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

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:

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, presentations, 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), Multilevel Governance (https://www.multilevelgovernance.org/) and SDG Localization (www.sdglocalization.org) online platforms
• Provide technical expertise on the planning, design, content development and operational logistics to develop three videos on SDG Localization to be used in events and published online.
• Ensure data collection on Voluntary Local Reviews and SDG localization, in coordination with the knowledge   management focal point
• Develop and identify services for printing physical materials for office spaces, events, missions and distribution to partners.
• 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.
• Support administrative operations concerning communication service provision.

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
• Update 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.
• Provide technical expertise in review of knowledge documents and specifically Voluntary Local Reviews developed by local partners
• Plan, conduct outreach, compile, and refine video testimonials from project partners, spanning local, national, youth, academia, and various stakeholders, to curate a comprehensive collection of testimonials from the diverse array of beneficiaries involved in the project.
• Develop, in coordination with the team and implementing partners, capacity building and training   activities for local governments

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.

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 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.

Requirements

Qualifications/special skills

• University Degree in Political Science, Social Sciences, Urban Studies, Social Sciences, Communications, Development Studies or other relevant area. Required.
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant working experience on issues related to sustainable development, urban planning, local development and project management. Required.
• Working experience on the Agenda 2030 and the local implementation of the SDGs will be highly valued. Desirable.

Languages

• Fluency in English is mandatory for this specific consultancy. Knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.