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Mbarara, Uganda
Full-time
Deadline:
August 9, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM
About the Organisation
Raising The Village works to end extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency. We partner with some of the most remote and impoverished communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. These “last mile” villages have limited access to basic services including health and water, operating outside of the economic pyramid. Partner villages survive on household incomes as low as $0.10/day. At these levels, families subsist without a safety net and are pushed back further into extreme poverty by circumstances and susceptible to the smallest of shocks including family illness, poor harvest or inflation.
Job Title
Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator job at Raising The Village
Job Description
We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Learning and Knowledge Management
Coordinator to join our team. Reporting to the Program Learning and Development (L&D)
Manager and collaborating closely with teams across Uganda, the Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator will support the development of learning tools and programs that empower staff (local, regional, and global) to achieve organizational goals. The successful candidate will also assist in documenting program strategy and processes (e.g. field implementation, M&E) in strong collaboration with local teams. They will support the testing of new approaches to generate key insights for multiple stakeholders as well. Additionally, the Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator will help foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement across the organization.
This role requires strong coordination, communication, strategic thinking, and analytical skills to assist in facilitating learning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration among our teams, and a
good understanding of poverty alleviation programs . The ideal candidate would have experience
in project management, capacity building, applied research, and product / service design.
Duties and Responsibilities
Support the development of training materials and initiatives to mobilize program and competency-based knowledge as our organization grows rapidly.
Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable learning resources and programs that enable staff to excel at strategic goals and support consistent performance and impact across the organization.
Apply various training methodologies, techniques, learning tools, and practices to ensure staff understand and retain key concepts and ultimately adopt desired practices.
Ensure learning initiatives align with the organization’s strategy and support the theory of change, logic models, and M&E frameworks.
Coordinate and facilitate knowledge-sharing activities, such as communities of practice, working groups, webinars, workshops, or knowledge-sharing events.
Promote a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing by encouraging collaboration and fostering connections among employees across teams and departments.
Knowledge Capture and Generation:
Collaborate with internal subject matter experts on the implementation, technical and Planning, Evaluation, and Learning (PEAL) teams, engaging collaborators both online and in-person.
Attend and facilitate relevant meetings and conduct desk research to capture and document programmatic knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned.
Where appropriate, support the design and testing of new ideas and improvements to generate greater knowledge and advance program approaches.
Assist in the development of templates, guidelines, and standards for knowledge documentation to ensure consistency and quality.
Collect and synthesize data from across the organization and present it in accessible ways for others to understand and apply. The candidate will not only create original content, but also rework existing knowledge into new and different outputs.
Contribute to the development of programmatic training outputs and materials for multiple stakeholders, including staff, government partners, funders, and public communications. These may include program implementation manuals and workbooks, data-informed slide decks, training sessions for internal staff, and practical tools for field teams.
Review and enhance deliverables from various departments, including implementation and PEAL teams, for knowledge management and learning effectiveness, utilizing a critical and strategic lens to ensure a comprehensive and effective product.
Qualifications and Competencies
Degree in Project Management, Education, Design Thinking, Developmental Studies, Information Science, Public Administration, or a related field.
Project planning and project management experience.
Experience working in international development, education technology, talent development, or similar roles will be an advantage.
Minimum of two (2) years relevant working experience.
How to Apply
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