Research and Policy Analyst

Result of Service• WUF13 strategic tracks aligned with the Strategic Plan 2026-2029 • Quito+10 momentum and high-level sessions curated and operationalized • WUF impact strategy is robust and effective Work LocationNairobi Expected duration8 months Duties and ResponsibilitiesBACKGROUND The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human set-tlements. 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 External Re-lations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation Division (ERSKID) is responsible for strategic planning, programmatic direction, and operationalization of UN-Habitat's role for the New Urban Agenda, and 2030 Agenda. ERSKID is also leading the preparation of the World Urban Forum, established in 2001 to address one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid ur-banization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. Con-vened by UN-Habitat, the Forum is a high level, open and inclusive platform for addressing the challenges of sustainable urbanization. The World Urban Forum has three main objectives. First to raise awareness of sustainable urbanization among stakeholders and constituencies, including the public. Second, to improve collective knowledge on sustainable urban development through open and inclusive debate, exchange of best practices and policies, and sharing of lessons learnt. Third, to promote collaboration and cooperation between different stakeholders and constituen-cies engaged in the advancement and implementation of sustainable urbanization. The next session (13th) is taking place in May 2026 in Baku and targets to gather around 20,000 urban stakeholders, including Ministers and Heads of States. Under the supervision of the ER-SKID Director, the consultant is expected to provide substantive, operational and coordination for WUF13 through urban research and analytics for substantive preparations, coordination and reporting. The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the Director of ERSKID, and will be responsible for the following duties: 1. Research and policy analysis on selected urban and housing themes relevant to WUF aligned with the New Urban Agenda and SDG 11 2. Compilation and analytics of data in support of the preparation of substantive sessions at WUF 3. Research and coordination support to the curation of high-level events taking place at WUF including on the New Urban Agenda 4. Substantive and coordination support for the organization of the main sessions of the WUF overseen by the Director of ERSKID 5. Substantive support for the impact strategy and monitoring of WUF impact 6. Substantive and coordination support for the preparation of the WUF outcome documents 7. Substantive and organisational support for a city leaders and Mayors track at WUF 8. Support the mobilization and engagement of partners including the WUF Alumni and pri-vate sector 9. Technical support and inputs to the internal WUF13 Task Force and Operational Task Force 10. Research and coordination support for effective stakeholder engagement towards WUF Qualifications/special skillsAdvanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, public administration, environmental studies, economics, urban planning, social science or a related field is required. Minimum of five years of varied experiences with international organizations and/or significant previous background in institutional environment of development cooperation (NGOs, UN sys-tem, multilateral cooperation, etc.) is required. Technical expertise in sustainable development is required. Knowledge and experience in stakeholder engagement is required Programme coordination and partnerships experience is required LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in written and oral French and English is required. Knowledge of another official United nations language is an added advantage. Additional InformationNot available. No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.