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Innovation for Adaptation - Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator [Open to Tier 0, 1 & 2 applicants]
Better Than Cash
Remote
Posted on Apr 17, 2026
Tiered Approach
In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:
- Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
- Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
- Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
- Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates
Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.
Background
UNDP supports countries and communities to strengthen resilience to climate change through innovative, inclusive, and locally led adaptation solutions. In line with this mandate, UNDP implements and supports a diverse portfolio of climate adaptation initiatives that promote innovation, knowledge exchange, community leadership, and scalable approaches to resilience-building.
Within this context, the Innovation for Adaptation – Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator will support projects under the Adaptation Innovation Marketplace (AIM). Launched in 2021, AIM is a global platform designed to accelerate locally led adaptation innovations by addressing key barriers faced by local actors, including limited access to finance, technical support, and visibility. Currently AIM has anchored under its umbrella four projects:
- UNDP-Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator Phase 1 (closed).
- Resilience for Peace and Stability, Food and Water Security Innovation Grant Programme (closed)
- Balkan Climate Adaptation Futures: A Regional Innovation Initiative for Resilience (ongoing).
- UNDP-Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator Phase 2 (pipeline).
Through its multi-partner network, AIM provides structured mechanisms to identify and support promising adaptation solutions, deliver tailored technical and enterprise development assistance, facilitate peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange, and connect innovators with potential investors and strategic partners. The initiative places a strong emphasis on strengthening learning processes and ensuring that knowledge generated through implementation is systematically captured, shared, and applied to improve results and support scaling.
The Innovation for Adaptation – Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator will work as part of a multidisciplinary team across country offices, regions, and thematic areas, collaborating closely with programme managers, monitoring and evaluation specialists, innovation teams, communications colleagues, and external partners. The role will play a central function in connecting grantees, partners, and stakeholders, supporting learning activities, and translating implementation experience into accessible and actionable knowledge products.
Key responsibilities include fostering communities of practice, supporting capacity-building and peer-to-peer exchange, and contributing to strategic learning and knowledge management approaches that inform programme improvement, scaling, and resource mobilization. The position requires engagement with a wide range of stakeholders and sensitivity to diverse cultural contexts, inclusive approaches, and evolving programme needs.
The Innovation for Adaptation – Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator will ensure alignment with project objectives, Adaptation Fund requirements, and UNDP policies and standards, contributing to the effectiveness, coherence, and sustainability of AIM-supported interventions. The role will work in close collaboration with the Innovation for Adaptation Global Technical Specialist, the Istanbul Regional Hub, UNDP country offices, relevant Regional Bureau units, and Planet Hub teams to support coherent and timely implementation.
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
UNDP is the leading United Nations organization in fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. Learn more at undp.org or follow at @UNDP
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Innovation for Adaptation Global Technical Specialist, and in close coordination with the Regional Project Manager, the Innovation for Adaptation – Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator will undertake the following functions:
Provision of Learning, Knowledge Management Services and Development of Knowledge Products:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of learning and knowledge management approaches to capture lessons, good practices, and innovations emerging from climate adaptation initiatives, including gender-responsive and socially inclusive approaches.
- Identify, analyze, synthesize, and document key insights, lessons learned, and best practices linked to project goals and implementation.
- Support the production of knowledge products, including stories, briefs, case studies, synthesis reports, guidance notes, and other learning materials.
- Provide technical inputs, review, and quality assurance to ensure knowledge products are clear, accurate, consistent, and aligned with programme objectives, donor requirements, and UNDP communication standards.
- Support the documentation of innovative practices, success stories, and lessons learned emerging from project implementation, including those highlighting women’s leadership, participation, and gender-responsive climate adaptation practices.
- Coordinate with programme teams and partners to validate information and ensure the accuracy and completeness of documented results and knowledge materials.
- Develop knowledge-sharing materials and respond to related knowledge requests as needed.
Ensure Stakeholder Engagement, Partnerships and Knowledge Exchange:
- Contribute tothe design and implementation of community engagement activities involving project stakeholders.
- Facilitate peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange among grantees, partners, practitioners, and relevant networks.
- Support the organization and delivery of learning sessions, trainings, workshops, webinars, and other knowledge-sharing events, ensuring balanced and inclusive participation of diverse stakeholders, including women and underrepresented groups.
- Facilitate activities that strengthen stakeholder capacities in areas related to innovation, resilience, inclusive approaches, and scaling.
- Promote and faciliatate collaboration with internal and external partners, including networks, knowledge platforms, and innovation actors, to strengthen knowledge exchange, visibility, and joint learning.
- Assist in coordinating joint knowledge and learning activities with programme partners, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
- Encourage the sharing of experiences, tools, and lessons learned across projects, regions, and communities of practice.
Provision of Technical Advisory and Strategic Programme Support:
- Provide technical guidance and advisory support to project partners and grantees on learning, knowledge management, and implementation-related challenges, including capturing and communicating gender-responsive and inclusive results, in close coordination with project and M&E colleagues.
- Contribute to strengthening partners’ capacity to capture, communicate, and utilize project results, lessons learned, and impacts.
- Provide analytical and learning-based inputs to programme planning, strategic discussions, and decision-making processes.
- Support the development and structuring of knowledge materials, including guidance notes, learning summaries, and thematic briefs, presentations by synthesizing key results, insights, and lessons learned.
- Contribute learning-based inputs and evidence from project implementation to programme reporting, strategy development, and resource mobilization efforts.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation
Institutional Arrangement
The Coordinator will work under the direct supervision of the Innovation for Adaptation Global Technical Advisor within the Climate Change Adaptation Team. The position will collaborate closely with the Regional Project Manager, IRH Digital and Innovation Team Leader, programme management teams, M&E specialists, innovation teams, communications colleagues, Country Offices, IRH, and relevant external and strategic partners.
Competencies
Core Competencies:
- Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact
- Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems
- Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
- Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands
- Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
- Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity
Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:
Business Developement
- Knowledge Generation:
- Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need.
- Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to develop new concepts to generate workable solutions and new approaches.
- Knowledge of relevant concepts, conceptual models, and theories that can be useful in addressing new situations.
Partnership management
- Multi-stakeholder engagement and funding:
- Knowledge and ability to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships, and remove any obstacles to resource mobilization and multi-stakeholder funding platforms
2030 Agenda: Engagement and Effectiveness
- Innovation:
- Innovation Ecosystem
HR - Learning and development
- Digital L&D:
- Knowledge of digital learning methods and ability to design and develop digital learning programmes
2030 Agenda: Planet
- Climate:
- Climate Change Adaptation: Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Environmental Studies, Climate Change, Development Studies, SocialSsciences, International Relations, International Law, Human Rights Law or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years (with Master’s degree) or 7 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in areas such as community/stakeholder engagement, learning and knowledge management, programme/project design/implementation/ oversight, climate change, climate/environmental/biodiversity finance, innovation, or related areas within the context of sustainable development.
Languages:
- Fluency in English is required (written and spoken)
Required Skills:
- Experience in facilitating learning and knowledge exchange with communities of practice or with multi-stakeholder partnerships and platforms. This entails demonstrated experience coordinating events, workshops, webinars, mentorship programmes and trainings, peer-to-peer learning processes and exchanges, and preparing knowledge and learning guidance and materials.
- Demonstrated experience in analytical work and strong writing, including the preparation of knowledge management products such as synthesis reports, learning briefs, factsheets, or similar.
- Previous experience working with non-profit organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs) and/or MSMEs that engage vulnerable groups is required;
- Experience with international development projects implemented at the global and/or regional level is required.
- Demonstrated experience supporting the design and implementation, monitoring, or knowledge management of Adaptation Fund–financed projects, including familiarity with its operational and reporting requirements.
Desired Skills:
- Experience in thematic areas involving entrepreneurial acceleration and/or entrepreneurial innovation is an asset.
- Experience in the thematic areas of locally led adaptation and climate-related initiatives, will be considered an asset.
- Demonstrated experience managing and engaging communities of practice via social media platforms, fundraising campaign websites, and other digital platforms is an asset.
- Previous work experience with UNDP or similar international organizations is an advantage.
Equal opportunity
As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
Right to select multiple candidates
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
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Duties and Responsibilities