Dexis Consulting Group Job for an Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Adviser
Dexis is seeking an Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management
Adviser candidate for an upcoming multi-year USAID-funded contract with
the overall goal of assisting USAID/Nigeria to
become a premier
practitioner of program monitoring and evaluation with an embedded
learning and adaptive culture to ensure Mission activities strategically
align with USAID/Nigeria’s CDCS development objectives.
The ultimate expected results are to strengthen USAID’s M&E
system, to enhance M&E capacity of local entities, to improve
accountability and the use of empirical evidence for programming,
learning and adapting, and to maintain strategic alignment with the
Development Objectives outlined in the Mission’s CDCS. The work location
for this position will be in Abuja, Nigeria. This is a long-term
position expected to start in 2016. This position is contingent upon
award.
Job Title: Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management
Adviser
Responsibilities
The Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Advisor will:
- Provide leadership, guidance and overall direction to the Mission’s collaboration, learning and adapting efforts.
- Plan and state organizational reflection and learning opportunities,
such as special studies, after action reviews, and partners’ meetings,
organizational learning surveys to facilitate overall CDCS
implementation.
- Assist with incorporating research design and methodologies in the application of learning to project design and management.
- Assist the Program Office to guide iterative course corrections and
ensure ongoing and evolving alignment of the portfolio with Mission
Strategy and to refine and implement the Mission’s learning agenda and
CLA strategy, e-sharing and learning tools, to include outcome mapping.
- Assist in the re-orientation of key staff’s “activity” orientation
to holistic program management and to foster peer and cross- learning
techniques and opportunities.
Qualifications
- A minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher in one or more fields
related to organizational learning or development assistance such as
public, business or development administration, knowledge management,
political science, economics, development studies or closely related,
inter-disciplinary fields
- Progressively responsible, professional-level experience in
organizational or action learning, development and/or knowledge
management
- Demonstrated understanding and experience in interpreting monitoring
and evaluation analysis and subsequently developing and leading
collaboration, learning and adapting programs among various stakeholders
in international development contexts
- Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills, including
written, verbal presentation, and facilitation skills applied within
multi-cultural contexts
- Fluency in English, written and spoken.
Winner of the 2014 Small Business of the Year at the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) and working in nearly 90
countries in FY 2015 for USAID and the Department of State, Dexis
supports US federal agencies in the areas of program monitoring and
evaluation, program learning, and program support. We are not only one
of the fastest growing firms in international development, we are rated
among the highest among our peers on employee-reviewed sites.
Dexis is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national
origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a
disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the US Armed Forces.