Research, Knowledge and Monitoring Officer

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in some 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges as they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

Based in the middle of Europe, the UNDP Office in Geneva contributes to UNDP’s mission through serving as the UNDP Platform for Geneva and the Geneva-based organizations and as the primary point of contact with the governments of France and Switzerland.

The UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub brings together UNDP’s financial expertise to harness public and private capital for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)- supporting governments, investors and businesses in reaching climate, social impact and sustainability targets. Its work drives systemic change towards a sustainable financial architecture that benefits people and the planet.

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UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility is charting new pathways to build resilience, incentivize growth and safeguard development. Housed within UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub, the Facility is using insurance and risk transfer to increase the financial resilience of countries, communities, households, businesses, nature and food systems. Learn more at www.irff.undp.org

To build the resilience of food systems and smallholder farmers, UNDP IRFF is implementing the Financial Resilience in Agriculture Initiative (FRA) in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). Working with public and private partners in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, UNDP is bolstering the financial resilience and adaptation capacities of smallholder farmers against climate-related adversities through the design and implementation of innovative agricultural insurance programmes, anchored within a broader development agenda.

Through the FRA global platform, which acts as a platform for knowledge and resource mobilization, UNDP offers technical and engagement support to other countries around the world.
The UN Volunteer assignment supports the development and management of research and knowledge management systems of the global platform to enhance monitoring and evaluation processes, ensuring that generated materials effectively inform and optimize in-country implementation strategies.

The Insurance and Risk Finance Facility is powered by a global team of development leaders, insurance and risk finance specialists, campaigners and coordinators with strong leadership from regional and national project teams in each of our programme countries. This assignment is an outposted assignment in UNDP Office in Rome, Italy, where IRFF colleagues are based.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Value Chain Resilience Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Research, Knowledge and Monitoring Officer will contribute to;

Knowledge Management
• Assist in collecting and organizing best practices, lessons learned, and success stories from projects.
• Support the creation of case studies, fact sheets, and knowledge briefs for internal and external sharing.
• Maintain and update knowledge repositories, databases, and digital libraries.
• Organize and categorize documents and reports to ensure easy access.
• Help draft newsletters, bulletins, or knowledge-sharing updates.
• Assist in planning and coordinating knowledge-sharing sessions, webinars, and online discussions.
• Ensure consistency in formatting and structure of reports, guidelines, and toolkits.
• Support the development of templates and style guides for documentation.
• Collaborate with teams and external partners to facilitate knowledge exchange.
• Contribute to fostering a knowledge-sharing culture by assisting with training sessions.
• Help manage and update knowledge management platforms (e.g., intranet, document storage systems).
• Research and recommend digital tools for organizing and retrieving knowledge.
• Collect feedback from users to improve knowledge-sharing processes.
• Assist in gathering information from FRA library and country implementation cases to support event and workshop planning.

Research and Analysis
• Conduct basic research on global best practices, policies, and regulatory frameworks.
• Support analysis of market trends and emerging sector developments.
• Assist in gathering and summarizing qualitative and quantitative data.
• Conduct literature reviews and compile key findings.
• Compare country-specific data with international benchmarks.
• Identify key themes and trends from research and stakeholder interviews.
• Help assess the effectiveness of policies and programs using available data.
• Assist in tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and program progress.
• Draft analytical reports, briefing notes, and summaries based on findings.
• Support the development of research-based recommendations for decision-makers.
• Identify key stakeholders and potential collaboration opportunities..

M&E Support for Country-Level Programs- Country Implementation
• Assist in documenting project progress and gathering data for decision-making.
• Support evaluations by compiling findings and assisting in report preparation.
• Help strengthen data collection and analysis processes in collaboration with the M&E team.
• Track country-level program activities and assist in gathering implementation evidence.
• Organize country-specific data to support program improvements.