Associate Academic Officer: Implementation and

vor 3 Wochen


Bonn, Deutschland United Nations University Vollzeit

**Job description**:
**United Nations University (UNU)**:
The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-oriented research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge in furthering the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The mission of UNU is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States.

For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial research on human survival, conflict prevention, sustainable development, and welfare. With more than 400 researchers in 12 countries, UNU's work spans the 17 Sustainable Development Goals' full breadth, generating policy-relevant knowledge to effect positive global change. UNU maintains more than 200 collaborations with UN agencies and leading universities and research institutions across the globe.

The **United Nations University Vice-Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE)**, established in 2007, is one of two Vice-Rectorates and the only one located outside Japan. UNU-ViE seeks to strengthen the presence of UNU in Europe and supports the worldwide institutional development of UNU by facilitating collaboration across UNU and the UN, and sharing knowledge and expertise through the development of joint activities and projects. In addition to its core mandate, it administers the central units providing service to both UNU-ViE and UNU-EHS.

**United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)**:
UNU-EHS, established in December 2003, is part of the UNU system, a worldwide network of Research and Training Institutes. Its mission is to advance human security through knowledge-based approaches to reducing vulnerability and environmental risks.

**Responsibilities**:
**1. Lead **Programmatic Implementation**
- Team management of “Insurance Solutions and Practice Partnerships” team, and representation of the team in internal meetings and towards UNU-EHS and MCII structures. Engage in relevant coordination with other teams at UNU-EHS.
- Conceptualization of management/leadership for the “Insurance Solutions and Practice Partnerships” team, including the development of Terms of References for individual positions.
- Elevate the critical importance of quality and impact for climate risk insurance solutions through engagement with the international community.
- Support the team in the development of project proposals and contribute to funding acquisition with the aim to further activities in the implementation team projects’ current target regions and/or to drive innovation and upscaling at the global level.
- Support the UNU Policy on Gender Equality and increased focus on gender in research through participation in the MCII gender mainstreaming task force.
- Ensure the timely preparation and submission of inputs to meet reporting requirements.

**2. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and (Applied) Research**
- Lead the Climate Risk Insurance Research Collaboration (CRIRC) and coordinate work with project partners - including the development and implementation of research activities, and the management of collaboration and sub-granting relationships with CRIRC partners.
- Author and contribute to UNU-EHS research and publications on disaster risk finance (DRF), including results notes or policy briefs based on field research conducted in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
- Strategically engage with and advise international initiatives working on evidence creation, impact assessments and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) within the context of climate disaster risk financing and insurance.
- Actively co-develop new research activities for UNU-EHS/MCII, including in the context of increasing Small Islands’ resilience to climate change.

**3**. **Manage Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme**
- Lead project management activities from the MCII/UNU-EHS side and lead the programme’s research component. Ensure quality control of PICAP project deliverables and support the coordination and supervision of deliverables by partners and sub-contractors.
- Ensure regular exchanges and close coordination with the head of program and team in Fiji. Liaise with the donor and project partners in order to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
- Prepare and participate in field missions, including workshops and conferences in target countries. Work to actively strengthen relationships with strategic partners and donors.
- Represent the organization and program at academic and policy-oriented, regional and international climate and disaster risk financing and insurance events, expert meetings, and conferences.
- Ensure quality control of project deliverables as well as provide technical guidance.

**4. Teaching and Advising**
- Teach a portion of the joint UNU-EHS MSc programme on the Geography of Environmental



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