Location:

Turkey
Salary:

negotiable / YEAR
Job type:

CONTRACTOR
Posted:

2 months ago
Category:

Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Strategy
Deadline:

01/08/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB SUMMARY:

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

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 knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels offers a spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in its Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in UNDP’s Strategic Plan.

Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages; represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora, including public-private, government and civil society dialogues; and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas.

BPPS’s Hubs on Nature, Climate, Energy and Waste, with the support of the Vertical Fund Programme Support Oversight and Compliance Unit, works with governments, civil society, and private sector partners to integrate nature, climate, energy and waste related concerns into national and sector planning and inclusive growth policies, support country obligations under Multilateral Environmental Agreements, and oversee the implementation of the UN’s largest portfolio of in-country programming nature, climate change, energy and waste. This multi-billion-dollar portfolio encompasses:

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services including forests;
Sustainable Land Management and Desertification including food and commodity systems;
Water and Ocean Governance including SIDS;
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation;
Sustainable Energy;
Extractive Industries;
Chemicals and Waste Management;
Environmental Governance and Green/Circular Economy; and SCP approaches.

This work advances crosscutting themes on innovative finance, digital transformation, capacity development, human rights, gender equality, health, technology, and South-South learning.

In addition to UNDP’s bilateral partnerships in NCEW, UNDP is an accredited multilateral implementing agency of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Multilateral Fund (MLF), the Adaptation Fund (AF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). As part of UNDP’s partnership with these vertical funds (VFs), UNDP provides countries specialized integrated technical services for eligibility assessment, programme formulation, capacity development, policy advice, technical assistance, training and technology transfer, mobilization of co-financing, implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management services.

In recent decades, biodiversity finance tools and solutions have demonstrated their importance for achieving biodiversity goals and broader sustainable development objectives. Improved choice, design and implementation of effective, well-tailored finance solutions will strengthen countries’ chances of achieving national and global biodiversity targets. Biodiversity Finance Plans have become increasingly recognized as a relevant tool to help countries to identify and fill the biodiversity finance gap, including through the work of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative www.biofin.org. In December 2022, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Montreal-Kunming Global Biodiversity Framework. This included numerous targets with relevance for financing. Target 19 on resource mobilization includes reference for countries to design and implement national biodiversity finance plans.

The GEF created a global programme to support countries to design a national Biodiversity Finance Plan. A Biodiversity Finance Plan includes a systems analysis of a country’s economy including to map existing financing mechanisms, subsidies with potential harmful impacts on nature, drivers of biodiversity loss and gain, public and private expenditures committed towards biodiversity objectives and a country’s national financial needs for biodiversity. The biodiversity finance plan itself consists of a series of actions with the aim to significantly scale up available funding, green or phase out harmful finance flows and improve the effectiveness of available expenditures. The programme allows for active sharing of experiences across countries and includes a knowledge sharing platform and the provision of continuous technical support to country teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of BIOFIN´s Communication Specialist, the Knowledge Management Specialist will lead and contribute to the development of a range of knowledge products in coordination and consultation with Global and Country Teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

Act as the overall lead in the area of knowledge management.
Lead and update the Global Biodiversity Finance Programme knowledge management plan and ensure key milestones are achieved.
Ensure systems of knowledge sharing between countries are in place, including through regional and global conferences, regional calls, regular articles on the BIOFIN website, side events, webinars, and other venues.
Lead webinars, e-learning modules, and others in coordination with Technical Advisers.
Provide recommendations on the most effective design and facilitation by reviewing and writing event and session designs. Capture key knowledge generated by developing two-page summary reports synthesizing the main learnings from global and regional events side events, and webinars.
Design products to visualize the Programme’s main results and progress on global indicators using platforms like Excel, Power BI, and others.
Contribute to codifying info, data, and knowledge in line with Nature and corporate taxonomy to facilitate internal/external access.
Maintain an inventory of all global and national publications of UNDP’s work in the area of biodiversity finance.
Contribute to other products and platforms of UNDP’s Nature Hub related to biodiversity finance, in close coordination with UNDP’s knowledge management lead expert for the environment, including the BIOFIN Website, the Finance Solution Catalogue, as well as the FIRE database.
Ensure a clear structure for the Programme’s global filing system is in place.
Maintain the finance solution database, ensuring it is fully updated on a quarterly basis.
Facilitate and elevate regional and country-level knowledge generation and capture.
Coordinate production of knowledge tools, methods and products to effectively share lessons learned and best practices at the global, country, and project levels, and ensure adequate dissemination.
Coordinate the development and facilitate the implementation of guidance to National Coordinators, Regional Technical Advisors and Analysts, and others on how to capture and disseminate knowledge.
Conduct knowledge exchanges at the country, regional, and global levels.
Advise on the best methodologies, tools for global and regional session designs.
Contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation system and activities to ensure key results (especially on finance, policy and institutionalization) and lessons can be effectively captured and featured in KM products, including reports and publications.
Develop toolkits and organize capacity development initiatives that facilitate the KM work of the Country Programme teams.
Develop, edit, and update strategic knowledge products.
Provide strategic leadership and develop Global Biodiversity Finance Programme management products to related audiences and authors, such as publications highlighting results from countries, the BIOFIN Workbook update, E-learning modules, emerging manuals on Results-based-budgeting and ‘The Nature of Subsidies’, as well as the GLOBE Biodiversity Expenditure Taxonomy, etc.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

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

Brand And Quality Management
- Ability to position a UNDP brand and uphold it to a high level of quality
Creative direction and copyright
- Ability to creatively communicate concepts in an engaging and simple way
Digital Assets Management
- Ability to use digital asset management (DAM) systems to effectively store, share and organize digital assets such as images, videos and other media
Digital Strategy
- Ability to plan the use of resources through digital channels to reach and engage target audiences effectively and to achieve particular objectives
System Thinking
- Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
Knowledge Generation
- Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for content, or responsive to a stated need
Knowledge Facilitation
- Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree or equivalent in knowledge management, learning, instructional design, organizational performance, international relations, international development, environmental studies, biodiversity conservation or another related field is required.
Bachelor’s degree in the same field with additional two years of relevant experience will be accepted in lieu of Master’s degree.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years’ experience (with Master’s degree) or 7 years’ experience (with Bachelor’s degree) in the field of knowledge management, learning or training, or management of communities of practice.

Required Skills:

Experience in leading/managing knowledge product development and dissemination.
Proven experience in content creation for social media channels and webpages.
Proven experience with managing communities of practice.

Desired Skills:

Experience in, and ability to work with, ICT tools or digital platforms for data management is desirable.
Previous experience in developing reports/studies in the area of biodiversity finance or another relevant field is desirable.
Experience in graphic design and layouts is desirable.

Languages:

Fluency in in English language (written and spoken) is required.
Working knowledge in Spanish and/or French is an asset.

Institutional Arrangement

The incumbent will work from his/her home base and is expected to travel occasionally;
The incumbent will work under the supervision of the BIOFIN Communications Specialist;
The incumbent will work with the BIOFIN and Global Biodiversity Finance Programme global Team, national Teams, UNDP Country Offices, core and donor country governments, other international/multi-lateral organizations, and contractors;
Given the global consultations to be undertaken during this assignment, the incumbent is expected to be reasonably flexible with his/her availability for such consultations taking into consideration different time zones where applicable;
The incumbent will be responsible for providing her/his own working station (i.e. laptop, internet, phone, scanner/printer, relevant software, etc.) and shall have access to a stable, secure, and reliable internet connection.

Disclaimer

Important information for US Permanent Residents (‘Green Card’ holders)

Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment.

UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.

Applicant information about UNDP rosters

Note: 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.

Non-discrimination

UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

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ABSTRACT:

United Nations Development Programme Knowledge Management Specialist (Home-based) Turkey UNDP Jobs 2024

United Nations Development Programme looking for “Knowledge Management Specialist (Home-based)”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 01-Aug-24.

The United Nations Development Programme has published a job vacancy announcement on 18/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Knowledge Management Specialist (Home-based) to be based in , Turkey. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations Development Programme

Job Title: Knowledge Management Specialist (Home-based)

Duty Station: , Turkey

Country: Turkey

Application Deadline: 01-Aug-24

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