Overview
The role aims to strengthen UN-Habitat's housing portfolio in Ethiopia by advancing an affordable housing investment case, co-developing a rehousing pilot, and developing a city housing diagnostic methodology.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct a critical review of the investment case and prepare draft responses.
- Serve as the in-country focal point on the investment case, preparing briefing notes and presentation materials.
- Respond to technical queries and challenges on the case, conducting rapid ground verification.
- Attend meetings and capture commitments and objections.
- Track policy and market developments relevant to the case.
- Establish and service a joint technical working arrangement with the Addis Ababa City Administration.
- Support finalization of the rehousing pilot site.
- Support household enumeration and community engagement on the selected site.
- Support the technical and financial structuring of the rehousing pilot proposal.
- Coordinate technical partners within a UN-Habitat-led framework.
- Prepare the resource-mobilization package for the rehousing pilot.
- Co-develop a replicable city housing diagnostic template.
- Frame diagnostics as an evidence base for implementing the National Housing Policy.
- Apply the diagnostic in Addis Ababa.
- Lead a structured city-selection process for the second diagnostic city.
- Apply the refined diagnostic in the selected secondary city.
- Produce publication-quality analytical briefs from the diagnostics.
- Document the diagnostic method and prepare a note on quantifying housing's economic contribution.
- Maintain a partner engagement tracker.
- Identify further partnership and pilot opportunities and draft concept notes.
- Represent the housing workstream in stakeholder meetings and UN coordination fora.
Required Experience
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Ethiopia’s housing, construction, urban development or finance sector. Demonstrated experience engaging senior government officials at federal and city level; experience working with or alongside the Addis Ababa City Administration is desirable. Practical knowledge of the construction sector, with demonstrated ability to verify materials prices, construction costs and delivery capacity through field work and professional networks is required. Working knowledge of housing finance in Ethiopia; established relationships with, or demonstrated ability to engage, banks and microfinance institutions is desirable. Familiarity with housing market analysis and with value chain or economic impact approaches to the housing sector is desirable. Experience with the UN system or international development partners is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, finance, urban planning, civil engineering/construction management, or a related field. A first-level degree with additional relevant experience may be accepted.
