Vacancies

The current Hargeisa Municipal Water Supply (MWS) system was designed and constructed in the early 1970s, through assistance from the Government of China. It consists of the Geed Deeble wellfield (currently with 12 operational boreholes), a pumping and booster station, a 23 km long transmission pipeline, 2 water reservoirs, and a piped distribution system.

UN-Habitat transformed the City Prosperity Index into a global initiative known as the City Prosperity Initiative. UN-Habitat’s City Prosperity Initiative (CPI) enables city authorities, as well as local and national stakeholders, to identify opportunities and potential areas of intervention for their cities to become more prosperous. Its composite index made of six dimensions serves to define targets and goals that can support the formulation of evidence-based policies, including the definition of city-visions and long-term plans that are both ambitious and measurable.
The CPI the... Read more

The position is located in the Partners and Inter-Agency Coordination (PIAC) Branch, External Relations Division (ERD). The Branch provides strategic leadership and guidance to all partners; provides an organized framework of engagement with diverse partners; acts as a clearing house for Habitat Agenda Partners to participate in policy dialogues as well as normative and operational programmes, and manages the accreditation process; catalogues, categorizes and maintains a data base of Habitat Agenda Partners. It coordinates UN system-wide work on sustainable urbanization and human... Read more

The United Nations system is working toward HABITAT III, an agency wide event to decide the New Urban Agenda for the next two decades to take place in Quito, Ecuador in 2016.  There are main conferences preparatory of policies and position toward HABITAT III.  In the field of finance preparatory activities are underway toward the Conference on Financing for Development which must reflect on the mechanisms that will allow for the mobilization of funding necessary to promote sustainable local development, as well as to unlock the economic potential of urban areas and territories

Urbanization is strongly correlated with economic growth and development. Urbanization underpins one of the key drivers of national economic transformations. This however does not happen spontaneously. Cities and urban centres should be well planned and managed so that they become economic power houses that drive national economic development and offer growing opportunities to all citizens, especially young people and women.  Economic growth should be steered in a manner that is inclusive and sustainable. Further, innovative revenue sources and financing mechanisms should be developed and... Read more

Results-based management is a key management approach adopted for the achievement of UN-Habitat’s strategic plans for 2008-2013 and 2014-2019. Results-Based Management is central to the work of UN-Habitat, especially the key pillars of planning, monitoring and reporting, and evaluation. UN-Habitat like other UN agencies has been applying results-based management in planning, monitoring and evaluation at programme level since 2000 in line with SGB2000/8. To further help embed the culture of results, UN-Habitat has developed its first RBM handbook which will provide guidance on planning,... Read more

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. 

Under the supervision of the Branch Coordinator, Urban Economy and Finance Branch of UN-Habitat, the consultant will be responsible for liaising with the relevant UN-Habitat administrative and substantive staff with direct connection to the project and coordinate with them to implement the tasks defined herein. The consultant will attend meetings between UN-Habitat with Kenya railway to advice on the matter with invitation.

UN-Habitat through its Urban Economy Branch seeks to support the effort of local and national governments and their partners in tackling the complex challenges and opportunities of urban economy and municipal finance through a range of ways including advisory services, research and tools development, training and capacity building. These activities constitute Subprogram 3 of UN-HABITAT's six-year strategic plan 2014-2019, and the Urban Economy Branch is responsible to deliver them. The aim is to strengthen the capacities of cities to realize their full potential as drivers of economic... Read more

Following the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) “Hashimoto Action Plan” launched in Mexico in March 2006, UN-Habitat was requested to establish a global mechanism to promote Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs), not-for-profit peer support partnerships between water utilities to develop their capacity to provide quality water and sanitation services to all. The Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance was founded in 2009 to promote effective WOPs as a way of helping countries reach the water and sanitation targets of the Millennium Development Goals... Read more

The vacancy is located in the Programme Division in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Support Unit of the Management and Operations Division.
Under the Supervision of Head Knowledge Management Support Unit, and the Administration Oversight of the Programme Division; the incumbent’s responsibilities include

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 vacancy is located in the Somalia Programme, Regional Office for Africa, UN-HABITAT.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor and the direct supervision of the Programme Management Officer (PMO), the Programme Assistant will provide support to the management of the Somalia... Read more

To address climate change mitigation by cities in emerging countries, UN-Habitat and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), with the support of the European Commission (EC), implemented Project: ‘Promoting Low Emission Urban Development Strategies in Emerging Economy Countries’ (Urban-LEDS).  The promotion and elaboration of low emission development strategies (LEDS) has emerged from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate negotiation processes as a promising approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This present Project seeks to adapt that... Read more

UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Africa (ROAf), located in Nairobi is led by the Director and is responsible for identifying and supporting priorities of member states in collaboration with Branches/Units. ROAf consists of internationally and nationally recruited professional staff (Senior/Human Settlement Officers and National Officers) that operationalize UN-Habitat country specific activities on a day-to day basis. In Kenya, ROAf plays an important role in ensuring that respective project activities are in line with government of Kenya and UN-Habitat Country Programme Document... Read more