IUCN Thailand is implementing the IKI-funded Urban Resilience. This 6-year project aims to enhance urban climate resiliency, environmental sustainability and social aspects recognized by residents and other stakeholders achieved through better planning enhance resulting from improved skills and capacities of local administrative organization to identify and plan against climate change risks and impacts; integrating nature based solutions into urban development plans in Chiang Rai and Surat Thani; and strengthening policy-making and planning towards more climate resilient and sustainable urban development with national examples developed for Thailand allowing replication.

IUCN is implementing other projects in Thailand with a strong M&E component including the DFAT-funded Protected Areas and Development (PAD) and Conservation International-funded 100 Million Trees, both of which intervene in Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex World Heritage Site.

1. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
The KM/ME Officer is responsible for the design and implementation of stakeholder engagement, knowledge management, M&E, and learning processes to measure project progress against donor and IUCN performance standards. This includes developing and leading the project’s stakeholder engagement, M&E, and knowledge management activities, contributing to the development of workplans and budgets to ensure sufficient resourcing for performance and accountability related activities, and facilitating learning processes with the project´s team.
The KM/ME Officer is responsible coordinating the activities and inputs of project team members with partners. She/he will ensure quality assurance and alignment with institutional policies, practices, standards, and systems, including the Project Guidelines and Standards (PGS), the Project Appraisal and Approval System (PAAS), and the IUCN Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS).

2.SPECIFIC DUTIES

2.1 Stakeholder engagement/knowledge management
• Develop and lead stakeholder engagement plans for state and non-state participants tailored to project outputs and outcomes.
• Participate in relevant consultations, workshop, and other meetings to support meaningful participant engagement.
• Based on quantitative and qualitative project results, draft short communications suitable for social media and donor reporting.
• Support the preparation of synthesis reports and analytical studies that capture key project findings and recommendations.

2.2 M&E and reporting
• In consultation with reginal M&E specialist, develop and track quantitative and qualitative indicators needed for both donor and IUCN reporting.
• Design and implement tools to efficiently capture and report on project indicators both donor and IUCN reporting.
• Provide input on performance and accountability activities, including the level of effort and resources required to support all requirements.
• Support the formulation of baseline measures and targets, during proposal writing, project inception, and throughout project implementation.
• Coordinate across the team members and partners to collect, analyse, and synthesize data and information to monitor and assess performance.
• Contribute to reports and evidence-based communications on project progress for both donors and IUCN.
• Identify and contribute to mitigation of risks, and development of risk management tools and ensure project risk register is regularly monitored and updated.
• Support supervision missions, including providing analyses or reports of progress against indicators. May be occasionally requested to participate in supervision missions of other projects.