UN Habitat Junior Urban Designer Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs

UN Habitat Junior Urban Designer Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Junior Urban Designer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 19 December 2022.

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 Junior Urban Designer Jobs 2022

The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 12 December 2022 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Junior Urban Designer to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2022

Responsibilities:

• Develop technical and normative outputs, including spatial strategy, situational analyses reports, proposals, maps, plans, and designs for public spaces.
• Develop clear design proposals, drawings and related reports for partner cities.
• Review of public space design proposals prepared by local planners for various pilot cities.
• Provide planning and design inputs to ongoing planning initiatives, including citywide and site-specific assessments.
• Write policy briefs, concept notes and research papers on the work on Nature Based Solutions and sustainable urban design planning approaches.
• Facilitate public space and Block by Block community participation workshops.
• Write reports on workshops, meetings, charrettes, and other stakeholder engagements.
• Provide inputs into PFES publications reports, proposals, concept notes, policy documents, guidelines, information materials, presentations, and other dissemination materials.
• Attend meetings and conferences within and outside UN-Habitat on behalf of the Section.
• Deliver trainings to partners on the Global Public Space Programme’s methodologies and approaches.

Qualification & Experience:

• University degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture or Urban Planning, or related field that is relevant for sustainable urban development and urban planning and design is required.
• 2 years’ experience in urban planning and design with direct proven experience in drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer assisted design tools is required.
• Strong graphic representation skills is required.
• Good hand drawing / sketching is an added advantage
• Experience of facilitating community participation processes related to urban planning, design and public space development is desirable
• Experience of playing Minecraft, using Minecraft as a community participation tool and translating Minecraft sketches into actionable public space designs is desirable.

Languages:

Fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English (oral and written) is required; knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply UN Habitat Junior Urban Designer Jobs 2022

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

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The Closing Date: 19 December 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.