Senior Programme Officer

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. UN-HABITAT’s operational activities focus on reducing urban poverty by improving the living environment, making local government more efficient and inclusive, and advocating for the rights of populations to participate in urban development. UN-HABITAT’s activities contribute to the overall objective of the United Nations system to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development within the context and the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world. UN-HABITAT is currently implementing over 201 programmes in 72 countries.

It is Regional Office for Latin America, the Caribbean is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro and provides administrative, and support services to the entire region through the Country Hubs.

Education 

• Master’s Degree or equivalent is required preferably in urban planning, economy, architecture, geography, planning, engineering, environmental, public and business administration or related fields.
• A first Level university degree (Bachelor degree) is required  preferably in urban planning, economy, architecture,geography, planning, engineering, environmental, public and business administration or related fields, plus additional years of experience (+2) may be accepted in lieu of a Master university degree. 

Work Experience

• A minimum of 10 years progressive international experience in implementation of human settlements and urban development programs. (12 years with a Bachelor) is required.
• Experience within the United Nations or other international organization is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of UN-Habitat activities especially concerning the New Urban Agenda is an assest.

Language

• Fluency in Spanish is required.
• Fluency in English is required.

• Capacity to understand policy approaches and strategic plans for the implementation of humansettlements and urban development programs, and flexibility in their implementation underchanging circumstances.
• Knowledge of procedures related to technical cooperation, program/Project identification/formulation/appraisal/implementation and evaluation, and program management.

Contract type: Fixed Term / Regular / Monthly Contract: The contract is established in the regular monthly Contract modality, that is, a contininuous service provision is required during the contract period, making the payments associated with the contract at the end of each calender month.

Contract level: P-5  
Contract duration: 12 months (possible extensions based on good performance and budget availability)

UNOPS is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We encourage female candidates to apply. 

For more details about United Nations staff contracts, please follow this link:

https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/About/WhatWeOffer.aspx

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks. 

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.