Durable Solutions Coordination and Community Engagement Expert

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft and review comprehensive community engagement plans with clear objectives, timelines, resources and accountability in close coordination with respective project managers and assigned staff.
• Provide technical expertise development and dissemination of tailored communication materials, such as newsletters, flyers, social media updates, and community bulletins in close coordination with the Communications Specialist of the Somalia Programme and the resp. project managers.
• Establish and maintain partnerships and networking with community leaders, local organisations, and representatives from host and displacement affected communities, including planning, monitoring and evaluation session and with particular focus upon land tenure, housing and neighbourhood development.
• Provide substantial technical expertise to gather community feedback and insights, ensuring that the voices of community members are reflected in project activities.
• Work closely with the Communications Specialist of the Somalia Programme, the respective project managers and the Communications Unit of the RCO Somalia to develop and edit human interest stories and project background material including social media messages.
• Serve as a focal point for UN-Habitat’s presence in relevant and regular coordination sessions under the Durable Solutions coordination architecture.
• Document key events and interaction with government, CSO, UN and development partners for internal communication with project managers along with recommendations for operational and strategic programming.
• Provide regular updates and reports on coordination meetings under the Durable Solutions architecture and from relevant Cluster meetings (Shelter, Protection, HLP AOR ,CEA taskforce, ABC coordination meeting, HCT, WASH and CCCM) to relevant staff in Durable Solutions projects of the Somalia Programme.
• Provide technical support to project and donor reports and concept notes in close coordination with the assigned Programme Support Expert Durable Solutions.
• Undertake monitoring and evaluation activities for Durable Solutions Projects.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree in international relations, international development, peace and conflict studies, urban studies, public administration, crises response and management or other related social sciences is required.
• A first level university degree in combination with additional two years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least two years working experience in project management including coordination of complex multi-partner and multi-sector projects, preferably in the field of migration, durable solutions for displacement affected communities, crises response and preparedness/resilience, urban management is required At least two years working experience in post conflict and/or fragile states is desirable
• Previous work experience related to Somalia or another country in post-conflict phase with protracted displacement at scale and/or with international agencies and governance counterparts is desirable.