JOB SUMMARY:
Background:
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations Agency for Human Settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
Introduction
Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) envisages ensuring access to inclusive, quality, and equitable education, and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030. Access to adequate and water and sanitation, coupled with good hygiene practices creates a healthy school environment fundamental for ensuring regular school attendance by children and access to quality education. The outbreak of COVID-19 has aggravated the challenges to the education sector especially in schools located in the urban low-income areas characterized by lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities. This calls for a robust programme to minimize the impact of poor WASH facilities in schools, control the spread of COVID-19 and water-borne diseases and guarantee continuous and regular school attendance by learners.
UN-Habitat is planning to provide safe drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing facilities to approximately 2,200 pupils in 2 schools located in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. The Project aims to increase access to safe and sustainable water supply, improve sanitation facilities and as well hygiene practices in schools.
Scope of Works
Construct rooftop rainwater collection system or connection to county government water supply system
Procure and install water storage tanks
Construct/rehabilitate 2 separate single-sex toilets (Gender Friendly WASH facilities)
Conduct hygiene promotion activities
Undertake capacity building and training
Overall Timeframe
The work outlined in this EOI is scheduled to commence by 01 September 2024 and be completed within 5 months. UN-Habitat is therefore seeking expressions of interest (EOIs) from interested partners, NGOs, with strong presence and WASH experience in Nairobi urban low-income areas (slums) for undertaking this project.
The EOI should contain, but not be limited to the following:
Implementing partners who can demonstrate the strongest presence in the project areas, innovations around construction of school sanitation facilities, and experience in implementing similar projects will be given the highest consideration possible.
UN-Habitat Contribution
UN-Habitat will contribute financial resources to the tune of about USD 55,000 towards the implementation of the project which will be executed through an Agreement of Cooperation.
Submission Requirements and Guidelines
Expression of Interest must be delivered in electronic format no later than 31 July 2024 to rose.mureithi@un.org, and simon.okoth@un.org copying to pireh.otieno@un.org.
Contact Information
Hezekiah Pireh
Urban Basic Services Section
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat)
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254-20-7625288; 7623668
Other
Please note that this EOI notice does not constitute a solicitation. UN-Habitat reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement at any time in the Expressions of Interest/or solicitation process.
Submitting a reply to an EOI does not guarantee that a Cooperation Partner will be considered for receipt of the solicitation when issued and only Cooperation Partners who are deemed qualified by UN-Habitat upon completion of evaluation of submission, will receive the final solicitation document.
ABSTRACT:
United Nations Human Settlements Programme Construction of water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, as well as establishment of school health clubs and training in 2 schools located in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya Kenya UN-HABITAT Jobs 2024
United Nations Human Settlements Programme looking for “Construction of water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, as well as establishment of school health clubs and training in 2 schools located in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 31-Jul-24.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme has published a job vacancy announcement on 18/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Construction of water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, as well as establishment of school health clubs and training in 2 schools located in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to be based in Nairobi , Kenya. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Job Title: Construction of water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, as well as establishment of school health clubs and training in 2 schools located in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
Duty Station: Nairobi , Kenya
Country: Kenya
Application Deadline: 31-Jul-24