Learning Designer and Facilitator

**Job Title**: Learning Designer and Facilitator
**Team**:Learning Services

**Contract**: Fixed-term contract

**Level**:Intermediate/Advanced
Please refer to our Capability Framework
**Location**: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, UK

**ABOUT US**

At Climate-KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and we encourage personal development, learning and growth.

Don’t let Imposter Syndrome stop you from applying

Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative, entrusted by the European Commission to catalyse transformation through innovation. Headquartered in Amsterdam, with circa 160 people distributed all over the EU, Climate-KIC leads and orchestrates innovation with a community of more than 400. Together we conduct activities in 39 countries. We partner with cities, regions, governments and communities with the highest climate action ambition; providing the framework and expert support to holistically manage the complexity of climate change and deliver accelerated climate action.

Climate-KIC operates as a not-for-profit platform working through public-private partnership, wielding both public and private funding. We consist of 3 Legal entities: a Dutch BV Holding company (for profit) with 14 branches in European jurisdictions, providing grant management, innovation orchestration services, and impact investment advisory owned by a Dutch-based foundation with charity status - Climate-KIC International Foundation. Historically, we have been funded by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), but we are currently transitioning to a multi-funder model.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead the development of learning materials and modules that meet both the educational and commercial objectives of the Climate Leadership Academy
- Conduct learners needs analysis and establish high-level learning objectives
- Align learning content with Climate-KICs learning environment and platforms and leveraging innovative approaches to enhance the Climate Leadership Academy learning experience
- Design and oversee the design of assessment tools for evaluating learner progress and understanding
- Design learning content in series of cross-cutting projects in alignment with Climate-KIC Systems Innovation approach, contributing to transformational educational approach
- Facilitate and drive learning sessions with community members, within and across Climate-KICs ecosystem.

**Key Working Relationships**
- Climate-KlC Teams, in particular: The Hub including the Learning, Strategic Partnerships, Communicatons, Community and Policy & EU Affairs teams, Cities and Regions, Industry Value Chains, Finance, Operations, Legal, Climate-KlC Challenge Owners, Partners
- European Commission stakeholders, EIT and other funders
- International funders like philanthropies, public and private institutions.

**ABOUT YOU**

To be successful in this role you will be passionate about making a critical contribution with your skills to Climate-KlC’s mission of making a positive impact on climate change through systemic innovation. You are deeply curious, perceptive, respectful and resilient; oriented toward networking with people and teams and facilitating conversations.

**Education/Qualifications**
- Relevant academic degree or qualification such as Social Sciences Fields (Education, Sociologist, Anthropologist, Political Science), Environmental Sciences or Design fields (Service Design).

**Experience**
- +3 years working experience in facilitating large scale multistakeholder workshops and designing learning contents (online and in-person).
- Proven experience in designing, developing and implementing engaging and effective learning experiences
- Knowledge of adult learning theories, education design and innovative technologies and ability to use this knowledge towards designing courses, curriculums and learning materials
- Experience and expertise in building coalitions of organisations and individuals, working to expand the space of engagement, and to stretch learning.
- Knowledge and experience of supporting senior decision-making, facilitating and enabling change, nurturing and shaping dialogue in uncharted waters and stimulating thinking about new possibilities.
- Strategic thinking with an ability to influence and support self and group-reflection.
- Active participation and engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

**Skills**
- Fluent in English with additonal language knowledge being favored
- Systems thinking: especially as applied to and derived from experience with real world change.
- Accountability: good at taking decisions with a consideration of risk and following through on commitments to completion.
- Highly developed adaptive leadership / leadership in complexity skills