Job Opening
Job Opening ID: 222968
Job Network : Economic, Social and Development
Job Family : Human Settlements
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-4
Duty Station : NAIROBI
Department/Office : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date Posted : Jan 18, 2024
Deadline : Mar 2, 2024
Org. Setting and Reporting
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the agency for human settlements mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities.
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 center 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 Country Offices, governments 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 policies, norms, standards, tools, methodologies, regulatory frameworks, operating procedures and practices at global, regional, national and sub-national levels in support of (a) urban and territorial planning at all scales including urban design and public space design; (b) urban finance (municipal finance and urban development/projects finance); and (c) economics of urbanization and local economic development.
The position is located in the Planning, Finance and Economy Section of the Urban Practices Branch within the Global Solutions Division in United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. The focus is to lead or direct implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes, operations, policy development and other activities in the field of Urban Economy. Under the direct supervision of the Head of Section, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:
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