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Vacancy title:
Sustainable Housing Expert
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Real Estate]
Jobs at:
UN-Habitat
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, September 4 2025
Duty Station:
kenya | Nairobi | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, August 16 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Under the supervision of the Chief, Land Housing and Shelter Section, and together with the RE-Think Buildings Programme team and the relevant country offices, the consultant will carry out the following responsibilities:
- Review and provide technical inputs to draft Green Building Certification and guidelines, and provide a synopsis of the research for Bangladesh and Senegal
- Develop a concept for capacity building on the use of local building materials in Ghana to decarbonize the housing and construction sector
- Contribute to formulating a discussion paper on Sustainable Housing in preparation for the inter-sessional meeting for the Open-Ended Working Group on Adequate Housing
- Adapt Climate Action Roadmaps and Circularity Assessment to country requirements for implementation by UN-Habitat country teams
- In consultation with the LHS team and UN-Habitat Regional Offices, draft three (3) concept notes outlining potential projects and initiatives to advance the implementation of key actions identified in the Climate Action Roadmaps for Buildings and Construction in Bangladesh, Ghana, and Senegal.
Qualifications/special skills
- An advanced university degree (master’s or similar) in engineering, architecture, material science, environment-related science, economics, urban management, or other fields related to housing construction and sustainable urban development is required.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience, including project drafting and coordinating the implementation of projects is required. Experience in writing analytical texts relating to green buildings, construction materials, housing issues, and urban development issues is desirable.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 48
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to UN-Habitat on careers.un.org to apply
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