Duration :12 months
Grade : Consultant
Duty Station : Home based
Department/Office : ERSKI Division, Events and Outreach Unit, UN-Habitat
Post date : 19/03/2025 – 12:00 pm
Deadline : 31/03/2025 – 12:00 pm
Country : Kenya
BACKGROUND
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. UN-Habitat is the focal point for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system. UN-Habitat works with partners to build inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities. UN-Habitat promotes urbanization as a positive transformative force for people and communities, reducing inequality, discrimination and poverty.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Events and Outreach Unit and with technical oversight from Chief of Communications, Head of the Production Unit and UN-Habitat ICTS, the incumbent will be required to perform the following functions:
- Oversee the development of the new UN-Habitat corporate website.
- Coordinate the migration and smooth transition from the old UN-Habitat corporate website to the new one.
- Ensure the smooth integration between corporate website, World Urban Forum website, GEMS and WUF13 App., including archiving past WUF sessions.
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QUALIFICATIONS
- Experienced project manager with a technical lead and team lead background
- Self-motivated, critical thinker and the ability to thrive in a team environment
- Strong client-services orientation with excellent communication skills to non-technical staff
- Fluency in both oral and written English
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and a high level of resilience is required.
- Excellent team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity is highly desirable.
Education
A first-level university degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent is required.
Work experience
- Minimum of 10 years of proven experience in web development, User Experience (UX) design, web best practices, responsive design and digital strategy is required.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in innovative technical leadership by performing and/or overseeing the planning, development, and multi-project management is required.
- Technical experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and PHP; Figma, Adobe XD or other prototyping tools, working experience in Git version control and the command line is required.
- Proven experience in Drupal is required.
Language
French and English are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in written and oral French and English is required. Knowledge of another official United nations language is an added advantage.
Payment
The consultant will be paid on a monthly basis at a level B Consultant rate (USD 9,050).
