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Result of Service

The marketing consultant will assist the implementation of the Kenya Urban Support Programme 2, by delivering the next outcomes: 1. Enhanced partnerships and collaboration with Local and National Governments, UN, INGOs, NGO, civil society and refugee-led organizations in the course of the challenge implementation. 2. Finalized experiences for authorities, group and associate engagement, upon challenge implementation and completion.

Work Location

Kakuma, Kenya

Expected period

6 months

Duties and Responsibilities

About 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 improvement and the achievement of satisfactory 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. The Urban Practices Branch (UPB) is the instruments and methodology manufacturing heart of the UN-Habitat that develops normative steering and cutting-edge instruments via communities of city practices and is the operational degree accountable to undertake technical cooperation initiatives, akin to the development of water and sanitation services, shelter and different work Background UN Habitat has been approached by Government of Kenya and The World Bank to offer Technical Assistance for the Window for Host Communities and Refugees of the Second Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP2) via a Service Contract. The Window for Host Communities and Refugees (WHR) has been developed underneath KUSP2 to strengthen the capacities of city establishments in refugee internet hosting areas. At the nationwide degree, the challenge goals to strengthen coverage and legislative frameworks associated to refugees and urbanization, together with supporting the implementation of the Refugees Act of 2021, and associated insurance policies and laws. At the native degree, the challenge’s essential purpose is to determine and strengthen city establishments and enhance entry to infrastructure providers in refugee and host group areas/ surrounding areas. The KUSP2 WHR framework, underneath the particular municipalities in Kakuma (Turkana County) and Dadaab (Garissa County), can doubtlessly turn out to be a platform for coordination of settlements planning and improvement interventions in these areas. The challenge will goal each host and refugee communities as residents of the brand new municipalities, via working with the respective municipal boards. To ship the required TA to KUSP2, UN Habitat will design actions that can contribute in direction of constructing general institutional capability for built-in planning and municipal administration, supply of providers, refugee-host integration and strengthened insurance policies on city planning and improvement. Overall, the scope of technical help actions will fall inside 5 areas of intervention, as follows: (a) Support to Integrated Development Planning via advisory or main planning processes; (b) Capacity Assessments and Training for Skills Development; (c) Review and advisory on design and supply of infrastructure initiatives; (d) Technical Advisory and Support to Institutional, Policy and Legislative Development; (e) Knowledge Management- Normative work manufacturing and dissemination. Reporting and Communication The marketing consultant will report on to the Chief Technical Advisor/Snr. Programme Management Officer throughout the Planning Finance and Economy part. He/she is going to work together with colleagues from different sections inside UN-Habitat that assist the programmes underneath the officers, and liaise with companions, authorities counterparts and different stakeholders exterior UN-Habitat. Duties and Responsibilities Under the general supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor/Snr. Programme Management Officer, the marketing consultant can be accountable for the next duties: 1. Support area Coordination for the challenge on the county and municipal degree a. Provide liaison and coordination throughout county governments and municipal boards and varied companions at each strategic, coverage and technical ranges to hyperlink humanitarian and improvement work to long-term city improvement aims in keeping with KUSP 2(WHR) b. Coordinate and report on all area actions scheduled by the challenge. 2. Technical assist for the implementation UIG and UDG actions of the counties/municipalities. a. Provide technical assist to municipalities to mobilize stakeholders and to determine Municipal Level Cooperation Frameworks b. Support county governments and municipalities to undertake trainings on Private Sector Engagements. c. Technical assist to counties to combine refugee points within the County Urban Institutional Development Plans with give attention to refugee-host group integration, together with elements of social accountability and citizen engagement. 3. Technical assist to institutional design and improvement of Inclusive Municipal Governance Systems together with the institution of Municipality Cooperation Frameworks and the Urban Fora. a. Provide technical assist and capability improvement coaching to strengthen the city planning perform within the counties and municipalities, together with elements of public-private sector relations, and stakeholder participation. b. Support the drafting of Practice Notes for Municipal Managers on municipal engagement with Residents Fora and the non-public sector c. Support municipalities within the facilitation of Residents Fora conferences and Participatory Planning workshops for annual IDePs. d. Conduct coaching for Residents Fora management on participatory municipal governance. e. Support the drafting of Guidance Notes on Residents Fora engagement with municipal administration, based mostly on challenge classes and social audits f. Develop thematic reference supplies on enhancing native financial improvement and personal sector improvement in direction of self-reliance. g. The marketing consultant can be deployed as a Deputy Field Coordinator (DFC)

Qualifications/particular abilities

Academic Qualification: Advanced college diploma (Master’s diploma or equal) in civil engineering or structure, city/city planning, environmental sciences, geospatial or geomatics engineering or associated areas is required. A primary- degree college diploma together with two further years of qualifying expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma. Work Experience: A minimal of two (2) years of progressively accountable expertise in offering strategic assist to partnerships, challenge/programme administration, and useful resource mobilization is required. 1 yr or extra of expertise in knowledge analytics or associated areas is fascinating. Experience working in hardship areas like Kakuma and Dadaab, significantly within the refugees’ camps and settlement is fascinating. Experience in community-based improvement is fascinating. Experience working with the Kenyan Government on the degree of the County and National degree is fascinating Work expertise throughout the United Nations System or comparable group is fascinating Registration with a related skilled affiliation is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For the consultancies marketed, fluency in English, each verbal and written, is required and information of different UN languages is fascinating. Basic information of Kiswahili is an asset.

Additional Information

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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.