Knowledge Management and Engagement Coordinator (GGKP)

• Manage the realization of the project outputs through activities in collaboration with the GGKP platforms, GGKP partners and where relevant with GGKP’s GEF funded projects, according to project’s goals, approved budget and time plan.

• Carry out timely and accurate project performance tracking, analysis of outputs, and reporting in line with the requirements of the project, and act as project focal point for the European Commission and GGKP Steering Committee.

• Coordinate project personnel, subcontractors and consultants, and mobilize goods and services to initiate activities, including drafting TORs and work specifications.

• Identify any problems and issues to be addressed during the course of the project’s activities and propose corrective actions, liaise with relevant parties, and identify and track follow-up actions.

• Identify opportunities for improving and/or building upon the defined project activities as well as related collaboration with other initiatives and develop relevant proposals for the European Commission.

Coordinate knowledge management and communications activities including:

• Work with GGKP’s communication team to ensure wide dissemination of green and circular economy knowledge and learnings through tailored GGKP platform interfaces and adapted communications channels to target audiences, and support green and circular economy communities of practice on the Green Forum and in collaboration with partner institutions.

• Design and coordinate global and regional green and circular economy knowledge exchange events, such as webinars, roundtables and in-person workshops, and where relevant in collaboration with partner institutions and circular economy alliances.

• Coordinate with GGKP’s knowledge management team the continuous improvement and implementation of GGKP’s long term knowledge brokerage strategy to ensure integration of current and future best practices, such as artificial intelligence.

• Manage the development and implementation of a standardized knowledge exchange and management process and supporting infrastructure to enable automated green and circular knowledge resource transfers between partner knowledge hubs according to a standarised taxonomy.

• Coordinate the regular analysis of existing green and circular knowledge resources and related end-user needs to both identify specific knowledge gaps and how to address them through targeted thematic working groups, collaboration with established knowledge producers or other relevant methods. 

Coordinate practitioner tools development and management activities including:

• Manage GGKP’s I-GO initiative and coordinate the enhancement of its existing portfolio of SME resource efficiency tools to provide global, regional and national business support organisations with customised solutions to improve resource efficiency awareness building among SMEs.

• Coordinate the research and design of new I-GO resource efficiency tool(s) to assist SMEs with implementing and monitoring targeted and cost-effective resource efficiency actions that can enable them to access to new markets, and identify potential funding mobilisation opportunities to support the subsequent development of the tool(s).

• Coordinate the development and implementation of tailored I-GO training workshops on resource efficiency for both SMEs and business support organisations within the I-GO community.

• Carry out regular reviews within GGKP and with partner institutions to identify opportunities for new tools that can support green and circular economy programmatic activities and improve exchange of experience and information between related programmes and organisations.

Coordinate outreach and partnership activities including:

• Identify, build and strengthen strategic partnerships through active networking, advocacy and effective communication of GGKP’s green and circular economy knowledge management competencies, infrastructure, and practitioner tools, and identify related funding mobilization opportunities.

• Liase with senior officers and technical staff from GGKP partner institutions and senior representatives and officials in national governments, international organizations, and business supporting organisations, amongst others, in the delivery and potential expansion of the circular economy project work plan and related GGKP activities. 

• Manage the establishment and operation of a green and circular economy value chain working group to support exchange between high impact sector value chain actors and in particular targeted engagement with SMEs and the wider business community.

• Provide expert guidance for the management and continuous improvement of the GGKP Knowledge Partner network, with particular emphasis on coordinating the implementation of the standardized knowledge exchange and management process and supporting infrastructure for partner knowledge hubs.

The GGKP Knowledge Management and Engagement Coordinator directly impacts the outcome and outputs of the GGKP by developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the GGKP knowledge management and engagement work programme on the green and circular economy.  The GGKP Knowledge Management and Engagement Coordinator also provides the Head of Secretariat with sound, innovative and strategic advice to increase the overall impact of the GGKP and forms strong partnerships with senior officials from governments and international organisations and the private sector. This reinforces the visibility and image of the GGKP as a global leader in supporting collaborative knowledge management and related engagement on green and circular economy.