The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. 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. ERSKI promotes strategic alliances to support achievement of the goals of adequate shelter for all sustainable urbanization and human settlements development. ERSKI also assists to advance UN-Habitat’s image and relationships with its partners and the public at large, and to build and strengthen partnerships, facilitate policy impact and developmental change, and increase delivery of programmes. The Partnership and Local Governments Unit takes the lead on development, monitoring and reporting on UN-Habitat corporate partnerships and stakeholder engagement policies and strategies. The Unit coordinates and mobilizes partners and stakeholders to engage in UN-Habitat legislative and non-legislative mandated meetings of the UN-Habitat governing bodies, the World Urban Forum, Urban October, and other expert group meetings. This position is in the Partnerships and Local Governments Unit of the External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation Division (ERSKID) of UN-Habitat. Under the overall supervision of the Head, Partnerships Unit, and within delegated authority, the Associate Programme Officer will be responsible for the following duties: