Position Overview

Title: Short-Term Consultant
Reporting to: Under the overall direction of the Director - Grants Strategy
Supervised by: Senior Manager - Grants Strategy
Coordinates with: WFA’s
● Thematic Lead - Environmental Justice
● Impact and Knowledge Management (IKM) Team
Location: Flexible – Anywhere in the mandated countries of WFA1
Duration: 20 January 2026 - 31 July 2026
Status: Part-time
Renumeration: Negotiable


Overview of the Organisation

Women’s Fund Asia (WFA) is a regional women’s fund, committed to supporting women, girls,trans, and intersex people-led interventions, to enhance and strengthen their access to humanrights. WFA provides sustainable and flexible funding and resources to support the leadership ofactivists and groups who work at local, national, and regional levels for human rights across 22countries and territories in Asia.2 WFA is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The team worksout of South Asia and Southeast Asia with a diverse pool of consultants and experts rosteredacross the larger region.


Position Overview

WFA seeks a Learning Coordinator (LC) to lead learning, documentation, and knowledge-buildingprocesses for grants supported by the CARA Program. The role will support approaches thatcentre locally-led solutions and elevate women’s leadership in areas such as natural resourcemanagement, heat stress mitigation, and sustainable livelihood models, that are contributingto advancing climate resilience and adaptation through a gender-equality lens in Asia. The LCwill capture grantee experiences and progress, translating insights into accessible knowledgethat strengthens understanding of climate adaptation and resilience, while stewarding aCommunity of Practice to enable reflection, peer learning, and shared analysis, that is alignedwith WFA’s internal MEL practices and requirements.


Major Duties & Responsibilities

The key outcome will be a final learning report that weaves partner experiences, evidence, andclimate action insights into a clear narrative of impact and learning. The following tasks willcontribute to shaping and delivering this final output:

a) Design, lead, and coordinate learning processes, including two Community of Practicesessions that surface meaningful insights, highlight significant shifts, and strengthenshared understanding through reflection, peer learning, and the identification of emergingimpacts and best practices.
b) Plan and schedule periodic learning calls and site visits over the three-month period, withcoordination with the Impact, Knowledge and Management Unit of WFA to gathergrounded evidence and firsthand perspectives on change.
c) Document and synthesise progress and notable outcomes from grantee partners, ensuringreflections capture both measurable results and how their work contributes tostrengthening community resilience and responses to climate-related risks and changes.
d) Coordinate with assigned WFA representatives to ensure alignment on MEL,communications, learning priorities, and field engagement logistics as required.


Requirements

a) Strong experience working on climate-related programming, with an understanding ofgendered impacts and community-led approaches, in East, South, or Southeast Asia
b) Experience in learning facilitation, documentation, research, reflection processes, orknowledge production within advocacy, movement-building, or community-ledprogrammes.
c) Demonstrated ability to translate qualitative insights, partner experiences, and fieldevidence into compelling narratives, learning products, or reports.
d) Strong grounding in feminist and intersectional approaches, with knowledge of genderedimpacts of climate change and familiarity with regional sociopolitical contexts.
e) Excellent organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage timelines, trackmultiple workstreams, and adapt learning processes in response to emerging insights.


To apply for this position, please send your CV with two professional references to grants@wf-asia.org.