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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. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local go...
DURATION: 6 months
CLOSING DATE: 13 May 2018
BACKGROUND
Federal Ministry for Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), of the Federal Republic of Germany is supporting implementation of the project: “URBAN PATHWAYS: Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services in the context of the New Urban Agenda.” Led by UN-Habitat, the project is being implemented by a consortium of partners that includes, the Wuppertal Institute of Climate, Energy and Environment and UNEP.
The Urban Pathways project will help delivering on the Paris Agreement and the NDCs in the context of the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. It will establish a facility in close cooperation with other organisations and networks such as ICLEI and C40 active in this area to support national and local governments to develop action plans and concrete implementation measures to boost low-carbon urban development. This will build on UN-Habitat’s role as “a focal point on sustainable urbanization and human settlements including in the implementation and follow-up and review of the New Urban Agenda” (reference: Art .171 of NUA). The overall outcomes of the project include national action plans and local implementation concepts in key emerging economies with a high mitigation potential (India, Brazil, Kenya and Viet Nam). The plans will include an assessment of the political, technological, socio-economic and financial viability. The local implementation concepts will be developed into bankable projects, focusing on the access to urban basic services to create a direct link between climate change mitigation and sustainable development goals. This process will then be replicated regionally with policy development and implementation support and advice on stakeholder engagement and financing mechanisms.
The project will achieve its outcomes through the following outputs (work packages):
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key responsibilities and tasks of the Regional consultant are outlined below:
The above comprise a board description of tasks. The consultant is expected to be adaptive, responding to changing situations in project countries and regions and take on other responsibilities particularly in the area of urban mobility.
COMPETENCIES
EDUCATION
QUALIFICATION
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this assignment, fluency in oral and written English is essential.
OTHER SKILLS
REMUNERATION
The payment schedule with corresponding outputs in more detail are described in below:
Payment Stage, Conditions & Amount of Payment (USD)
All applications should be submitted to:
UN-HABITAT
P.O. Box 30030, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: elizabeth.makeba@un.org
Applications should include:
Please also be advised that since April 15th, 2010, applicants for consultancies must be part of the UN-HABITAT e-Roster in order for their application to be considered. You can reach the e-Roster through the following link: e-Roster
Deadline for applications is 13 May 2018
UN-HABITAT does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. If you have any questions concerning persons or companies claiming to be recruiting on behalf of these offices and requesting the payment of a fee, please contact: recruitment@unon.org
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