Research Fellow: Climate Change Adaptation

**Location**:Oxford, UK. Applicants must be resident in the UK for the duration of the contract.
**Deadline**: Until position is filled
**Start date**: As soon as possible
**Type of contract**: Fixed term, 1-year contract with a possibility of extension. 4-day or 5-day week to be discussed.

Join our international non-profit research organization and help create a sustainable and prosperous future for all SEI Oxford conducts innovative research and develops new tools, networks and platforms to generate broader insights, and to steer policies and practices toward sustainability.

SEI Oxford manages one of the world’s leading and longest-running global climate adaptation knowledge platforms, weADAPT.org. weADAPT is a collaborative online open space for researchers, practitioners and policymakers to share and access credible high-quality information on climate change adaptation and related areas, and to connect with one another.

**The role**:
SEI Oxford is recruiting a highly motivated Research Fellow to lead SEI’s work in the Adaptation at Altitude programme and other SEI projects involving the development of online climate change adaptation knowledge-sharing tools and their related communities of practice.

Through weADAPT and related projects, SEI Oxford has become widely known as a successful knowledge broker for climate change adaptation and related issues. The weADAPT platform and connected portals such as the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal work with knowledge producers and users to curate and provide relevant and accessible knowledge to different stakeholders. These resources host numerous materials that are structured, packaged and tailored according to the needs of stakeholders while providing added value to knowledge producers in the form of increased visibility and networking potential.

This role will build on and continue the development of existing weADAPT-related projects focused on online toolbox and portal development, and drive the development of international and inter-disciplinary communities of practice around their use. The role will lead on an array of aspects, from the ongoing design and population of these resources to communications, outreach and deep engagement with users and providers of the shared knowledge to drive their uptake, improve their usefulness, and increase their overall impact. The role will involve project management responsibilities, including coordination of a small team, and budgeting and reporting duties. Experience in and enthusiasm for building capacity and supporting international collaboration is essential.

The successful applicant will have a strong background in climate change adaptation, international and multi-disciplinary stakeholder engagement, knowledge brokering, and capacity development, as well as proven expertise in knowledge synthesis for different stakeholder groups and ability to guide the development of online knowledge-based resources. For example: portals, platforms, online toolboxes, massive online open courses, etc. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be involved in related research and proposal writing, including steering SEI’s involvement in ongoing projects and engaging in SEI Oxford’s strategic research areas.

Through these projects you will be part of leading multinational, multidisciplinary and multilingual teams of experts. We value diversity, inclusivity and creativity at the core of what we do, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Through this role, you will make a major contribution to SEI Oxford and the advancement of the weADAPT platform.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Lead and advance the development of online knowledge-sharing tools connected to weADAPT, including initial creation of, and improvements to, design, functionality and content.
- Drive the development of active, international communities of practice linked to weADAPT’s knowledge-sharing tools that promote deeper networking and knowledge exchange, and support ongoing connections between in-person events.
- Develop partnerships with other key knowledge providers and tool developers working in these areas to connect related knowledge shared across various websites, and expedite the shift towards an ‘ecosystem’ of knowledge where users can quickly and easily find relevant information.
- Project manage SEI’s role in an international climate change adaptation programme, including budget management and allocation, coordination of, and delegation to, colleagues, twice annual reporting, and travel for partner and wider meetings.
- Support programme communications and contributions to knowledge-sharing tools, including through writing and disseminating syntheses of colleagues’ and stakeholders’ outputs.
- Use insights from your work to support the weADAPT team to continuously develop the platform and its services.
- Present research and project results in meetings and at international conferences.
- Publish comm