Learning and Education Lead

Dutystation: Geneva, Switzerland

Functional responsibilities

1. The Learning and Education Lead will ensure the quality of education offerings across partners through the implementation of a robust quality framework.
2. They will engage with FIs to maximize the uptake of UNEP FI's education and training offerings and work consultatively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure the global applicability of the education framework.
3. Engage with FIs to maximize the uptake of UNEP FI's education and training offerings and work consultatively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure the global applicability of the education framework.
4. Ongoing continuous development and implementation of UNEP FI learning & education, training and professional development strategy, focusing on the banking and insurance industries.
5. Develop and implement an accreditation policy for UNEP FI’s training and education partners. Coordinate monitoring and reporting on UNEP FI’s education and training, using consistent methodological approaches to allow identification of best practice. Develop and manage a broad global network of education partners to support the development of UNEP FI’s education strategy.
6. Establish and maintain a quality framework for UNEP FI, which will allow comparability and consistency in capacity building work across UNEP FI, and in partner bodies. Support implementation of UNEP FI’s due diligence /risk policy in the context of education and training partnerships. Develop education and training offering across all types of FIs to support the PRB, PSI and other initiatives. Engage with colleagues across all areas of UNEP FI to ensure full involvement and consultation on education and training strategy.
7. Develop, implement and evaluate assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
8. Perform consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
9. Research, analyze and present information gathered from diverse sources.
10. Coordinate policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies,
11. Generate survey initiatives; design data collection tools; review, analyze and interpret responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
12. Organize and prepare written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
13. Provide substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
14. Initiate and coordinate outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities. Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) preferably in Education or a related field combined with education in one of the following: environment, sustainable development, ethics, law or a related field.
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) in combination with the same preferred fields with an additional two years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree.