Intranet Webmaster Consultant

Introduction

The Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) is a multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change.

GCF contributes to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, GCF promotes the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. GCF is governed by a Board, composed of an equal representation of developed and developing countries. The Fund is operated by an independent Secretariat headed by an Executive Director. The Department of Communications (DCOM), within the Office of the Chief Strategy and Impact Officer (OCSIO), shapes and raises GCF’s profile, brand image and digital presence among top-tier international media and key global audiences, including high-level policymakers and political leaders

DCOM is currently seeking an Intranet Webmaster Consultant who will support the Communications team in managing intranet sites and content, thereby supporting the development of robust internal communications channels.

The consultant will join the GCF team remotely. The assignment is for an initial 105 days over a seven (7) -month period and the expected start date is as soon as possible.

Role

The Consultant will report to the Software Engineer in DCOM and will be responsible for the development of GCF’s intranet (the Green Shift), including management of structure, editing and publishing pages, and development of initiatives to promote internal communications via the intranet.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Continuing to develop the existing SharePoint intranet by actively engaging with the teams involved, collecting their requirements, designing sites, and publishing initial content.
• Migrating of content across multiple SharePoint sites either manually or using ShareGate.
• Publishing and editing pages, news, documents on the intranet as needed by other divisions.
• Creating content types, taxonomy terms as needed to organize content.
• Implementing best practices for SharePoint document and content management on the intranet.
• Creating training materials (videos, guidelines documents) to introduce the intranet and teach how to publish on the intranet.
• Implementing improvements to the intranet based on lessons learned from the recently conducted intranet assessment survey. Possible improvements include:
  • Installing third-party plugins, add-ins for SharePoint;
  • Developing extensions of SharePoint using the SharePoint Framework, integrations or automations with Power Automate;
  • Customizing the SharePoint search experience;
  • Testing and deploying the latest SharePoint features made available by Microsoft;
  • Improving the information architecture and navigation i.e. the user experience (UX);
  • Improving the design of sites and pages i.e. the user interface (UI).
• Supporting in creating standard operating procedures (SOP) for creating sites and content on the intranet.
• Supporting with publishing and editing articles, documents, webpages on the public website as needed.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, and/or similar domain of education. Additional relevant years of experience may be considered in the absence of the Master's degree.
• At least 7 years (Master's degree) or at least 9 years (Bachelor's degree) of relevant work experience in creating and managing user-friendly websites in particular intranets in medium or large organizations.
• Experties in working with modern SharePoint, SharePoint Lists, Viva Engage (Yammer), SharePoint PowerShell comments, Power Automate, SharePoint Framework.
• Expertise in UI/UX design and in how to organize and format content on a website.
• Strong knowledge of using ShareGate migration tools is an advantage.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills to communicate complex technical information toward non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate professionally across teams to make an effective contribution to team tasks and spirit.
• Driven by results: to be able to put extra effort to achieve tasks, objectives, and targets.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks concurrently to meet customer demands and deadlines.
• Work experience in international environment, i.e., foreign affiliated company, international organization, etc. is an advantage.
• Commitment to continuous learning and self-learning of new software solutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are essential for this position, knowledge of another UN language an advantage.

Applications from women and citizens from developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply.

The closing date for the application is 18:00 hrs,15 May 2025 (KST). Applications received after the closing date may not be considered.