UN Habitat Senior Finance Consultant Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs

UN Habitat Senior Finance Consultant Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Senior Finance Consultant”. Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before 8th Oct 2021.

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.

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UN Habitat Senior Finance Consultant Jobs 2021

The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 1st Oct 2021 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Senior Finance Consultant to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Recruiter United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Position Senior Finance Consultant
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Country Kenya
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification University Degree
Experience Required Minimum Ten years
Application Deadline 8th Oct 2021

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2021

Duties and Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

  • Develop innovative financing streams with corporations, organizations, and foundations, in alignment with CIF resource mobilisation strategy and participate in generating, sustaining and growing programme funding.
  • Develop business engagement and financial advisory, and Cities Investment Facility.
  • Development and operation of the Cities Investment Facility.
  • Reviews and implements relevant sustainable finance and investment documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and recommends corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
  • Review of outputs relating to business strategy and engagement, and private sector investment and financing strategies.
  • Engage in the establishment long-term partnerships between UN-Habitat and key sustainable finance advisors, investors and financiers.
  • Undertake outreach activities; participates in the development of training workshops, seminars, etc.; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
  • Engage in budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports etc.) and preparation of related documents/reports (work programme, programme budget, etc.).
  • Development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects, at the Cities Investment Facility.
  • Engage in substantive integration across outputs, and quality control, in collaboration with all activity coordinators.

Position in Organization:

  • Posting Title: Senior Finance Consultant
  • Job Code Title:
  • Department/ Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
  • Duty Station: NAIROBI
  • Posting Period: 30 September 2021-8 October 2021
  • Job Opening number: 21–UN-HABITAT-164739-C-NAIROBI
  • Staffing Exercise ID: N/A

Qualification:

  • Minimum advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in sustainable urban planning, urban governance or related field, development studies, business administration, management, economics is required. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

  • 10-year relevant experience in resource mobilisation, sustainability, finance or commercial investment, with a proven track record in donor and investor engagement is required. Relevant knowledge of sustainable urban development project financing and development is desirable.

How to Apply UN Habitat Senior Finance Consultant Jobs 2021

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

Then to apply, go to https://inspira.un.org/psc/UNCAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL?Page=UN_JOB_DETAIL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=164739&

The Closing Date: 8th Oct 2021.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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Official Website unhabitat.org
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