Vacancies

The Land and 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 rural and urban land development, innovative tenures, affordable land management/administration systems, and land related regulatory/legal frameworks and tools.  Land tools provide a resource for enabling action.  While there has been extensive global discussion around land policies that work for the poor, there has been insufficient attention paid to the development of methods... Read more

UN-Habitat has been working in Mozambique since 2002 to reduce the vulnerability of housing and critical public infrastructures, including schools by cooperating within the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), outcome 3 for more disaster resilient communities (3.2, 3.3, and 3.4) and in particular through more safe and resilient school environment (3.1). The project known as ‘Safer Schools’ was appropriated by the Ministry of Education (MINEDH) and Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MOPHRH), in coordination with National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC). Also... Read more

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 towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. UN-Habitat is playing a key role implementing the Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Gaols adopted in September 2015 as well as the New Urban Agenda adopted in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016.

The Urban Planning and Design Branch (UPDB) of UN-Habitat support countries in developing urban planning methods and systems that address current urbanization challenges. It promotes urban planning approaches to address urban expansion and transformation.

The Urban Planning and Design Branch (UPDB) of UN-Habitat support countries in developing urban planning methods and systems that address current urbanization challenges. It promotes urban planning approaches to address urban expansion and transformation.

The Procurement and Finance Advisor under the direct supervision of the Country Program Manager will be responsible for:

1. Ensure elaboration and implementation of operational strategies focusing on achievement of the following results:

Reporting to the Financial Management Officer, Budget and Finance Unit, Management and Operations Division and under the direct supervision of the Senior Budget and Finance Assistant, the incumbent will perform the following functions: 

The Campaign and Partnerships Consultant will contribute to the partnership engagement process under the World Urban Campaign Secretariat.
Following the Habitat III Conference in October 2016, the WUC has will also engage in a third series of Urban Thinkers Campuses in 2017, whereby partners will debate on thematic issues decided by the campaign partners in the post-Habitat III era. WUC partners will host a number of Campuses, which will be held up to end of 2017 in preparation for the 9th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) in 2018. Each Campus will require specific... Read more

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 support enabling local capabilities to 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 support for more efficient, socially inclusive, better... Read more

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

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, 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.
Urbanization is strongly correlated with economic growth and development. Urbanization underpins one of the key drivers of national economic transformations. This however does... Read more

The Land and GLTN Unit, located within the Urban Legislation, Land and Governance (ULLG) Branch of UN-Habitat, is mandated to develop, test and disseminate pro-poor and gender responsive land tools and approaches within the continuum of land rights framework. Established in 2006, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), is a growing coalition of 75 international partners concerned with rural and urban land issues, working together to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development through promoting secure land and property rights for all, demonstrated through country-level... Read more

The UN-Habitat Strategic Plan for 2014-2019 was approved with an evaluation framework.  Specifically, paragraph 95 states that all projects with a budget of over US$3 million will be subject to external evaluation upon completion, and the budgets for all such projects will, as a matter of principle, include funds for evaluation. All focus areas of the strategic plan (or sub-programmes of the work programme) will be evaluated at least once during the life of the plan.

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