aims to assess the viability and ensure stakeholder ownership to derive clarity on carrying out a coherent series of strategic and targeted interventions in 19 cities in 10 countries. The interventions to be identified aim to encourage a move towards developing sustainability, avoiding urban sprawl and slum developments, and to achieve inclusive prosperity whilst alleviating high... Read more

Issue Date: 05 Nov 2018
Deadline: 21 Oct 2018
Post Duration: 1 year
Grade: Professional Level
Duty Station: Nairobi

The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations agency responsible for Urbanization and Human settlements mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer and healthier places with better opportunities. It works with organizations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society, private sector and the Habitat Agenda Partners. The position is in the Communications and Corporate Services section, External Relations Division (ERD)... Read more

Issue Date: 26 Sep 2018
Deadline: 09 Oct 2018

UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate and affordable housing for all. It works with organisations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector, to help build, manage, plan and finance sustainable urban development.

Issue Date: 25 Sep 2018
Deadline: 25 Sep 2018
Grade: Consultant

The adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in 2016 following the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development was a major milestone in global urban policy. The NUA charts the course and provides an action-oriented roadmap to guide sustainable urban development globally over the next 20 years.  The NUA together and the Sustainable Development Goals, which include an urban goal— (SDG 11) to make cities and human settlements safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable firmly place urbanization at the forefront of international development policy. UN-... Read more

Issue Date: 25 Sep 2018
Deadline: 02 Sep 2018
Grade: Consultant

UN- Habitat established the Global Urban Observatory (GUO) unit under the Research, Capacity Building and Development branch of UN-Habitat as a specialized statistical unit in charge of global monitoring of the Habitat Agenda and other agendas with an urban linkage. GUO is already responding with efficiency to the challenges that the monitoring and reporting of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) requires. GUO has more than 20 years’ experience in the collection, analysis and production of urban data at the world level and in specific cities. GUO is working... Read more

Issue Date: 25 Sep 2018
Deadline: 09 Oct 2018
Grade: Consultant

UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate and affordable housing for all. It works with organisations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector, to help build, manage, plan and finance sustainable urban development.

Issue Date: 25 Sep 2018
Deadline: 02 Oct 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

UN- Habitat established the Global Urban Observatory (GUO) unit under the Research, Capacity Building and Development branch of UN-Habitat as a specialized statistical unit in charge of global monitoring of the Habitat Agenda and other agendas with an urban linkage. GUO is already responding with efficiency to the challenges that the monitoring and reporting of the NUA and SDGs requires. GUO has more than 20 years’ experience in the collection, analysis and production of urban data at the world level and in specific cities. GUO is working to a) Improve the capacity of countries and cities... Read more

Issue Date: 25 Sep 2018
Deadline: 02 Oct 2018
Grade: Consultant

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the mandated UN Agency working towards a sustainable urbanization and human settlements. UN-Habitat works in over 90 countries supporting people in cities and human settlements for a better urban future. The agency has been focusing on urban development for over 40 years. Working with governments and local partners, its high impact projects combine world-class expertise and local knowledge to deliver timely and targeted solutions. The Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit (RMPU) is one of the three units in the Urban Planning... Read more

Issue Date: 13 Sep 2018
Deadline: 20 Sep 2018
Duty Station: Nairobi

The adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in 2016 following the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development was a major milestone in global urban policy. The NUA charts the course and provides an action-oriented roadmap to guide sustainable urban development globally over the next 20 years. The NUA together and the Sustainable Development Goals, which include an urban goal— (SDG 11) to make cities and human settlements safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable firmly place urbanization at the forefront of international development policy. UN-... Read more

Issue Date: 28 Aug 2018
Deadline: 07 Sep 2018
Duty Station: Nairobi

As part of UN-Habitat’s efforts to provide technical support to countries worldwide for efficient monitoring and reporting on urban development agendas, GUO is currently supporting the implementation of two main projects as follows:

Issue Date: 28 Aug 2018
Deadline: 07 Sep 2018

The PSUP is acknowledged for its approach aligned with the New Urban Agenda and the SDGs and tested in many ACP countries with many success stories, lessons to be learnt and opportunities for up-scaling. In the past, globally often slum upgrading has been approached through a project-to-project basis and experience has shown that this approach is ineffective, because it rarely gained scale and/or replication. For making slum upgrading sustainable there is a current shift towards strategic and inclusive city-wide slum upgrading with pro-active measures which PSUP is implementing.

Issue Date: 16 Aug 2018
Deadline: 21 Aug 2018

UN-Habitat, through the Urban Economy and Finance Branch, has broad experience developing research and advising policy trough out publication of documents in which special attention is paid to the formulation and implementation of urban strategies and policies that will enhance municipal finance and tax revenue, as well as contribute to the creation of jobs that will improve the livelihoods of all, and which lead to the economic empowerment of youth and women in particular.

Issue Date: 16 Aug 2018
Deadline: 16 Aug 2018
Duty Station: Kakuma, Turkana County,

Liaise with county government of Turkana, the local community leaders and relevant stakeholders for effective project implementation, and organize meetings, workshops, and trainings with them as necessary

Issue Date: 16 Aug 2018
Deadline: 28 Aug 2018

UN-Habitat is also mandated to respect, promote, and protect human rights in all of its activities. All of UN-Habitat’s interventions are underpinned by values contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that promote

Issue Date: 13 Aug 2018
Deadline: 24 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

The Housing Unit develops strategies, policies, and programmes to provide access to adequate housing for all, improve the living conditions in existing slums, and curb the growth of new slums. It focuses on improving the supply and affordability of serviced land and new housing opportunities. These efforts contribute to the progressive realization of adequate housing for all and the improvement of housing and the quality of living conditions for the poor and vulnerable.

Issue Date: 10 Aug 2018
Deadline: 19 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Home based

The Future Saudi Cities Programme (FSCP) is a multi-sectoral initiative funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amounting to USD 25 million. It contributes to a more sustainable urbanization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through evidence-based analysis and development of policy options, followed by actions demonstrating the benefits of the New Urban Agenda, as adopted by the Member States of the United Nations in 2016. The programme encourages participatory planning including local authorities, ministries and citizens (women, men, youth, girls and boys), creates more opportunities for... Read more

Issue Date: 01 Aug 2018
Deadline: 07 Aug 2018

UN-Habitat, as the UN’s programme on human settlements, is in the best position to provide answers and achievable solutions to the current challenges faced by urban areas and human settlements of all sizes. UN-Habitat is capitalizing on its experience and position to work with partners in order to formulate human settlements for tomorrow. It works to ensure that cities and regions become inclusive and affordable drivers of economic growth and social development.

Issue Date: 01 Aug 2018
Deadline: 07 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

Turkana County is the largest county in Kenya and home to thousands of refugees fleeing from civil strife in the neighbouring republic of South Sudan. Since the end of August 2014, the current Kakuma camp has been unable to accommodate the 42,000 new arrivals that it has received. The project was developed in response to the continuous number of refugees in Kenya, Turkana County, where a significant fraction of the population has constantly been under the refugee status for the past 20 years.

Issue Date: 01 Aug 2018
Deadline: 07 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

Turkana County is the largest county in Kenya and home to thousands of refugees fleeing from civil strife in the neighbouring republic of South Sudan. Since the end of August 2014, the current Kakuma camp has been unable to accommodate the 42,000 new arrivals that it has received. The project was developed in response to the continuous number of refugees in Kenya, Turkana County, where a significant fraction of the population has constantly been under the refugee status for the past 20 years. The County Government of Turkana with support of the National Government of Kenya and UNHCR is... Read more

Issue Date: 01 Aug 2018
Deadline: 07 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

Globally, there exists a disconnection between spatial and economic planning. This has resulted in a failure to leverage emerging economic geography for competitiveness and development, at both the local and national scales. This is particularly true in the case of rapidly urbanizing countries, which are at a critical point in their history. They will either be able to leverage their growing cities to transform their economies or succumb to the transfer of poverty from rural to urban areas. The history of Shenzhen is one success story of the urban transition going hand-in-hand with a... Read more

Issue Date: 21 Jul 2018
Deadline: 04 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Hargeisa Somaliland
  • Act as Senior Civil Engineer / Resident Engineer for construction management and supervision, in particular in relation to the construction of the new Ged Deeble Pumping Station;
Issue Date: 21 Jul 2018
Deadline: 04 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Tehran, Iran

As demonstrated by recent earthquakes and other disasters, the majority of the health facilities in Islamic Republic of Iran are not well prepared for diverse hazards. As one of its main priorities, Ministry of Health of Islamic Republic of Iran has started collaboration with UN-Habitat to conduct inventory, multi-hazard performance evaluation and feasibility studies for selected health facilities in Iran to reach long-term investment plans for improving resilience of health infrastructure. The Project for Improving the Resilience of Hospitals (BEHTAB) includes extensive surveys and... Read more

Issue Date: 21 Jul 2018
Deadline: 03 Aug 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

The Urban Basic Services Branch (UBSB) aims at increasing equitable access to urban basic services such as water, sanitation, solid waste management, mobility and energy, and is one amongst the seven focus areas of UN-Habitat. The Branch consists of four programmatic units, namely: i) water and sanitation, ii) urban waste management; iii) urban mobility and iv) urban energy. These programmatic units promote initiatives aimed at strengthening policies and institutional frameworks for increasing equitable access to urban basic infrastructure and services and improving the standard of living... Read more

Issue Date: 15 Jun 2018
Deadline: 25 Jun 2018
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

UN-Habitat, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, is the agency for human settlements in the United Nations system. 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.

Issue Date: 13 Jun 2018
Deadline: 18 Jun 2018
Grade: P-3
Duty Station: Nairobi

The adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in 2016 following the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development was a major milestone in global urban policy. The NUA charts the course and provides an action-oriented roadmap to guide sustainable urban development globally over the next 20 years. The NUA together and the Sustainable Development Goals, which include an urban goal— (SDG 11) to make cities and human settlements safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable firmly place urbanization at the forefront of international development policy. UN-... Read more

Issue Date: 29 May 2018
Deadline: 08 Jun 2018

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 governments to develop financial instruments to keep pace with the demands of rapid urbanization. The Urban Economy Branch has the mandate to promote plans and provide support for more efficient, socially inclusive, better integrated and... Read more

Issue Date: 29 May 2018
Deadline: 08 Jun 2018

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 governments to develop financial instruments to keep pace with the demands of rapid urbanization. The Urban Economy Branch has the mandate to promote plans and provide support for more efficient, socially inclusive, better integrated and... Read more

Issue Date: 29 May 2018
Deadline: 08 Jun 2018
Grade: Consultant

The Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch (HSUB) develops strategies, policies, and programmes to provide access to adequate housing for all, improve the living conditions in existing slums, and curb the growth of new slums. It focuses on improving the supply and affordability of serviced land and new housing opportunities, while also implementing city-wide and national slum upgrading programmes to improve housing and the quality of living conditions of the poor.