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Issue Date: 25 Nov 2016
Deadline: 09 Dec 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

The GLTN Phase 2 Programme’s objective is to ensure that “International organisations, UN-Habitat staff and related land programmes/projects and targeted national and local governments are better able to improve tenure security of the urban and rural poor.” Phase 1 of the GLTN implementation programme (2008-2011) focused on normative work and development of pro-poor and gender responsive land tools. Phase 2 of the GLTN implementation programme (2012-2017), builds on the success of the first phase and places emphasis on improving capacity and land tool development towards the achievement of... Read more

Issue Date: 25 Nov 2016
Deadline: 09 Dec 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT

Somaliland and Puntland, among other regions of Somalia, have been attempting to respond and adapt to the devastating effects of a twenty-year long conflict, and the compounding ramifications that insecurity, natural disasters, droughts and famines have had over public administrations, institutions, social fabric, and urban infrastructure. Land and natural resources were central issues at stake during the conflict and they have again become key during the recovery phase. The main factors that are contributing to make land a contentious issue in Somaliland and Puntland are: population... Read more

Issue Date: 24 Nov 2016
Deadline: 09 Dec 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

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: 24 Nov 2016
Deadline: 09 Dec 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Dakar (Senegal)

Fast growing cities and urban areas of the world are engines of growth and wealth accumulation. This growth can have positive social, cultural and educational impacts. On the other hand, evidence demonstrates that fast economic growth, combined with fast population expansion in urban areas, also increases disaster vulnerability and exposure. The level of urbanization is far higher in the developed world; however, the annual ‘urbanization rate’ is much faster in the developing world. The primary urban agglomerations with the highest concentrations of people and economic activity mostly... Read more

Issue Date: 24 Nov 2016
Deadline: 04 Dec 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Barcelona, Spain

Fast growing cities and urban areas of the world are engines of growth and wealth accumulation. This growth can have positive social, cultural and educational impacts. On the other hand, evidence demonstrates that fast economic growth, combined with fast population expansion in urban areas, also increases disaster vulnerability and exposure. The level of urbanization is far higher in the developed world; however, the annual ‘urbanization rate’ is much faster in the developing world. The primary urban agglomerations with the highest concentrations of people and economic activity mostly... Read more

Issue Date: 08 Nov 2016
Deadline: 14 Nov 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

Issue Date: 08 Nov 2016
Deadline: 14 Nov 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

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Issue Date: 02 Nov 2016
Deadline: 15 Nov 2016
Post Duration: Work 1 month over 1.5 months
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Kabul, Afghanistan

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  Issued on: 2 November 2016

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION:

UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)

DUTY STATION:

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Issue Date: 25 Oct 2016
Deadline: 01 Nov 2016
Post Duration: 2 work Months
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Hargeisa, Somaliland with regular travel to other towns in the Somali Region

The UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery for Somalia (JPLG) has established an important platform for seizing the development moment and is also a programme that has translated many of the ambitions of the ‘One UN’ principles into tangible improvements in aid and wider development effectiveness.

Issue Date: 03 Oct 2016
Deadline: 10 Oct 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
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. The WUC seeks to raise global awareness of sustainable urbanization and to facilitate more coherent strategies and actions by development partners working at the national and local levels. 

Issue Date: 03 Oct 2016
Deadline: 11 Oct 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT

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. The WUC seeks to raise global awareness of sustainable urbanization and to facilitate more coherent strategies and actions by development partners working at the national and local levels. 

Issue Date: 27 Sep 2016
Deadline: 10 Oct 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT

UN-Habitat’s programmes are articulated in the six-year medium term Strategic Plan and the biennial work programmes and budgets. In 2014, UN-Habitat commenced implementation of its second generation of the six-year medium term Strategic Plan (2014-2019) which was approved by the Governing Council in April 2013. The Strategic Plan has a results framework and a performance measurement plan which are the basis for planning, monitoring and reporting. The Strategic Plan is being implemented through three successive two-year work programmes and budgets for 2014-2015, 2016-2017 and 2018-2019.

Issue Date: 22 Aug 2016
Deadline: 20 Sep 2016
Grade: G-6

Posting Title : SENIOR STAFF ASSISTANT (To the Executive Director)
TJO, 6 Months, G6
Job Code Title : STAFF ASSISTANT
Department/ Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Location : NAIROBI
Posting Period : 26 August 2016 - 22 September 2016
Job Opening number : 16-ADM-UNHABITAT-65969-J-NAIROBI (O)
Staffing Exercise : N/A

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Issue Date: 29 Aug 2016
Deadline: 02 Sep 2016
Grade: G-6
Duty Station: Nairobi

Notes:• A current staff member who holds a fixed-term, permanent or continuing appointment may apply for temporary positions no more than one level above his or her current grade. However, a current staff member who holds an appointment at the G-6 or G-7 level may also apply to temporary positions in the Professional category up to and including the P-3 level, subject to meeting all eligibility and other requirements for the position. A staff member holding a temporary appointment shall be regarded as an external candidate when applying for other positions, and may apply for other... Read more

Issue Date: 28 Aug 2016
Deadline: 07 Sep 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

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 urban 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. Land tools provide a resource for enabling action. While... Read more

Issue Date: 14 Aug 2016
Deadline: 22 Aug 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

The Donor Relations and Income Management unit is responsible for enhancing resources for sustainable urbanization programmes in UN-Habitat.  One of the objectives of the unit is to increase the level of resources from governments, local authorities, private sector, foundations, and other donors. The vacancy is located in the Donor Relations and Income Management Unit under Management and Operations Division

Issue Date: 13 Aug 2016
Deadline: 20 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant

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: 25 Jul 2016
Deadline: 12 Aug 2016
Post Duration: 3 Months
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

UN-Habitat advocates a data-driven integrated urban management and urban planning practice that simultaneously adopts the implementation of (1) an urban/spatial plan that addresses density, land use, streets and public spaces, and the definition of public and private domains through urban design; (2) a legal plan that contains the rules of land subdivision and land occupation, as well as the regulatory frameworks governing planned urbanization; and (3) the financial plan to mobilize resources for its realization.  The City Prosperity Initiative, herein referred to as CPI, is the backbone... Read more

Issue Date: 03 Aug 2016
Deadline: 15 Aug 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Home-based, Kabul Afghanistan

The United Nations Human Settlements (UN-Habitat) is the lead United Nations agency for Cities and Human Settlements.  The agency was established as the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS), through the General Assembly Resolution 32/162 of December 1977, following the first global Conference of United Nations on Human Settlements that was held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976.

Issue Date: 03 Aug 2016
Deadline: 16 Aug 2016
Grade: CONSULTANT
Duty Station: Nairobi

Structural transformation is the transition of an economy from low productivity and labor-intensive economic activities to higher productivity and skill intensive activities. The driving force behind structural transformation is the change of productivity in the modern sector, which is dominated by manufacturing and services. From recent structural change analysis, urbanization which involves rural-urban dynamics and movement from relatively high levels of agricultural labor force to urban manufacturing tend to contribute to rising GDP.  Second, structural change through an... Read more

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Issued on 18 July 2016

Project:        

Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient

Duty station of assignment (multiple):

Asuncion (Paraguay), Dakar (Senegal),
Maputo (Mozambique), Port Vila (Vanuatu)

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Barcelona (Spain)

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Issued on 18 July 2016

Project:        

Making cities sustainable and resilient

Duty station of assignment:

Barcelona (Spain)

Functional Title:

Tool Development Expert (Social Resilience)

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Duty Station: Barcelona (Spain)

Fast growing cities and urban areas of the world are engines of growth and wealth accumulation. This growth can have positive social, cultural and educational impacts. On the other hand, evidence demonstrates that fast economic growth, combined with fast population expansion in urban areas, also increases disaster vulnerability and exposure. The level of urbanization is far higher in the developed world; 

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Barcelona (Spain)

Fast growing cities and urban areas of the world are engines of growth and wealth accumulation. This growth can have positive social, cultural and educational impacts. On the other hand, evidence demonstrates that fast economic growth, combined with fast population expansion in urban areas, also increases disaster vulnerability and exposure. The level of urbanization is far higher in the developed world; however, the annual ‘urbanization rate’ is much faster in the developing world. 

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Barcelona, Spain

Fast growing cities and urban areas of the world are engines of growth and wealth accumulation. This growth can have positive social, cultural and educational impacts. On the other hand, evidence demonstrates that fast economic growth, combined with fast population expansion in urban areas, also increases disaster vulnerability and exposure. The level of urbanization is far higher in the developed world; however, the annual ‘urbanization rate’ is much faster in the developing world.

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: , Barcelona Spain

Fast growing cities and urban areas of the world are engines of growth and wealth accumulation. This growth can have positive social, cultural and educational impacts. On the other hand, evidence demonstrates that fast economic growth, combined with fast population expansion in urban areas, also increases disaster vulnerability and exposur

Issue Date: 27 Jul 2016
Deadline: 06 Aug 2016
Grade: G-4
Duty Station: Nairobi

The United Nations Human Settlements Program, 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. This position is located in the Regional Office for Africa, UN-HABITAT. The incumbent will be reporting to the Program Management Officer.

Issue Date: 25 Jul 2016
Deadline: 04 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Home-based

Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to shelter and livelihoods, and for the realisation of human rights, poverty reduction, food security, economic prosperity and sustainable development. Yet in many countries around the world, particularly those in the developing south, widespread and pervasive land tenure insecurity scars life and inhibits equitable, sustainable development in both rural and urban areas. This has profound negative consequences for millions of people and creates enormous challenges and opportunities for governments, inhabitants and the many agencies and... Read more

Issue Date: 25 Jul 2016
Deadline: 01 Aug 2016
Grade: Consultant
Duty Station: Nairobi

UN-Habitat is seeking an Adviser (Speechwriter and Editor) for the Executive Director. The successful applicant will report to the Chief, Office of the Executive Director and work within the Office of the Executive Director, in close liaison with the Advocacy, Outreach and Communication Branch, and with other UN-Habitat units as required.