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Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
About the Organisation
WaterAid is an international not-for-profit making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere.
Job Title
Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Advisor job at Water Aid
Water Aid
Job Description
The Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Advisor drives the design and implementation of WaterAid's organizational program learning and knowledge management strategy. The senior advisor leads the development of knowledge management tools, contribute to organizational processes for collating and disseminating program knowledge, and the evolution of knowledge exchange mechanisms. Additionally, lead the development of the internal program and policy knowledge library, ensuring comprehensive access and collaborating on strategic knowledge communications. The Senior advisor reports into the Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Manage
Duties and Responsibilities
Co-lead Program Learning and knowledge management (approximately 50% of time)
Co-lead the design and implementation of an organizational program learning and knowledge management strategy (in alignment with the organizational research agenda led by GPAC and supported by PMER processes).
Lead the development and implementation of knowledge management and learning strategies and tools to capture, organize, and disseminate program learning within the organization and externally
Co-lead the development of organizational mechanisms for knowledge exchange and evolution of our approaches.
Support and advise PSK team members to effectively document, use and share program learning and design dissemination strategy and plans to promote thematic learning to the target audience(s).
Develop and promote effective Information Management (approximately 20%)
Co-Lead the development of the internal program and policy knowledge library, ensuring that it is comprehensive and easily accessible to relevant stakeholders.
Work collaboratively with internal and external for strategic and knowledge communications, shaping and populating internal and external facing knowledge systems and building linkages for the same.
Support internal and external communications teams for strategic and knowledge communications, shaping and populating external facing knowledge systems.
Lead the development of program guidance and standards (approximately 10%)
lead the process and methods to develop and maintain WaterAid’s normative frameworks, standards and guidance materials for both internal and external audiences, coordinating with PSK’s and GPAC’s technical and policy leads. Lead an efficient yet collaborative approach that ensured these are developed built on the extensive knowledge and experience that exists across all levels of the federation.
Support the dissemination of core normative programmatic documents and standards (frameworks, standards, guidelines, toolkits) through various platforms.
Support Program Capacity Development (approximately 5% of time)
Contribute to the development of the capacity strengthening strategy and ensure joined-up articulation of learning, knowledge management and capacity strengthening.
Work with Capacity Strengthening Senior Advisor, to facilitate organizational mechanisms for knowledge exchange, learning and capacity-strengthening.
Support fundraising, external engagement, and communications (approximately 5% of time)
Contribute to the organization's business development efforts by supporting donor engagement, intelligence gathering, and preparation of funding proposals.
Provide technical input to specific strategic initiatives and program design particularly on aspects of knowledge management and program learning.
Contribute to team processes (approximately 10% of time)
Provide support to any other relevant processes within the remit of Knowledge Management & Learning team as required as an active member of a small team.
Support PSK annual planning, budgeting, and reporting processes
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Qualifications and Competencies
Proven experience in leading the design and implementation of organizational program learning and knowledge management strategies.
Strong knowledge management background with a track record of developing effective strategies and tools to capture, organize, and disseminate program learning.
Experience in evolving knowledge exchange mechanisms and creating organizational mechanisms for knowledge evolution.
Extensive experience in determining and implementing learning and knowledge sharing activities using empowering approaches.
Ability to research, synthesize information, analyse its relevance and communicate it in accessible formats.
Experience of designing, developing, and facilitating in-person and virtual meetings and workshops.
Experience of developing and maintaining comprehensive and accessible knowledge libraries.
Strong IT literacy skills, including designing and maintaining SharePoint or similar information management platforms; and using Microsoft 365 and other web based tools and platforms.
Experience working in low and middle-income countries.
Ability to communicate clearly and influence colleagues and peers; ability to work effectively across diverse groups and cultures.
A self-starter, able to work independently and drive tasks forward to completion, escalating issues where appropriate.
Working style that reflects WaterAid’s values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:
Working knowledge of one or more of WaterAid’s working languages (French, Portuguese and Spanish).
Experience with information and nurturing of virtual communities of practices and networks.
Experience in planning, monitoring and evaluating program of work.
Experience in conducting and/or managing research.
Sound knowledge of WASH and related development issues such as sustainability, rights and equality.
How to Apply
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE ONLINE
To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting the following 3 items into one document in either Word Document or PDF format:
Item 1: Your Cover Letter with expected salary
Item 2: Your CV
Item 3: Short answers to the following three questions on a separate page. Please limit your answers to no more than 200 words.
Q1. What are your top 3 skills or areas of experience that align with the requirements of the role?
Q2. When developing an organization-wide Knowledge Management Strategy, what key aspects do you prioritize?
Q3. How do you ensure effective knowledge sharing and retention within an organization?
Please indicate your location and the right to work eligibility in your Cover letter.
Closing Date: Applications will close one minute before midnight (UK time) on 10th September 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
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