Learning Designer and Facilitator

Summary

Join EIT Climate-KIC as a Learning Designer and Facilitator in Spain! This indefinite contract role involves designing and delivering capacity-building activities using a systems innovation approach. You will work on cross-cutting projects, primarily a community engagement initiative in Gipuzkoa. Responsibilities include designing learning content, facilitating workshops, and building relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses a relevant degree, 3+ years of experience in facilitation and learning design, fluency in English, Spanish, and Basque, and strong systems thinking skills. EIT Climate-KIC offers flexibility in working arrangements, including remote or hybrid options.

Requirements

• Relevant academic degree or qualification such as Social Sciences Fields (Sociologist, Anthropologist, Political Science), Environmental Sciences or Design fields (Service Design)
• +3 years working experience in facilitating large scale multi-stakeholder workshops and designing learning contents (online and in-person)
• Proven experience, expertise and track record as a practitioner in systems transformation applications and development
• 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
• Proven track record of working within the Basque country ecosystem
• Active participation and engagement with internal and external stakeholders
• Fluent in English, Spanish and Basque
• Systems thinking: especially as applied to and derived from experience with real world change
• Possessing a valid driver’s licence as the role requires regular travel within the Gipuzkoa region
• 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, emphasizing listening to learn, empathy, human-centred design, agility, empowerment, and collaboration
• Familiarity and proficiency in coaching others; able to build capacity by investing in the development of others and in the development of self
• Experience or willingness to work with collaborative IT applications (we use Office365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Miro, Zoom, Mentimeter etc.)

Responsibilities

• Design learning content in alignment with Climate-KIC Systems Innovation approach and Sensemaking methodology for a series of cross-cutting projects
• Deliver system innovation services and explore and build innovation portfolios of experiments in collaboration with partners and challenge owners
• Make sense of complex ideas and use design methodologies to turn these into projects, initiatives, or experiments
• Actively contribute to and lead sensemaking in the field to extract value from innovation and education initiatives in support of policymaking, decision-making, and capital allocation
• Facilitate and drive the relationship with local community of practices groups, with special focus in the Gipuzkoa ecosystem which will involve regular in-person meetings as well as online activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Articulate and dynamic, with highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively, inspire and motivate people
• Growth mindset; highly adaptable, flexible and resilient
• Solutions focused, with a “can do” attitude; willing to undertake a range of tasks to meet needs
• Structured and organised
• Curious with a learning mindset

Benefits

• We’re happy to discuss your situation during the interview and see how best we can support you
• We offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns
• We support fully remote or hybrid forms of working and offer a high degree of flexibility