Knowledge Management Advisor, Liberia Strategic Analysis Activity, Liberia

CLA/Knowledge Management Advisor, Liberia Strategic Analysis Project, Liberia

Company Profile:

MSI is an international development firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area with a 30-year history of helping to deliver results across the developing world. In 2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with Coffey's international development offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Sudan. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance, and anticorruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Proposal Summary:

The Liberia Strategic Analysis (LSA) Project will provide an innovative degree of analytical and advisory services to USAID/Liberia’s Office of Program and Project Development (PPD) and Development Objective (DO) teams in support of the Mission’s project design, performance monitoring and evaluation, and operational learning and adapting. The project will independently manage and complete assigned assessment, analytical, learning, knowledge mobilization, and knowledge management tasks and deliverables.

Position Summary:

The Knowledge Management Advisor (KMA) will assist the Mission’s Collaborating, Learning and Adapting Coordinator in assembling, synthesizing and communicating information and analysis to Mission staff, IPs, and other Liberian development partners.

Responsibilities:

• Develop resources to create, capture, organize, translate, share, and apply knowledge to improve USAID Liberia’s programs.
• Build capacity for adapting to new learning and changes in context through effective approaches.
• Coordinate knowledge capturing, sharing and strategic learning to speed innovation and bring new innovations to the Mission’s programmatic work in country.
• Coordinate, plan, and implement institutional learning activities relevant to the achievement of USAID/Liberia’s CDCS goals and objectives, such as special studies, pauses and reflection activities, after action reviews, briefings, and communities of practices, learning events and/or seminars.
• Assist the Mission’s CLA Coordinator in strengthening systems and processes that promote and facilitate efficient learning and knowledge-sharing.
• Track best practices in knowledge management and adult learning to incorporate new or improved learning tools and approaches into the overall Mission’s CLA program.
• As assigned, gather and disseminate knowledge and information on best practices for high priority, cross-cutting Mission activities, such as human and institutional capacity development, youth development/empowerment and opportunity, and gender equality.
• In collaboration with the Chief of Party and other senior LSA staff, assume a leadership role in identifying critical knowledge gaps and needs related to key strategic risks and assumptions identified in the Mission’s CDCS, including political dynamics and commitment in relation to Liberia’s development policies and goals.
• Lead program planning analysis and coordinate/oversee research, planning, higher level contextual analysis, and other investigations prioritized in the Mission’s CLA Agenda. This would further entail assisting USAID staff with planning future programs and activities.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible, professional work experience in institutional learning, research, analysis, knowledge management and communication.
• A MA or PhD in a field relevant to development assistance, such as international affairs, political science, sociology, economics, business, public administration, development studies, organizational development, communications, or a closely related field.
• A strong background in analysis and evaluation of development assistance programs and experience in the application of statistical methods is desirable.
• Individual initiative, self-direction, and strong inter-personal skills and charisma.
• Computer literacy and superior oral and written communication skills.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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