Org. Setting and Reporting

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. UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) was established in 2011 in Cairo, Egypt, and provides technical cooperation and capacity building for 18 countries across the Arab region. The Regional Office promotes and implements policies, programs and operational projects in UN-Habitat’s focus areas, at regional, national, and local levels, aimed at achieving sustainable urban development in the countries of the region, and provide technical cooperation services, upon request from governments. UN-Habitat ROAS covers all the operational activities and projects in 18 countries across the Arab Region; currently, with 12 active country programmes.

UN Habitat in Egypt

Established in 2005, UN-Habitat Egypt Programme has been providing technical support to national counterparts on a wide range of urban issues. Adopting an integrated approach, UN-Habitat Egypt has supported reforming and improving urban planning and management through three main sub-programmes, namely; urban planning and design; urban policies, legislation and governance; and urban basic services and mobility

This internship is located in the Egypt country programme, Cairo duty station. Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Country Programme Manager, the intern will undertake the following duties:

Responsibilities

• Support the maintenance of vacancy announcement files and keeps track of status of vacancy announcements.
• Support the maintenance of staffing table and prepare relevant statistical data/charts.
• Assist in preparing or customizing financial reports from UMOJA system generated reports.
• Assist in drafting routine correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant administrative, financial audit, personnel matters.
• Assist in the preparation of tailored administrative reports.
• Assist the Procurement Unit in collecting quotations from suppliers and organizing procurement documentation.
• Assist in maintaining and updating office vehicle logbooks and ensuring that vehicle usage records are complete and accurate.

• Support the maintenance of vacancy announcement files and keeps track of status of vacancy announcements.
• Support the maintenance of staffing table and prepare relevant statistical data/charts.
• Assist in preparing or customizing financial reports from UMOJA system generated reports.
• Assist in drafting routine correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant administrative, financial audit, personnel matters.
• Assist in the preparation of tailored administrative reports.
• Assist the Procurement Unit in collecting quotations from suppliers and organizing procurement documentation.
• Assist in maintaining and updating office vehicle logbooks and ensuring that vehicle usage records are complete and accurate.