UN Habitat Community Engagement Expert Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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UN Habitat Community Engagement Expert Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Community Engagement Expert”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before March 21, 2024.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. 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. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.

The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on March 13, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Community Engagement Expert to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and 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. The position is in the Planning, Finance & Economy Section of the Urban Practices Branch (UPB) with the Global Solutions Division in Nairobi. The Global Solutions Division (GSD) is responsible for providing programmatic direction for UN-Habitat and is responsible and accountable for the programmatic delivery of the Strategic Plan.
The Division leads the tools and methodology production and the integration of the various substantive competencies towards effective delivery of the Strategic Plan and the mandate of UN-Habitat.
It provides substantive training to staff members and supports capacity development of Member States and partners.
The Urban Practices Branch (UPB) is the tools and methodology production and skills centre of the UN-Habitat, that develops normative guidance and cutting-edge tools through communities of urban practice.
It provides technical and policy advice approaches and methodologies to MCOs/CO, government and partners and mainstreams them throughout the programme portfolio.
It also ensures that the cross-cutting area of safety and the social inclusion issues of human rights;
gender; children, youth and older persons; and disability are developed and mainstreamed across the Agency.

Position in Organization:

Job Opening ID: 230278
Job Family: HST
Category and Level: Consultants, CON
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Department/Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted: Mar 12, 2024
Deadline: Mar 21, 2024

Qualification:

Education: Degree in sociology, community development, architecture, landscape architecture, land use planning, urban policy or political science with a focus on urban affairs, or other related fields is required. Experience At least 2 years of work experience in urban development, urban health, public spaces, urban assessment related work, and/or urban and regional planning and design, or related fields is required. Experience in international settings and knowledge of UN-Habitat activities and its partner programmes would be an asset.

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