The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN 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. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local go...
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- Expo Designer Consultant
- Housing Analytics Expert
- Method of Application
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience5 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldConsultancy 
Assignments include:
- Ensure that all work produced follows the highest sustainability and accessibility standards within the industry and the WUF13 Agreement of Logistical Arrangements, as well as with the WUF13 Sustainability and Accessibility strategy.
- Identify visual and functional space requirements and consult on exhibit design solutions, including budgets and physical exhibition hall limitations.
- Participate in workshops and missions with relevant internal and external stakeholders to identify the features required for various activities at the Urban Expo and the venue.
- Work with the events management or exhibition company to translate approved designs into compelling visitor experiences by understanding, organizing, and integrating content through prototyping and modeling.
- Created and proposed innovative, on-brand, highly stylized concepts for the WUF13 integrated spaces at the Expo.
- Design all aspects of the exhibition and integrated spaces, including but not limited to installation mockups/spatial design, and visual presentation of digital, print, and audiovisual exhibition content.
- Create visually arresting representations that speak to the UN-Habitat brand and the WUF13 theme (including but not limited to illustrator drawings, design briefs, elevations, redesigns, and technical drawings).
- Work with the WUF13 lead and in-house designers to develop compelling branding for the integrated spaces, including stage design, lighting installations, etc.
- Develop an on-site installation plan and support the Head of the Production Unit with the production and installation.
Qualifications/special skills
- Advanced University degree in architecture, industrial design, interior design, graphic design, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of five years of responsible experience in exhibition/ambient design for international events and conferences is required.
- Demonstrated expertise in exhibition and space design, including knowledge of exhibition construction methods and materials, is required.
- Expertise in architecture, interior design and graphic design is desirable. Skill in 3D exhibition design, including proven capability in design conceptualization, development, structural detailing techniques, sustainable fabrication processes and materials, model making, safety, conservation, and accessibility, is required.
- Ability to present exhibit and graphic concepts, production procedures, cost analysis, and evaluation is required.
- Expert knowledge of applicable CAD, 3D, and graphic design software is desirable.
- Experience in data visualization, motion graphics, and information design is advantageous.
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience7 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldReal Estate 
Duties and Responsibilities
- To achieve the above-mentioned goal, the assignment includes the following specific objectives:
- Value Proposition for Affordable Housing Models:
- Establish the economic, social, and policy benefits of different affordable housing tenure (ownership, rental, rent-to-own) and delivery (developer, owner-builder, cooperative) models.
- Frame PINUA’s housing approach as a means to strengthen and support these models and their respective value chains.
- Define the major bottlenecks and key success factors necessary for scaling these pilot initiatives.
- Ecosystem Mapping & Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
- Map stakeholders across Kenya’s affordable housing ecosystem for each PINUA housing stream.
- Identify gaps and missing actors in housing delivery and financing.
- Develop an engagement strategy to onboard critical partners and support decentralized housing delivery, unblocking barriers to scaling PINUA initiatives.
- National Affordable Housing Implementation Strategy for the Kenya Country Program Office
- Outline a roadmap for the KCP’s approach to housing. - Integrate government policies, private sector involvement, and financial mechanisms.
- Provide recommendations on policy, design, and finance to ensure sustainable and scalable housing solutions in Kenya, leveraging PINUA’s expected contributions.
- Institutional Framework for Social Housing & Cooperative Rental Models
- Assess existing social housing institutions in Kenya and identify gaps in governance, finance, and delivery.
- Recommend appropriate institutional arrangements for delivery of cooperative social rental and incremental housing.
- Provide recommendations to the Government of Kenya on institutional structures that can enhance housing affordability, quality, and accessibility.
- Define key partnerships necessary to support new housing delivery value chains (with an emphasis on cooperative social rental housing), ensuring alignment with national priorities.
- Provide recommendations to the Government of Kenya on institutional structures that can enhance housing affordability, quality, and accessibility, aligned with government’s own institutional arrangements.
- Strategic Positioning for Housing and Basic Services as UN-HABITAT’s Core Mission
- Align housing strategies with UN-Habitat’s core mission and global development goals.
- Leverage previous UN-Habitat’s initiatives (e.g., PSUP, GLTN) to develop a coherent housing and sustainable urban development strategy in support of the organization’s new strategic mission.
- Create advocacy materials and a roadmap to position housing as a key development pillar within UN-Habitat’s programs.
- Provide structured mentorship to two young professionals or interns through the delivery of all the outputs.
Qualifications/special skills
- Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Housing, architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, economics or physical sciences relevant to development and management of human settlements or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree is required.
- A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in human settlements, project or programme management or related field is required.
- At least two years working experience in housing or urban planning or slum upgrading within Africa is highly desirable.
- Proven experience in human settlements development fields, projects/programme design and implementation with the UN or other international agencies is also desirable.
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