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Mission and objectives
UN-HABITAT AGO organization mission TBD
Context
Angola is experiencing rapid urbanization and significant internal migration, with returnees and displaced populations adding pressure on housing, land, and basic services. UN Habitat Angola works with national and local authorities to improve urban governance, strengthen land management, and promote inclusive planning for host and displaced communities. The UN Volunteer Associate will join the country team in Luanda, supporting programme activities that link humanitarian assistance, migration, and urban resilience, while gaining hands on experience in UN operations.
Task description
The UN Volunteer Associate will support UN Habitat Angola’s work to strengthen inclusive urban development and territorial planning while integrating cross cutting priorities: peace and security, human rights, sustainable development (education, health, partnerships), climate change and environment, humanitarian assistance, and responsible use of new technologies.
The role focuses on generating and organizing evidence, facilitating participatory processes, and assisting in the design and delivery of small-scale planning and land management activities that improve access to services, reduce tenure insecurity, and increase resilience for host and displaced communities. The position is learning focused and provides hands on exposure to programme implementation, stakeholder coordination, policy mainstreaming, and practical tools for inclusive and resilient urban governance.
Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Central Africa Sub-regional Office, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Contributes to evidence synthesis and policy review to ensure planning interventions reflect peace and security considerations and human rights standards, by reviewing policy documents, legal frameworks, and project reports and summarizing implications for urban planning.
- Supports integration of human rights and protection principles into programme materials and community engagement approaches, assisting in the preparation of guidance notes, checklists, and short briefs that promote non‑discrimination, participation, and access to services.
- Assists in designing and facilitating participatory processes that build social cohesion and local ownership, helping to plan and run consultations, stakeholder dialogues, and conflict‑sensitive community workshops that include women, youth, and marginalized groups.
- Contributes to sustainable development linkages by supporting small‑scale initiatives that connect urban planning with health, education, and livelihoods (e.g., site‑level ser-vice mapping, school/clinic access assessments, partnership outreach), and by drafting short concept notes for integrated pilot activities.
- Supports climate‑sensitive planning and environmental mainstreaming, assisting technical staff to incorporate nature‑based solutions, risk‑informed measures, and low‑carbon options into project briefs and community guidance materials.
- Assists humanitarian‑development coordination, compiling inputs for joint planning with humanitarian actors, documenting service gaps in displacement‑affected areas, and supporting the preparation of short situation updates and coordination meeting notes.
- Contributes to responsible technology use and digital inclusion, supporting the team to identify appropriate digital tools for community engagement, data collection, and information sharing while documenting data protection and ethical considerations.
- Participates in monitoring, reporting and results tracking, compiling activity trackers, collecting partner updates, and assisting in the preparation of progress reports and lessons‑learned summaries that highlight cross‑cutting thematic outcomes (peace, rights, climate, health, education).
- Supports capacity‑building and knowledge transfer, helping to prepare training materials and co‑deliver sessions for municipal staff and community representatives on conflict sensitive planning, rights‑based approaches, climate resilience, and basic digital tools for planning.
- Assists stakeholder coordination and partnership development, preparing meeting agendas, drafting minutes, following up on action points, and maintaining contact lists for government counterparts, UN agencies, civil society, and private partners to strengthen multi‑sectoral collaboration.
- Contributes to small‑scale project implementation and piloting, assisting with logistics, procurement inputs, field coordination, and community liaison for pilot interventions that test integrated approaches across the thematic areas.
- Supports communication and advocacy, drafting short articles, social media updates, and briefing notes that communicate how urban planning advances peace, rights, sustainability, climate resilience, humanitarian response, and safe use of technology.
- Ensures compliance with UN policies and ethical standards, by following safeguarding, security, and data protection guidance and participating in mandatory briefings and trainings.
During the first month of the assignment, the UN Volunteer will work closely with his/her direct supervisor to finalize an agreed-upon work plan. The work plan should outline key objectives and activities and include regular check ins with the supervisor to review progress and receive performance
The role focuses on generating and organizing evidence, facilitating participatory processes, and assisting in the design and delivery of small-scale planning and land management activities that improve access to services, reduce tenure insecurity, and increase resilience for host and displaced communities. The position is learning focused and provides hands on exposure to programme implementation, stakeholder coordination, policy mainstreaming, and practical tools for inclusive and resilient urban governance.
Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Central Africa Sub-regional Office, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Contributes to evidence synthesis and policy review to ensure planning interventions reflect peace and security considerations and human rights standards, by reviewing policy documents, legal frameworks, and project reports and summarizing implications for urban planning.
- Supports integration of human rights and protection principles into programme materials and community engagement approaches, assisting in the preparation of guidance notes, checklists, and short briefs that promote non‑discrimination, participation, and access to services.
- Assists in designing and facilitating participatory processes that build social cohesion and local ownership, helping to plan and run consultations, stakeholder dialogues, and conflict‑sensitive community workshops that include women, youth, and marginalized groups.
- Contributes to sustainable development linkages by supporting small‑scale initiatives that connect urban planning with health, education, and livelihoods (e.g., site‑level ser-vice mapping, school/clinic access assessments, partnership outreach), and by drafting short concept notes for integrated pilot activities.
- Supports climate‑sensitive planning and environmental mainstreaming, assisting technical staff to incorporate nature‑based solutions, risk‑informed measures, and low‑carbon options into project briefs and community guidance materials.
- Assists humanitarian‑development coordination, compiling inputs for joint planning with humanitarian actors, documenting service gaps in displacement‑affected areas, and supporting the preparation of short situation updates and coordination meeting notes.
- Contributes to responsible technology use and digital inclusion, supporting the team to identify appropriate digital tools for community engagement, data collection, and information sharing while documenting data protection and ethical considerations.
- Participates in monitoring, reporting and results tracking, compiling activity trackers, collecting partner updates, and assisting in the preparation of progress reports and lessons‑learned summaries that highlight cross‑cutting thematic outcomes (peace, rights, climate, health, education).
- Supports capacity‑building and knowledge transfer, helping to prepare training materials and co‑deliver sessions for municipal staff and community representatives on conflict sensitive planning, rights‑based approaches, climate resilience, and basic digital tools for planning.
- Assists stakeholder coordination and partnership development, preparing meeting agendas, drafting minutes, following up on action points, and maintaining contact lists for government counterparts, UN agencies, civil society, and private partners to strengthen multi‑sectoral collaboration.
- Contributes to small‑scale project implementation and piloting, assisting with logistics, procurement inputs, field coordination, and community liaison for pilot interventions that test integrated approaches across the thematic areas.
- Supports communication and advocacy, drafting short articles, social media updates, and briefing notes that communicate how urban planning advances peace, rights, sustainability, climate resilience, humanitarian response, and safe use of technology.
- Ensures compliance with UN policies and ethical standards, by following safeguarding, security, and data protection guidance and participating in mandatory briefings and trainings.
During the first month of the assignment, the UN Volunteer will work closely with his/her direct supervisor to finalize an agreed-upon work plan. The work plan should outline key objectives and activities and include regular check ins with the supervisor to review progress and receive performance
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