Job Opening at UN-Habitat

Responsibilities

• The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks: Support the geo-analysis work under the San Jose Green Public Space Assessment-Biodiversity Project.
• Coordinate and conduct Trainings to implementing partners and local teams liaising with academia, local governments and relevant stakeholders.
• Participate and engage in workshops and meetings related to the project.
• Produce technical and normative outputs, including the spatial strategy, situational analysis reports, public space strategies, maps, plans, and guidelines for green areas and associated public spaces.
• Support preparation of maps, graphics and statistics through collection, compilation, spatialisation, analysis and interpretation of spatial data. • Attend meetings and events promoted by UN-Habitat and partners to strengthen the Programme’s presence.
• Be responsible for maintaining an organised and accessible information database related to the project.
• Provide recommendations for scaling up the methodology/tool at the global level.

Qualifications/special skills

• Education Recognized 1st level degree in Geography, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Studies is required. 
• At least two (2) years of experience working in urban planning and design with knowledge in geospatial analysis, mapping and cartography using GIS and CAD tools is required.
• Experience and knowledge of data gathering, digitizing, cleaning, visualization, analysis, management and report production is desired.

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Responsibilities

• Human Resources Management:
• Initiates, reviews, processes and follows-up on actions related to the administration of the unit’s human resource activities, e.g., recruitment of staff and consultants, placement, promotion, relocation, performance appraisal, job classification reviews, separation of staff members, training etc., ensuring consistency in the application of UN rules and procedures.
• Responds to enquiries and provides information and advice to staff regarding their entitlements, administrative procedures, processes and practices, conditions of service, duties and responsibilities, and entitlements under the Staff Rules and Regulations.
• Oversees the maintenance of vacancy announcement files and keeps track of status of vacancy announcements. Reviews and processes personnel actions through Umoja.
• Monitors staffing table and prepare relevant statistical data/charts.
• Budget and Finance : Assists in the preparation and review of financial and human resource proposals/requirements. Consolidates budget/work programme with respect to Headquarters’ budget, trust funds, grants and procurement.
• Monitors expenditures and compares with approved budget; prepares adjustments as necessary.
• Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
• Assists in preparation of budget performance submissions and finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures
• Prepares or customizes financial reports from UMOJA system generated reports.
• Co-ordinates with other finance and budget staff on related issues during preparation of budget reports.
• General Administration: Drafts routine correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant administrative, financial audit, personnel matters.
• Coordinates extensively with service units and liaises frequently with internal team members both at Headquarters and in the field.
• Performs other related administrative duties, as required (e.g., operational travel programme; monitoring accounts and payment to vendors and individual contractors for services; physical space planning; identification of office technology needs and maintenance of equipment, software and systems; organizing and coordinating seminars, conferences and translations).
• May be responsible for guiding, training, and supervising the work of more junior General Service staff.
• Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
• Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures.
• Contract Administration: Assists with day-to-day administration of contracts between the UN and external contractors for outsourced services.
• Audits the contractors' invoices against the goods and services provided by the contractor and approved by the UN.
• Processes the payment of contractors' invoices and monitor payments.
• Prepares and processes all UN forms and permissions for contractual and work Unit, Section or Service UN staff, including: UN grounds passes, property passes, UN parking permits, swipe-card access and door keys.

Education

Completion of High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

• Seven (7) years of experience in administrative services, finance, accounting, audit, human resources or related area is required.
• The minimum no. of years of relevant experience is reduced by two (2) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree.
• Working experience with Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP is desirable.
• Working experience in an international organization is desirable.
• 1 year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.