Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Advisor (OLKM), Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project, Rwanda

Proposal Summary: 

The anticipated USAID-funded Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project will provide support on performance monitoring, data verification, and program evaluations for USAID/Rwanda’s entire program portfolio. Support provided under the contract is likely to include assistance in designing and executing performance and impact evaluations, various sector and portfolio assessments, knowledge management and organizational learning, and training for USAID/Rwanda, stakeholder staff and the USAID/Rwanda program portfolio, covering the following technical areas:

•                 Health
•                 Education
•                 Economic Growth
•                 Trade
•                 Agriculture
•                 Food Security
•                 Water/Sanitation
•                 Conflict Mitigation

Position Summary:

The OLKM Advisor will work with the Chief of Party, MSI home office Technical Director, the Senior M&E Advisor and other team members to lead activities surrounding advancing USAID/Rwanda’s learning agenda to guide program interventions.

**Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Rwandan citizenship will be considered.**

Responsibilities:

• Lead consultations with implementing partners and other USAID stakeholders to better understand the design, causal pathways and implementation conditions underlying promising program results.
• Lead the process of designing an organizational assessment of the Mission which will result in recommendations to improve USAID/Rwanda’s appreciation of learning, adaptation and collaboration, leadership and management styles, time and meeting management, and other practices.
• Identify national and regional individuals, firms, academic and research institutions and other organizations with the capacity to provide a wide range of specialized services to be sub-contracted under the project.
• Identify and establish working relationships with national and regional academic and research institutions which would serve as part of a development learning and knowledge management community-of-practice to be developed by the project.
• Establish a network of key stakeholders and organize periodic opportunities for USAID to interact with representatives for the purpose of improving implementation learning and performance.
• Foster contacts with other USAID Missions that are advancing similar programs to promote inter-Mission learning, e.g., USAID/Uganda.
• Lead the non-technical design and content development of a new Mission portal for learning and KM – a community-of-practice for CLA.

Qualifications:

Preference will be given to candidates with organizal learning and knowledge management experience in International Development. Private sector experience will be considered, provided it is obtained in a multi-cultural setting. Other requirements are:

• Graduate degree in a field related to organizational learning and knowledge management, such as management, business administration, education, knowledge management, organizational development, etc.
• At least five years of professional expertise and experience involving organizational learning and knowledge management.
• Publication of articles on these topics in academic and/or professional journals.
• Prior experience in international development, or work overseas in different cultural environments (ideally including Africa).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience supervising staff and consultants.
• Ability and willingness to mentor local staff.
• Familiarity with USAID and/or other international development donors.
• Fluency in French and English is strongly preferred.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please

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