Knowledge Management Officer (Fixed - Term Limited)

The Knowledge Management Officer will support UN-Habitat Afghanistan office to increase understanding, advocate and mobilise resources for community-centered approaches to adequate housing, secure tenure, access to basic services, and disaster-resilience of communities and infrastructure in urban informal settlements. The role involves programme support, partnership and donor reporting, knowledge management, advocacy, communications, and coordination with UN agencies and partners.

Responsibilities

• Supports project teams for effective and efficient execution of selected projects and programmes including advisory support, field monitoring missions, and coordination.
• Participates in development, resource mobilisation, implementation, and donor reporting of projects and programmes.
• Monitors progress and analyzes impacts and results of implementation for donor reporting and advocacy.
• Enhances internal learning process by coordinating with project teams and building capacity of national staff in programming, partnership and donor relationship management.
• Organizes and coordinates preparation of written outputs including reports, advocacy papers, and public relations materials.
• Ensures timely reporting to project and funding partners, regional office, and headquarters.
• Liaises and coordinates with donors, particularly Government of Japan and JICA.
• Builds and ensures strong relations with multilateral and bilateral partners.
• Promotes information sharing and coordination with Embassy of Japan, JICA, UN agencies and project stakeholders.
• Strengthens knowledge and information sharing in the Country Office.
• Coordinates with projects and field staff for increased learning.
• Strengthens relationships with partners, local and international research and academic institutions.
• Coordinates outreach activities including with Advocacy, Outreach and Communications of headquarters.
• Produces visibility materials such as booklets, brochures and printed materials.
• Designs and provides information materials to update websites of Country Office, ROAP and headquarters.
• Supports Country Programme Manager and Project Managers in mobilizing resources for future programming and implementation.
• Ensures effective coordination with other UN agencies to maximize inter-agency collaboration in knowledge and information management.
• Supervises national staff as required.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through data visualization methods for planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in international relations, Media Communications, social sciences relevant to development and management of human settlements or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in human settlements programmes in crises or displacement contexts is required.
• Experience in human settlements development fields, partnerships and donor relationship, projects/programmes management or design is required.
• Experience in human settlements advocacy and implementation within the UN system or similar international organizations is desirable.
• Experience in Asia-Pacific region is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level II is required.
• Japanese language proficiency at UN Level I is desirable.

Skills

• Knowledge Management
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Human Settlements Projects
• Programme Management
• Project Design
• Donor Relationship Management
• Advocacy
• Resource Mobilization
• Partnership Development
• Communications
• UN System Experience
• Crisis and Displacement Contexts
• Community-Centered Approaches
• Disaster Resilience
• Reporting
• Coordination with UN Agencies
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English, Japanese