UN Habitat Intern – Street Design and Low Carbon Mobility Jobs 2023 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Intern – Street Design and Low Carbon Mobility”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 15 March 2023.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.
UN Habitat Intern – Street Design and Low Carbon Mobility Jobs 2023
The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 03 March 2023 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Intern – Street Design and Low Carbon Mobility to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) |
| Position | Intern – Street Design and Low Carbon Mobility |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | No working experience is required |
| Application Deadline | 15 March 2023 |
UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2023
Duties and Responsibilities:
Daily responsibilities will depend on the individual’s background, the interns’ assigned office as well as the internship period.
Under the direct supervision of the Programme Management Officer, Urban Basic Services Section the intern will:
- Provide technical support to ongoing urban mobility initiatives, with a focus on street designs and urban designs;
- Develop and review urban mobility proposals, with a focus on street design and complete streets;
- Support the team in the development of situational analyses reports, generate maps, plans, and conceptual and detailed designs for ongoing projects such as the Nairobi River Regeneration Initiative, or the UN Road Safety Fund project;
- Develop professional communication materials, including layout and design (maps, illustrations, tables, and graphics), for urban mobility publications and documents;
- Undertake desk research on the latest academic and policy pathways toward and best practices for innovative urban mobility, and produce written briefs and reports that feed into the team’s ongoing projects;
- Support staff in project meetings and capacity-building sessions with a focus on smart and electric mobility, including the preparation of technical notes and presentations for such meetings and follow-up on activities;
Qualification:
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
- Have graduated with Bachelor’s degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent
- Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office).
Experience:
- No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.
- Experience and understanding of theories and concepts of, and approaches to,
- sustainable urban mobility planning and design, combined with a demonstrated capacity for the in-depth analysis of context-specific urban mobility systems is required.
- Experience in developing strong graphic materials, as well as illustrated proposals and substantive reports, and being computer literate in standard software applications is desirable.
Languages:
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply UN Habitat Intern – Street Design and Low Carbon Mobility Jobs 2023
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The Closing Date: 15 March 2023
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.unhabitat.org |
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