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Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships: 

UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific manages UN-Habitat’s project portfolio in the Asia and Pacific region. It ensures that country priorities are aligned with the UN-Habitat’s organizational policies and strategic objectives and brings through its Regional Representative to the attention of the Executive Management Committee (EMC) opportunities and challenges in the region, allowing for timely feedback and responses to urgent demands and requests from the Member States. Since 1992, UN-Habitat has worked closely with Afghan communities, contributing to the physical and social reconstruction of the country. Our work has focused on the development of urban policies and regulations; strategic urban planning; increasing municipal revenue; establishing community-based organizations; addressing the land and housing needs of IDPs and returnees and contributing to the provision of basic urban services.

The Regional Programs Division is responsible for consolidating and enhancing the linkages between UN Habitat's activities in the field with the Strategic Plan, the 2030 Agenda, and the UN-Habitat’s overall future priorities and to make sure that they are appropriate to the country context.  The positions are based in Kabul & Nangarhar provinces, Afghanistan.

About the project

The Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) 2024 highlights significant challenges facing the nation, with 23.7 million people requiring humanitarian assistance and $3.06 billion needed to support over 17.3 million people. The recurring natural disasters, such as floods in Eastern, Northern, Northeastern, and Western regions, have resulted in the damage or destruction of more than 16,600 homes. The situation is further exacerbated by an expected additional 400,000 forced returnees from Pakistan in 2024. Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ES/NFI) needs are critical, with 6.6 million people identified as requiring assistance, and efforts are aimed at targeting 1.7 million people. Many households face inadequate heating and require basic household necessities, while recent floods have displaced households in Nangarhar and Kabul, necessitating urgent intervention and assistance in informal settlements lacking essential services.

UN-Habitat is seeking to address these pressing concerns through the "Provision of Shelter Repair Support & Seasonal Winter Assistance to Vulnerable Households Affected by Recent Floods in Kabul & Nangarhar Provinces" project. This initiative aims to improve living conditions for flood-affected populations by providing emergency shelter repairs and winter support, including blankets, heating, and clothing, with a particular emphasis on assisting women in these provinces. The project aligns with HNRP 2024's strategic objectives, focusing on reducing mortality and morbidity among crisis-affected individuals through timely, safe, and multi-sectoral assistance. By incorporating conditional cash assistance aligned with Afghanistan's shelter guidelines and cash voucher working group standards, UN-Habitat ensures an effective response to the urgent needs of vulnerable communities during severe winter conditions.

Duties and responsibilities

The incumbent will support implementation of the Provision of shelter repair support and Seasonal winter assistance to vulnerable households affected by recent floods in Kabul and Nangahar provinces project to ensure that the required outputs are achieved in line with the work plan.

He/She will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• The shelter engineer will work under the direct supervision of the project officer and international urban planner/shelter advisor.
• S/he will supervise all shelter-related activities on the site.
• Prepare, follow, and monitor the work plan for shelter in the site.
• Participate in preparation of beneficiary list according to the selection criteria and ensure transparency and equity in beneficiary selection.  
• Organize, mentor, and develop capacity of the Shelter Implementation Team, counterparts and ensure capacity development of shelter beneficiaries.
• Monitor closely distribution of material to nominated beneficiaries.
• Provision of technical advice to beneficiaries during construction and repairing of their shelter.
• Provision of technical advice for using construction materials and ensure quality of materials procured.
• Organize all shelter-related activities on the site
• Liaise and coordinate with all relevant stakeholders and project beneficiaries to obtain their full support of and participation in shelter-related activities.
• Supervise the timely delivery and quality of the shelter materials and the timely completion and quality of the shelter construction. This will include, among others, the following tasks:

- Membership of shelter committee.

- Participation in procurement process of materials, materials quality check, materials storage and stock management, materials distribution, team mobilization, and supervision and monitoring. 

• Prepare and submit reports (weekly, monthly, mid-term, and completion) as required.
• Working closely with Social Organization team to ensure the shelter related aspect of the shelter programming is delivered to the entire communities.
• Discuss project activities regularly with local communities (CDCs) and beneficiaries and receive their feedback on the activities.
• Maintain good liaison with the local authority’s district level, project partners and communities.
• Conduct regular field surveys and assessments; map information and ensure documentation.
• Identify and document good practices/lessons learned; bring to the attention of project officer and recommend solutions.
• Ensure adherence to UN-Habitat operational policies, procedures and standards of conduct
• Perform any other task assigned by the supervisor(s).

Work implies frequent interaction with the following:

• The shelter project engineer will be reporting on a day-to-day basis to the project officer.
• Close cooperation with Management and Technical team for the implementation of the Shelter programme.

Results Expected:

• Completed shelter repair and transitional shelter outputs as required by the project.
• Ensure the completion of activities across the program according to their respective work plans.
• Adequate and timely assistance is detailed by the management unit and which may change in response to emerging needs and program priorities.

Competencies:

Professionalism: Ability to identify and resolve budgetary problems and identify sources for data collection. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Planning& Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

Qualifications

a)            Education:

A university degree in civil or structural engineering, with at least Four years of work experience in implementation of shelter project and management of a community based informal settlements upgrading program.

b)            Experience: 

• Experience in working in shelter project implementation with IDPs and returnees.
• Ability to organise and supervise all shelter related activities in the site and have active relation with district and other related agencies.
• Expertise in monitoring and reporting systems.
• Knowledge of and skills and interest in working closely with local communities, particularly in community-based shelter development.
• Demonstrated skills in administration, financial, quality control and procurement of shelter material.
• Ability to work long hours in the field and under difficult conditions.
• Good knowledge of computer engineering applications.
• Knowledge of local area and community is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

c)            Language:

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English and Local/National Language of the duty station is required.

d)            Other: 

Build support with national counterparts, during the programme period; Ensure high-quality and timely achievement of relevant activities and targets; Support capacity development efforts with programme partners for the required components; Support UN-Habitat's contribution to multi-stakeholder national coordination and advocacy forums; Support 'learning by doing' capacity development efforts throughout the programme period with programme partners for improving local safety and security, especially for women, youth and marginalised urban groups; Support coordination with other partners’ programmes in target cities.

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