UN Habitat Digital engagement specialist Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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UN Habitat Digital engagement specialist Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Digital engagement specialist”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before May 15, 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 May 04, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Digital engagement specialist to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and Responsibilities

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 main documents outlining the mandate of the organization are the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements, the Habitat Agenda, the Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements, the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and UN General Assembly Resolution A/56/206. Planning, finance and Economy Section (PFES) 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. The Planning, Finance & Economy Section is responsible for coordinating the Agency’s substantive, normative and operational work on various dimensions of planning, finance and economy. The Planning, Finance & Economy Section aims to develop, document, pilot/test and disseminate planning policies, norms, standards, tools, methodologies, regulatory frameworks, operating procedures and practices at global, regional, national and sub-national levels. The consultant will support the Young Gamechangers Initiative (YGI). The YGI is a project focusing on young people’s urban health and wellbeing through their engagement in digital technologies in Senegal, India and Colombia.

Position in Organization:

Job Opening ID: 232488
Job Family: HST
Category and Level: Consultants, CON
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Department/Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted: May 2, 2024
Deadline: May 15, 2024

Qualification:

Education A first-level university degree in information technology, gaming and animation technology, games programming, game design and development, multimedia design or related field is required. Experience At least two years of work experience in using digital engagement tools including Minecraft, including the production of models server administration and community management or related fields is required Experience of producing advocacy and communications materials and facilitating workshops or teaching is an added advatange.
Fluent written and spoken English is a requirement and any UN language, particularly Spanish, French or Arabic is desirable.