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Result of Service

To efficiently ship a set of technical and advisory companies associated outputs to inner and exterior purchasers and working in direction of supply of world initiatives and occasions.

Work Location

Home Based

Expected period

6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

BACKGROUND TO UN-HABITAT The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is remitted by the UN General Assembly to advertise socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements growth and the achievement of sufficient shelter for all. For near forty years, UN-Habitat has been working in human settlements all through the world, specializing in constructing a brighter future for villages, cities, and cities of all sizes. One of the 4 focus space beneath the Strategic Plan 2020-2025 is Strengthened Climate Action and Improved Urban Environments. UN-Habitat’s Global Solutions Division is overseeing the Agency’s operational work in addition to the institutional and programmatic relationship with local weather initiatives and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. BACKGROUND TO CONSULTANCY UN-Habitat helps nations and cities to deal with the local weather problem in some ways, by (i) advisory companies and coverage assist, (ii) local weather motion planning, and (iii) technical help, and (iv) assist mobilizing local weather finance for investments into city and human settlement targeted local weather motion in three focus areas: 1. Reduced greenhouse emissions and improved air high quality 2. Improved useful resource effectivity and safety of ecological belongings 3. Effective adaptation of communities and infrastructure to local weather change The Climate Change and Urban Environment Team is main a number of workstreams beneath the subprogramme space, amongst them: 1. Climate diplomacy and cities: The Climate Change and Urban Environment Team helps UN-Habitat’s engagement in a number of world stage multi-stakeholder initiatives and networks (reminiscent of CHAMP, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, LGMA, ICLEI, CCFLA). The Climate Change and Urban Environment Team additionally coordinates UN-Habitat’s engagement within the worldwide local weather agenda, specifically the participation in UNFCCC COPs. Since COP27 UN-Habitat coordinates the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change in collaboration with the COP Presidencies. At COP27, UN-Habitat additionally supported the event of the COP27 Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) Initiative; at COP28 UN-Habitat supported the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) and at COP29 the Baku Continuity Coalition on Urban, Multilevel and Multisectoral Climate Action was signed, encouraging continuity between completely different COP initiatives. UN-Habitat can also be working with member states to assist them in strengthening the city content material of their NDCs of their NDC revision course of within the lead as much as COP30. 2. Innovation, thought management and communication: The Climate Change and Urban Environment Team helps UN-Habitat’s thought management on local weather change and cities, by supporting local weather change communication for native leaders, social media and internet articles in shut cooperation with exterior companions, media and UN-Habitat’s company communication group. UN-Habitat can also be engaged on the nexus of science, analysis and innovation, specifically by the Innovate4Cities convention, which is co-hosted with GCoM. UN-Habitat is working with GCoM in direction of the following version of the Innovate4Cities convention as a car to unite city practitioners in assist of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Chang and Cities. In addition, UN-Habitat works with metropolis networks to assist city practitioners and decision-makers to get entangled within the IPCC Special Report course of. 3. From technique to implementation by concrete local weather motion The Climate Change and Urban Environment Team coordinates and helps UN-Habitat’s local weather change challenge growth, implementation, monitoring and reporting (on the strategic / agency-wide stage). The group’s nationwide and native engagement additionally helps portfolio growth with multi-lateral local weather and environmental funds, notably the Adaptation Fund and the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility in addition to nationwide local weather change funds. A key precedence has been the Resilient Settlements for the Urban Poor (RISE UP) Flagship initiative which works on the intersection of casual settlements upgrading, biodiversity safety and restoration and local weather resilience. Most just lately, the Team is engaged on the operationalization of the COP27 SURGe Initiative in addition to challenge growth on a number of work streams, together with local weather and disaster, well being, loss and injury and city warmth. The local weather group additionally helps the mainstreaming of local weather become the company’s normative and operational work of different sections. General Responsibilities The most important goal of this consultancy is the development of UN-Habitat’s workstream on innovation and thought management, together with UN-Habitat’s work on partaking city practitioners and academia in assist of the IPCC Special Report preparation course of, beginning the preparation and scoping for the street to the following Innovate4Cities convention in addition to challenge growth on innovation and city warmth. Objectives and associated Project Outputs Specific duties are associated to the next inter-related tasks and actions: (1) Conceptualize UN-Habitat’s work in city practitioners’ engagement within the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities; (2) Develop the roadmap and engagement technique for Innovate4Cities 2026; (3) Project growth of rising work streams. Objectives The most important goal of this consultancy is the development of UN-Habitat’s workstream on innovation and thought management, together with UN-Habitat’s work on partaking city practitioners and academia for the IPCC Special Report preparation course of, beginning the preparation and scoping for the street to the following Innovate4Cities convention in addition to challenge growth on innovation and city warmth. Duties and tasks: The consultancy is situated within the Climate Change and Urban Environment Team, Programme Development Branch of UN-Habitat. The consultancy will contain the next typical most important duties resulting in the last word requested outputs: 1. Conceptualize UN-Habitat’s work in city practitioners’ engagement within the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities a. Draft an idea notice for engagement means of city practitioners within the IPCC Special Report, in shut collaboration with UN-Habitat groups and exterior companions b. Develop a coordination mechanism between metropolis networks and different companions on find out how to greatest work with chosen city practitioner authors for the IPCC Special Report c. Develop a draft of UN-Habitat’s information in assist of the IPCC Special Report work, in shut collaboration with metropolis networks and companions 2. Develop the roadmap and engagement technique for Innovate4Cities 2026 a. Develop an idea notice for Innovate4Cities 2026, in collaboration with exterior companions b. Develop a roadmap in direction of Innovate4Cities 2026, together with regional market locations and that additionally helps to disseminate the findings of the Innovate4Cities 2024 3. Project growth of rising work streams a. Development of a challenge proposal on excessive warmth and cities, in shut collaboration with UN-Habitat’s groups in addition to exterior companions, together with an preliminary donor mapping

Qualifications/particular abilities

Education Background Minimum superior college diploma (M.A or M.Sc. or equal) in related discipline in Social Sciences, International Relations, Public Policy, Urban/Regional Planning, Environment Studies, International Development is required. A primary diploma with 2 extra years of expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior diploma. Professional Experience A minimal of two years of progressively accountable expertise in Social Sciences, International Relations, Public Policy, Urban/Regional Planning, Environment Studies, International Development or a related discipline is required. Demonstrated expertise in creating and managing tasks in a participatory method is required. Demonstrated analysis expertise associated to environmental, or the social dimension of local weather change is required. Experience working with worldwide multi-partner initiatives and tasks, demonstrating expertise delivering outcomes with various set of companions and governments on local weather tasks and local weather/city coverage is fascinating. Experience working in/with Small Island Developing States is fascinating.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required. Fluency in different UN languages is taken into account a bonus.

Additional Information

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• Professionalism: Shows pleasure in work and in achievements; demonstrates skilled competence and mastery of material; is conscientious and environment friendly in assembly commitments, observing deadlines and reaching outcomes; is motivated by skilled relatively than private issues; exhibits persistence when confronted with troublesome issues or challenges; stays calm in aggravating conditions.
• Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and successfully; listens to others, accurately interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks inquiries to make clear, and displays curiosity in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, type and format to match viewers; demonstrates openness in sharing info and protecting folks knowledgeable.
• Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to attain organizational objectives; solicits enter by genuinely valuing others’ concepts and experience; is prepared to study from others; locations group agenda earlier than private agenda; helps and acts in accordance with closing group choice, even when such choices could not fully replicate personal place; shares credit score for group accomplishments and accepts joint duty for group shortcomings.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.