UNITAR Is Hiring a Remote Climate Change Consultant to Shape the Future of UN CC:Learn

UNITAR Consultant – Expert in Strategic Learning Review and Transition Assessment

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is seeking a Consultant – Expert in Strategic Learning Review and Transition Assessment to support the future direction of UN CC:Learn, the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership.

Job Title: Consultant – Expert in Strategic Learning Review and Transition Assessment
Job Location: Home-based / Remote
Closing Date: 6 September 2026
Contract: Consultant / Individual Contractor, 1–3 months
Organizational Unit: Green Development and Climate Change Programme
Number of Positions: 1

UN CC:Learn brings together 36 multilateral organizations working with countries to design and implement results-oriented and sustainable learning initiatives addressing climate change.

The consultant will conduct a forward-looking strategic review and transition assessment designed to inform future strategic choices, sustainability and continued investment.

The assignment will examine more than a decade of programme experience, identify areas with potential for replication, institutionalization, sustainability or scale, and develop practical recommendations for the programme’s next phase.

Key Responsibilities
Conduct the Strategic Review
The consultant will:

Review selected project documentation, analyses, reports, learning materials, platform and learner data, and available monitoring and evaluation information.
Assess the programme’s achievements, strengths and limitations as relevant to future strategic decisions.

Analyse the usefulness, uptake, demand and potential viability of relevant learning activities, tools, products and approaches.
Participate in an outcome-gathering session with UNITAR staff.
Conduct selected interviews and consultations with project staff, partners, external stakeholders and potential future collaborators.
Identify promising existing, adapted or potential new components for scale-up, replication, institutionalization, cost recovery, integration or sustainability.
Develop the Transition Assessment
The consultant will also:

Explore options for sustaining and scaling selected areas of work through partnerships, institutional integration, digital delivery, policy linkages, sponsorship, co-financing or cost recovery.

Assess enabling conditions, risks, partnerships, capacities, safeguards, governance arrangements and resources required for future development.
Examine opportunities for resource mobilization, paid services, sponsored access and integration into existing institutional frameworks.
Develop practical and prioritized recommendations for the next phase, including transition approaches, possible pilots, decision criteria, resource requirements and risks.
Prepare a short, modular transition proposal and investment-case outline that can be adapted for different audiences.
Stakeholder Engagement
The role involves frequent interaction with:

UNITAR staff in related programmes and offices.
Staff from other UN agencies.
Government officials.
Representatives from academia.
NGO and private-sector stakeholders, where relevant.

Expected Deliverables and Timeline
The assignment is expected to progress through the following key milestones:

By 10 October 2026: Background consultation, initial screening and agreement on 3–4 lines of inquiry.
By 31 October 2026: Annotated report outline and preliminary structure for the transition proposal/investment case.
By 30 November 2026: Data collection and analysis, draft report and draft transition proposal/investment-case outline.
By 20 December 2026: Final strategic review report with prioritized recommendations and transition proposal/investment-case outline.

Contract and Working Arrangement
The position is offered as a Consultant/Individual Contractor assignment with a stated contract duration of 1–3 months.

UNITAR notes that the contract is expected to cover approximately one month of work spread over roughly three months. The assignment is home-based/remote.

Consultants are responsible for their own applicable taxes and duties. UNITAR does not provide or arrange life or health insurance coverage for consultants.

How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit an application together with a motivation letter as soon as possible after the vacancy is posted and before the deadline.

Application Deadline: 6 September 2026
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. UNITAR also states that it does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process and does not request applicants’ bank-account information.