AdresDetails
Mission and objectives
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.UN-Habitat is the coordinating agency within the United Nations System for human settlement activities and in collaboration with governments is responsible for promoting and consolidating collaboration with all partners, including local authorities, private and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular, Goal 11 of “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, as well as the task manager of the human settlements chapter of Agenda 21 and focal point for the monitoring, evaluation and implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted during the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III),held in Quito, Ecuador, in 2016.
Context
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1977 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.UN-Habitat established the Innovation Unit under the Knowledge and Innovation Branch within the External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation (ERSKI) Division in Nairobi as a specialized unit to strengthen innovative thinking, practice and solutions both within the organization and externally for the benefit of our partners and the beneficiaries we serve. The Innovation Unit promotes an innovation culture for improved sustainable urbanization outcomes, acts as an enabler and broker for new ideas and partnerships for inclusive and at scale impacts, develops knowledge and tools to strengthen innovation, and promotes innovation in project and programme design and implementation by providing advice on tools, methodologies, technologies and partnerships. The Innovation Unit also hosts the People-Centered Smart Cities flagship programme of UN-Habitat.This United Nations Volunteers (UNV) assignment is to backstop and support project administrative tasks in the Innovation Unit which include, but are not limited to, project administration, follow-ups, logistics and operations, contract processing, payments (vendors and consultants), note-taking and minute writing.
Task description
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Knowledge and Innovation Branch, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:• Performs, under minimal supervision, the full range of office management and administrative support functions.• Performs general administrative tasks:o Leave and attendance recording,o Arrangements for meetings and other events,o Preparing and/or processing administrative requests/documents (e.g. requisitions, purchase orders, travel requests, contracts, expenditure authorizations, etc.)o Follow-ups on payments, as needed,o Attends meetings, prepares minutes, and monitors follow-up activities,o Administrative and logistics support to meetings, boards, committees, conferences, etc.,o Maintains unit calendar/schedules,o Prepares, processes, and follows up on administrative arrangements and forms related to the official travel of staff and consultants.• Contract Administration:o Assists with the day-to-day administration of contracts in the unit,o Prepares and processes all UN forms and permissions for contractual work in the Innovation Unit, such as UN grounds passes, and others,o Processes the payment of contractors and vendors invoices/payment requests.• Takes part in and supports registration, logistics and operations of Innovation Unit events.• Ensures timekeeping of current unit tasks.• Performs other duties, as assigned.
