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Knowledge Management and Taxonomy Consultant

Korea

  • Organization: GCF - Green Climate Fund
  • Location: Korea
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Statistics
    • Accounting (Audit, Controlling)
    • Education, Learning and Training
  • Closing Date: Closed

The Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) is a multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change. 
GCF will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, GCF will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. GCF is governed by a Board, composed of an equal representation of developed and developing countries. The Fund is operated by an independent Secretariat headed by an Executive Director. 

The Fund seeks to recruit a Knowledge Management and Taxonomy Consultant to carry out the tasks, duties and responsibilities, deliver the set deliverables and provide support to the hiring unit as detailed below. The consultant will join GCF team on HQ based. The assignment is for an initial  240 days over a 12-month period. 
 

Role

The consultant will support the Head of Knowledge and Change Management (Office of the Executive Director) in developing the GCF Taxonomy and carrying our associated tasks. The consultant will coordinate and support, among other tasks, the deployment and the maintenance of a taxonomy based on the Fund’s requirements needs related to the management of knowledge, information, data, project review and approval, as well as portfolio metrics and other relevant processes of the Fund’s operations. The Consultant will bear the overall responsibility for coordinating, and where appropriate leading, the initiatives related to the Fund’s taxonomy development. S/he will also support the development of other KCM projects, including CRM, learning loops, and knowledge products and other analytical tasks. The consultant is also responsible for contributing to the development of templates, guidelines and other components of the knowledge management system. S/he will support the KM team in drafting and reviewing KM tools and matrix, internal documents, procurement requests, terms of references, and other operational activities.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will be responsible for but not limited to:

Under the overall guidance of the Head of Knowledge and Change Management, the Knowledge Management and Taxonomy consultant will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Maintaining and evolving a taxonomy structure based upon end-user requirements and needs, coordinating efforts with relevant internal divisions, offices, and units to evolve and update an approved taxonomy-structure, including requirements and specifications of data collection, classification and categorization;
• Integrating taxonomy structure with metadata tagging software for fully automated metadata tagging, rolling out to a live system once fully validated through the selected software system;
• Assisting taxonomy end-users with migration by conducting training on how to use the taxonomy software system, assisting on any migration needs and requirements; and developing a guideline for taxonomy use and application.
• Developing and implementing knowledge base portals for portfolio exploration, analysis and reporting based on the taxonomy;
• Contributing to the assessment and implementation of the CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) System;
• Leading complex data collection; analysis and classification to support the Fund’s processes, supported by data analytics or any Artificial Intelligence tools;
• Substantially contributing to the development of the KM landing page;
• Designing and developing Knowledge Products (KPs) and knowledge practices;
• Participating in development of internal documents, plans and reports related to KCM;
• Contributing to the team’s knowledge base with research on best practices, uptake initiatives, and benchmarking including on knowledge identification, capture, storage and dissemination techniques and tools;
• Drafting and reviewing KM tools and matrix, internal documents, procurement requests, terms of references,
• Provide support for carrying out operational activities
• Other relevant tasks as needed, assigned by the Head of Knowledge Management.

 

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of master’s degree in computer science, information/knowledge management, data science, international development, business administration, or other related fields;
• At least three years of relevant work experience in taxonomy development, data analytics, data and information management, or consulting is preferred;
• Deep understanding on the latest trends, strategies and the market status on data management, coupled with strong working knowledge and experience on the potentials and limitations of the mainstream metadata management solutions and vendors in the market;
• Experience in utilizing SharePoint Online for metadata construction, management and classification, including the use of confidentiality classification;
• Experience in an international setting, and ability to work independently and take initiative in response to the Fund's needs;
• Strong competence and autonomy in the use of standard software programmes: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access;
• Fluency in English is essential (written and spoken); knowledge of another UN language an advantage.
 

 

Candidates of all nationalities are welcome to apply. However, the compensation and benefits package for this position will be determined on the basis of a local recruitment.
Closing date for application is 15 December 2021 (KST). Applications submitted after the closing date may not be considered.

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