CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION - (Temporary Job Opening), P5

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The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the Director-General of UNON is the representative of the Secretary-General in Kenya. UNON supports programme implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Resident Coordination System (RCS) globally, as well as other UN offices in Kenya, by providing administrative, security, conference and information services (www.unon.org). This position is located at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). The Chief of Design and Construction reports to the Principal Programme Management Officer, for the UNON Conference Facilities Project (CFP) Division of Administrative Services, UNON. The incumbent will be responsible for mainly the construction and renovations related planning and execution tasks required for the implementation of the UNON Conference Facilities Project over a 5-year period. The project will be executed in line with the established project scope and key performance indicators, which includes large-scale relocation of the existing conference functions of the organization, while ensuring business continuity of conference operations for major UN Secretariat clients including United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) running conferences at the United Nations compound in Nairobi throughout the construction and renovation period. In this context, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

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