UN Habitat INTERN – Urban Law and Governance Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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UN Habitat Intern – Urban Law and Governance Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Intern – Urban Law and Governance”.

Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 11 March 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.

UN Habitat Intern – Urban Law and Governance Jobs 2024

The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 28 February 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Intern – Urban Law and Governance to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist in conducting research and studies on various urban law and governance topics such as urban planning law, housing law, public participation, and climate-smart urban planning legislation.
Provide proactive and responsive backstopping support to ongoing and upcoming projects, ensuring smooth implementation and overcoming any challenges that may arise.
Conduct in-depth analysis and presentation of data collected from diverse sources, offering valuable insights for informed decision-making.
Contribute to written outputs, draft background papers, reports, and studies, and actively participate in developing publications on such topics as housing, land, and property rights, urban law assessment, and the land law assessment report.
Assist in the population and maintenance of the UrbanLex database, ensuring its accuracy and relevance as a comprehensive resource in the field of urban law.

Qualification & Experience:

Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent),
Have graduated with Bachelor’s degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent.
Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).

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