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.

Responsibilities

• The Planning, Finance & Economy Section (PFES) is responsible to support urban and territorial planning at all scales including through the development of planning policy, norms and guidelines, urban design and public space design, urban finance (municipal finance and urban development/projects finance), and local economic development. Reporting and Communication The Driver will be hired to collaborate closely with the Planning for Humanitarian-Development Practices workstream of PFES. He/she will be reporting to the team leads for the delivery of the EUTF programme. Duties and Responsibilities Under the overall supervision of the team leads, the individual contractor will be responsible for the following duties: Report and deliver on driving functions, to support field activity implementation across EUTF programme, including logistical support for inter-city travel of team members to attend high level meetings and on site field visits.

Requirements

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic Qualification: Highschool diploma is required.
• Work Experience: At least 1 years of relevant work experience in the field of driving services, field coordination is required. Experience working in Kakuma, Kenya is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this advertised position fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Swahili is required.