Housing Expert at

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya UN-Habitat Full time
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN 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.


Responsibilities:


Under the direct supervision of the Head of Kenya Programme, the consultant will be responsible for the following tasks but not limited to.

Undertake a critical analysis, map and identify appropriate approaches.

Validate project activities on the ground with the relevant partners and stakeholders and in some instances with local communities and beneficiaries.

Analysis the cooperative system and other mechanisms for financing housing and the articulation with the PINUA.

Conduct a stakeholder's analysis, identify project beneficiaries, possible partners and stakeholders more clearly and establish synergies with other on-going and planned activities.

Verify sites of pilot interventions, scope them in detail and define implementation modalities in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
Analysis the sector of building material ( green and affordability )
Analysis the articulation between the PINUA and existing housing policies and frameworks (including the housing bill and the KISIP II program)

Conduct a risk analysis of the action based on the realities on the ground and propose contextually relevant mitigation measures.

Identify tools, channels and best practices to tackle affordable housing issues that can be used to enhance the project strategies and approaches.

Provide a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of the action, focusing on affordable housing issues to inform the operationalization of the project

Requirements
Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Housing, architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, economics or physical sciences relevant to development and management of human settlements or a related field is required.

A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in human settlements, project or programme management or related field is required
At least two years working experience in housing or urban planning or slum upgrading within Africa is highly desirable

Proven experience in human settlements development fields, projects/programme design and implementation with the UN or other international agencies is also desirable.

Languages

For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required.

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