Localité : Kenya / Nairobi Domaine : Communication Niveau : Non precise Entreprise recruteur : Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU)
Recrutement de 01 Communications and Project Support Consultant
Niveau d'études: Non précisé
Expérience: 2 ans
Expire le: 16-04-2023
ONU Carrière
Nairobi, Kenya
vacance de poste
Intitulé publication: Communications and Project Support Consultant
Département / Bureau: Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains
Lieu d'affectation: NAIROBI
Période de candidature: - 16 avril 2023
No de l’appel á candidature: 23-United Nations Human Settlements Programme-205724-Consultant
Staffing Exercise N/A
Valeurs fondamentales de l'ONU: intégrité, professionnalisme, respect de la diversité
Result of Service
Under the guidance and supervision of Human Settlements Officer (SDG localization and local government) and the Chief of the Urban Practices Branch, the consultant will contribute to the following objectives: i) Knowledge management, communication and outreach; ii) Project implementation on SDG Localization and Voluntary Local Reviews; iii) Project monitoring and reporting on SDG Localization and Voluntary Local Reviews within the context of the global activities and projects led by the SDG localization team.
Work Location
Nairobi
Expected duration
8 months
Duties and Responsibilities
Background
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. Based in Nairobi (Kenya), 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. UN-Habitat is the lead agency within the UN system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlement development and the UN leading the collaboration with local and regional governments and their networks.
During the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2015, 193 Member States, convened at the Global Summit on Sustainable Development to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are universal and relevant to all Member States, from both the global north and global south. As demonstrated in the past years of implementation, it is widely acknowledged that the local level and local action are critical for the overall success of the 2030 Agenda – the SDGs need to be localized. This particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that highlighted the critical role of local governments in responding to the immediate health emergency and in planning the long-term recovery. In this context, to complement national SDG review processes including the Voluntary National Reviews, cities have been developing and increasingly using Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) as the main tool to monitor and report on their own SDG progress. The VLR global movement has grown exponentially and VLRs are emerging as critical instruments to accelerate the SDG localization process and to amplify the voice of local governments within international and UN-led fora.
As the UN Agency focal point to work with local and regional governments, UN-Habitat has supported VLRs through different workstreams and by intervening at different levels - local, national, and global: i) UN-Habitat has established strategic partnerships with the main UN and international partners working on VLRs and SDG localization, such as UNDESA, UN Regional Economic Commissions, as well as member states and local and regional governments globally; ii) UN-Habitat technically supports local governments across diverse regions to develop their VLRs; iii) as of knowledge development, UN- Habitat works alongside partners to provide local and regional governments with cutting-edge knowledge and learning opportunities on VLRs and SDG localization; iv) UN-Habitat advocates and builds capacities on sustainable local development and VLRs by organizing international events and peer learning opportunities. Finally, Voluntary Local Reviews are the cornerstone of UN-Habitat's comprehensive approach to SDG localization, anchored on three intertwined pillars on: the Global Urban Monitoring Framework; Voluntary Local Reviews; and SDG Cities Flagship Programme.
Reporting Line
This post is located the Urban Practices Branch of UN-Habitat and specifically within its SDG localization and local governments team. The incumbent will be supervised by the Human Settlements Officer coordinating the work of the team and under direct supervision of the Chief of the Urban Practices Branch. The expert will work in proximity to the other members of the team as well as other units, sections and offices across the Agency.
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant's main responsibility will be to deliver on specific activities related to UN-Habitat's SDG localization team projects.
Specifically, the consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
1. Knowledge management, communication and graphic design:
• Regularly update the communication strategy and calendar for each of the activities of the Team
• Provide technical expertise on the promotion of major publications, events and other actives through communication materials (social media flyers; posts; online stories etc.) and coordinate its dissemination through the Team's network and on UN-Habitat's communication channels
• Develop graphic materials for reports, knowledge products, and online content developed by the team
• Update and maintain UN-Habitat's Voluntary Local Reviews (https://unhabitat.org/topics/voluntary-local- reviews) and Multilevel Governance (https://www.multilevelgovernance.org/) online platforms
• Provide technical expertise on the design, content development and operational logistics to launch the UN-Habitat's SDG localization website (currently under development) and coordinate activities with the contracted web development company.
• Provide technical expertise on the planning, design, content development and operational logistics to develop an SDG localization platform for the Africa region under the framework of the projects.
• Ensure data collection on Voluntary Local Reviews and SDG localization, in coordination with the knowledge management focal point
• Update the Team's lists of partners, donors and contacts associated with different areas of work.
• Act as the communication focal point for liaising with UN-Habitat teams and Regional offices and their communication focal points, other UN agencies, partner organizations including global, regional, national and local governments, the private sector, regional organizations and civil societies on all matters pertaining to communications of the team.
2. Project implementation on SDG Localization and Voluntary Local Reviews:
• Prepare and participate in coordination meetings with donors, implementing partners and local stakeholders, including taking minutes for reporting purposes and background documents (PPTs; agendas ect)
• Provide technical expertise in the preparation of the projects' activities such as events and trainings
• Prepare project implementation plans, specifically focused on Eastern European countries (Serbia( and African countries (Kenya)
• Prepare agreements, ToRs, travel arrangements etc. in support of project implementation f.
• Provide technical expertise in review of knowledge documents and specifically Voluntary Local Reviews developed by local partners
• Develop, in coordination with the team and implementing partners, capacity building and training activities for local governments
3. Project Monitoring and Reporting on SDG Localization and Voluntary Local Reviews
• Work in coordination with the Team's project managers to collect data, monitor and report on ongoing projects and activities
• Deliver a consolidation of the tracking of contacts and evolution of partnerships with project implementing partners and local contacts of pilot counties/cities.
• Develop monitoring tools to support the project team's monitoring and reporting activities.
• Provide technical expertise and coordinate the collection of data to produce financial and narrative reports to the donors of both projects.
Qualifications/special skills
University Degree in Political Science, Social Sciences, Urban Studies, Social Sciences, Communications, Development Studies or other relevant area is required.
A minimum of two (2) years of relevant working experience on issues related to sustainable development, urban planning, local development and project management is required.
Working experience on the Agenda 2030 and the local implementation of the SDGs is desirable.
Languages
Fluency in English is required for this specific consultancy. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.
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