As Country Programme
Manager reporting directly to the Senior Human Settlements ...
As Country Programme
Manager reporting directly to the Senior Human Settlements Officer (SHSO) will
be accountable to the Regional Office of Asia and the Pacific (ROAP),
UN-Habitat. She/he will coordinate with
the UN Resident Coordinator for India and work in close collaboration with
UN-Habitat's line institution, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA). The focus of the position is on substantive and operational
responsibilities through active participation in activities at the country and
state levels, aligned with UN-Habitat’s mandate, objectives, focus areas and
country strategy plan. The Country Programme Manager is responsible for the
overall management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of all programmes
and projects implemented by UN-Habitat within India.
The India Country
Office of UN-Habitat was established in 2016 in New Delhi, with the objective
of expanding support for sustainable urbanization in India with a focus on
accelerating progress on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda to achieve
SDGs particularly SDG 11. UN-Habitat has been working closely with the Ministry
of Housing and Urban Affairs for championing India’s New Urban Agenda and has
crafted a new strategic partnership with the Government of India on mutually
agreed technical cooperation initiatives in support of sustainable urbanization
in the country. UN-Habitat India has been aligning its priorities to work
around focused set of areas addressing the four domains of change and outcomes
to capture sustainable development which will contribute towards directly,
significantly, and variably during the implementation of overall Strategic Plan
2020-2023 vis-à-vis India Country Strategy Plan 2019-2022.
The Country Programme
Manager (CPM) has to ensure an integrated and demand-driven approach that
combines refining urban planning and design frameworks, providing
infrastructure upgrading policy and technical guidance, implementing pilot
projects for learning-by-doing, mainstreaming innovations through testing
technology solutions and engaging multi-stakeholders to transform India’s urban
landscape. CPM will provide leadership
to India country office in building urban programming capacity, formulate urban
initiatives through the development of national urban policies, strategies and
frameworks. Tasks herein listed below are expected from the CPM:
(a)
Contribution in Implementation and Policy Development (40%):
- Act as the in-country liaison officer for
UN-Habitat, with reference to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda,
advocacy and coordination of the norms and principles of the Global Strategic
Plan and assist in implementation of global programmes.
- Participate in the formulation and implementation of
multilateral programming instruments to ensure that Government key sectorial
concerns and priorities are adequately reflected, to bring to bear UN-Habitat
substantive knowledge and potential contribution, and to strive to place
UN-Habitat within the framework of the programming instruments.
(b) Contribution to Partnership Building (35%):
- Identify and promote partnerships, programme
opportunities, resource mobilization and extension of
operational/organizational support to all UN-Habitat activities on sustainable
settlements and urbanization.
- Contribute to project development, negotiations,
implementation and monitoring of the activities.
- Provide guidance and partnership support to address
issues on poverty and urbanisation to UNRC and contribute in overall
implementation of Government
of India (GOI)-UN Sustainable Development Framework 2018-22 and future
framework preparations, as One UN in India.
(c) Running the National Office (15%):
Represent the
institution vis-à-vis the authorities and other partners (e.g. Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), Human Settlements
Management Institute (HSMI, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), National Housing
Bank (NHB), Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Chamber of Commerce (CII), Construction Industry
Development Council (CIDC), The Energy Research Institute (TERI), International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and among others private sector organisations as
well as national and international Non-Government Organizations (NGOs))
- Plan, manage and monitor work of staff/ consultants
to be recruited at UN-Habitat India office.
- Administer and coordinate funding requirements for
various projects in India and ensure financial budgets are applied as per UN
rules and regulations.
(d) Coordination (10%):
- Assist Govt. & broader sectorial constituency in
policy related work & multilateral programming instruments.
- Support the national authorities and other
stakeholders in participating and/or holding national and international events
related to UN-Habitat’s mandate (e.g. The Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference
on Housing and Urban Development (APMCHUD), The World Urban Forum (WUF), The World Urban Campaign (WUC)
and World Habitat Day (WHD) etc.)
- Mainstream global programmes, at the country level,
including pro-poor housing, disaster risk reduction and climate change
initiatives, gender equity, tenure, urban development and poverty reduction.
- Strengthen linkages and information flows between
UN-Habitat, local partners and the government through representation, liaison,
networking and attendance at meetings.