Job Opportunities at UN-Habitat | Nairobi, Kenya

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• Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Data, Monitoring, Reporting
• Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Biodiversity Action
• Data Analysis Assistant
• Senior Urban and Territorial Planner consultant

UN-Habitat is seeking qualified individuals for several consultant positions. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme is dedicated to promoting sustainable urban development and ensuring adequate shelter for all. The Urban Economy Branch focuses on enhancing local government financial capabilities to address rapid urbanization.

Job Overview

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has multiple job openings in Nairobi, Kenya. These roles are full-time positions.

Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Data, Monitoring, Reporting

• Develop a monitoring framework for indicator 3, focusing on the urban components of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), impacted populations, and implementation strategy development.
• Gather data from regional and country offices.
• Collect reporting on climate impact outputs under Subprogramme 1, with a focus on CCUE-S, while also ensuring agency-wide climate reporting.
• Create knowledge products related to the above, particularly concerning results under SP3 and SP1.
• Manage and produce country fact sheets using an AI workflow, and refine the template and process over time.
• Develop a reusable template and workflow for thematic briefs that mirror the fact-sheet design.
• Test the fact-sheet design on an existing brief.
• Investigate the differences and connections between NDCs, NBSAPs, and NAPs.
• Identify metadata and indicators that link these beyond country-level metadata.
• Determine methods for document-specific analysis.

Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Biodiversity Action

• Coordinate the finalization of the analysis on nature-based solutions within Nationally Determined Contributions.
• Prepare a resource mobilization strategy for the Section's Biodiversity Workstream.
• Develop a strategy and work plan for more comprehensively embedding nature-based solutions and biodiversity action into the CCUE section's work.

Data Analysis Assistant

• Calculate urban indicators from new surveys.
• Compile and validate data from verified secondary sources.
• Contribute to background research for the Urban 2030 project.
• Coordinate activities of the EGWM and lead the development of key products for the group.

Senior Urban and Territorial Planner consultant

• Coordinate and provide substantive support for the consolidation of the Water as Leverage Multilevel Climate Action Programme and related country initiatives, including those in India and Kenya.
• Compile, analyze, and document programme outputs, implementation experiences, and lessons learned from the Water as Leverage Multilevel Climate Action Programme and related country initiatives.
• Prepare draft narrative reports that connect country-level actions with the programme.

Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Data, Monitoring, Reporting

• A minimum of an advanced university degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Urban Planning, Architecture, Environmental Management, Public Policy, or a related field is required.
• A first degree with two additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Two years of experience in architecture and urban planning and design, project management, and stakeholder engagement is required.
• Experience in GIS and data management is required, ideally gained at the international level.
• Experience working on urban climate change mitigation and/or adaptation is required.
• Proven experience in urban planning or urban design is desirable.
• Proven experience in communicating and visualizing urban climate change knowledge is required.
• Proven experience with GIS, data analysis, and data visualization is required.
• Familiarity with capacity development in an international environment is desirable.

Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Biodiversity Action

• A minimum of an advanced university degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Urban Planning, Architecture, Environmental Management, Public Policy, or a related field is required.
• A first degree with two additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Two years of progressively responsible experience in architecture, landscape architecture, biodiversity conservation, and urban planning and design is required.
• Experience in project management and stakeholder engagement is required, ideally gained at the international level.
• Experience working on urban climate change mitigation and/or adaptation is required.
• Proven experience in climate change and/or biodiversity diplomacy, nature-focused urban planning, and biodiversity solutions is required.
• Proven experience in communicating and visualizing urban biodiversity knowledge is required.
• Proven experience with NDC development and implementation is required.
• Proven experience with analyzing NBSAPs is required.
• Familiarity with capacity development in an international environment is desirable.

Data Analysis Assistant

• A High School Diploma is required.
• A first-level university degree in Statistics, Population Studies, Demography, Economics, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, or any other closely related field is an asset.
• At least five years of experience as a data analyst is required.
• Knowledge of urban indicators' frameworks and data sourcing from censuses, surveys, city-level platforms, global data platforms, and correspondence with key informants is highly desired.

Senior Urban and Territorial Planner consultant

• Experience of seven years is required.