Programme Coordination Expert

Result of Service

The objective of the consultancy is to provide substantial support to sound project management, financial and administrative management of the implementation and monitoring of core activities across all Durable Solutions Programmes and Project to contribute to further profiling of the Durable Solutions Portfolio within the Somalia Programme.

Work Location

Nairobi

Expected duration

12 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the United Nations 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 housing and shelter for all. As the United Nations focal point on human settlements, UN-Habitat will lead advocacy efforts to raise awareness of sustainable urbanization issues; provide evidence-based policy advice; build capacities; develop tools, norms and standards based on best practices; work on demonstration projects and aid national and subnational governments, local authorities, and other public institutions responsible for urban issues. To enable it to respond to the challenges and opportunities of 21st Century cities and human settlement in a more holistic way, and to address one of the most significant areas of need in developing countries; With its Strategic Plan for the period 2026-2029, UN-Habitat introduces a strategic focus on access to adequate housing, land and basic services for all, including the urgent transformation of informal settlements and slums. It includes a more cohesive response to displacement and addresses access to adequate housing, land and basic services for a more integrated response with all actors involved, to localize and enable solutions for migrants, refugees and internally displaced people. using urban and territorial planning and multilevel governance. Somalia is at a critical juncture with an estimated number of 3.9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs); also, with a confluence of both new and protracted displacement adversely impacting the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding goals of the country. Between 2022 and 2024, Somalia was one of the pilot countries of the Secretary General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement and its push for government-led, development-anchored and development-financed solutions. In November 2024, the Federal Government of Somalia launched the National Solutions Pathways Action Plan (2024 – 2029) to provide durable solutions to approximately one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) across 33 key districts and with a projected budget of USD 2.09 billion. The plan focuses on six priority areas (pathways) and accompanied by an M&E framework. The need for long-term investment in the Pathways Action Plan has also been emphasized in the country’s new five-year National Transformation Plan launched in March 2025. ...