CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: UN Human Settlements Program
Country: Kenya
Closing date: 10 Dec 2014

CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Issued on: 02 December 2014

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION:UN-HABITAT

DUTY STATION:Nairobi

FUNCTIONAL TITLE:Energy Technical Adviser

DURATION:6 Months

CLOSING DATE:10 December 2014

BACKGROUND
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 shelter for all. UN-Habitat is the lead agency within the United Nations system for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer and healthier places with better opportunities. It works with organizations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector. This post is located in the Urban Energy Unit of the Urban Basic Services Branch. Within this programme, the objective of the focus area on urban energy is to promote approaches, methods, and instruments for promoting sustainable urban energy. The energy used in commercial and residential buildings accounts for a significant percentage of the total national energy consumption. It is estimated, for instance, that urban buildings in Africa alone consume on average 56% of the total generated electricity. The building sector consumes more energy than the transport and industrial sector.

In the partner countries (i.e. Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania), the supply of electricity is far below the demand. Over 65% of the power supply in the region comes from hydropower plants whose effective capacity is being heavily affected by changing climatic conditions, especially with respect to precipitation. Thermal power plants are being brought in to address this shortfall as well as the growing electricity demand. Fossil fuel based power generation in the East African countries is currently at approximately 920MW and represents over 30% of the total generation capacity. An increase of up to 50% is anticipated over the next 10 years, as business as usual.

The overall objective of this project ‘Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings in East Africa’ is to mainstream energy efficiency measures into housing policies, building codes, municipal by-laws and building practices in East Africa and to achieve considerable avoidance of greenhouse gases emissions as a result of improved buildings and building practices. Subsequently, it will also be possible to use the existing generated electricity more efficiently and thus to expand the electricity supply to satisfy the increasing demand by both the residential and economic productive activities of the partner countries. UNEP is the GEF Implementing Agency and will oversee the successful achievement of the project objectives. The stakeholders involved in the project in the participating countries are the Ministries of Housing, the Ministries of Energy, the Ministries of Public Works, professionals from the construction sector, real estate developers, financial institutions, research institutions; East African architects associations and the civil society organizations.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Chief of the Urban Energy Unit, Assist in reviewing and processing requests for classification; Provide advice and answer general queries on classification procedures and processes.

In order to determine the comparative performance of a building in terms of energy efficiency it is necessary to first define the benchmark. Thus, the core of this assignment is to analyse the data collected by universities across the project countries and represent them highlighting the issues and where possible to intervene specifying the improvements for energy efficiency in buildings. It should be good also to compare the data consumption's giving the differences between the 5 countries considering also the different social political and economic aspects.

The objectives of this assignment are:
1. Analysis of the results of energy audit reports received and establishes a benchmark
2. Develop technical notes for awareness and capacity building

The outputs of this assignment are the following:
1. Analysis of the results of energy audit reports;
2. Establishment of energy efficiency in buildings benchmark across the five countries;
3. Develop technical notes for awareness and capacity building;
4. Technical notes on small scale renewable energy technologies (RETs).

COMPETENCIES
Professionalism: Training and experience of working in human settlements issues with good
research and analytical skills. Knowledge and experience of carrying out baseline and similar
studies is essential. A good understanding of results-based management or logic models is
required.

Communication:Ability to articulate ideas in an effective, clear and concise style both orally
and in written to staff at all levels in the organization is required; and a proven ability to prepare
comprehensive, well written and accurate documents and reports is important;

Planning and organizing: Ability to plan, coordinate and monitor own work in an efficient and
timely manner. Identify priority activities and assignments and adjusts work accordingly. Has
respect for and commitment to agreed timelines.

Teamwork:Proven ability to work collaboratively across the organization with staff at different
levels in a flexible manner; Working with all branches, offices and units, establish an effective
working relationship that facilitates cooperation and provision of inputs. Ability to work in a
multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity is essential.

EDUCATION
The incumbent is required to have a relevant post-graduate university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent), relevant to the development and management of human settlements and/or urban energy.

WORK EXPERIENCE
At least three (03) years of working experience in the sustainable energy sector.
Experiences in establishing/managing professional networks or involvement in energy network.
Good understanding of energy situation in developing countries.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
For this position, strong communication skills, both oral and written are. A strong command of the English language is required. Knowledge of French and Portuguese will be an added value.

OTHER SKILLS
Knowledge of sustainable buildings design and guidelines for Energy and Resource efficiency regulations; International working experience in developing countries. Good knowledge of AutoCad software, Indesign, Photoshop and Ilustrator.

REMUNERATION
Payments will be based on deliverables over the consultancy period. There are set remuneration rates for consultancies. The rate is determined by functions performed and experience of the consultant. The fees will be paid as per agreement.

How to apply:

Applications should include:
• Cover memo (maximum 1 page)
• CV in the PHP format, accessible through the INSPIRA website (inspira.un.org) Please note, if using INSPIRA for the first time, you need to register in order to activate your account, which will allow you to log in and create a personal History Profile.
• The PHP should be attached to the application as a PDF file.
• Summary CV (maximum 2 pages), indicating the following information:

1. Educational Background (incl. dates)
2. Professional Experience (assignments, tasks, achievements, duration by years/ months)
3. Other Experience and Expertise (e.g. Internships/ voluntary work, etc.)
4. Expertise and preferences regarding location of potential assignments
5. Expectations regarding remuneration
   • Cover memo (maximum 1 page)

Please also be advised that since April 15th 2010, applicants for consultancies must be part of the
UN-HABITAT e-Roster in order for their application to be considered. You can reach the e-Roster
through the following link: http://e-roster.unhabitat.org

All applications should be submitted to:
Ms. Giulia D’Angiolini, EEBEA Project Manager
UN-HABITAT
P.O. Box 30030, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: Giulia.Dangiolini@unhabitat.org
CC: Souleymane.Diawara@unhobaitat.org
Fax: + 254 20 7623080
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2014

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