Purpose of the Job
To support the better practice of resilience by the West Africa region of Oxfam (and in so doing of Oxfam and other actors) through supporting and implementing learning processes and events that generate evidence and knowledge to be taken up and used by practitioners (programme and influencing staff) within the West African region.
This will be done through coordination with existing West Africa staff in particular the research, MEL and programmes staff and with the support of the Resilience Knowledge Hub which delivers knowledge management, learning and communications on resilience for the confederation. The post holder will also work closely with the Resilience Knowledge Hub coordinator and global research advisor for resilience.
The selected person will be based in West African region (preferably in Burkina Faso) and he/she will report to the Economic Justice Program Manager for West Africa (Chargé de Programme Justice Economique pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest) of Oxfam Intermón, based in Cotonu.
Key responsibilities
Enhance quality of learning and knowledge creation
· Identify Oxfam’s regional resilience community of practice recognising the multi-thematic scope of resilience.
· Identify the learning opportunities and needs of the regional community of practice and identify appropriate learning processes to address them.
· In collaboration with the Resilience Knowledge Hub, develop face to face and virtual learning processes, journeys and events for regional staff that support sense-making, reflection, knowledge creation and communication as well as learning and support programmes to integrate learning into their programmes.
· Advise regional leads and/or country staff on appropriate learning processes to support the creation of knowledge and evidence.
· Identify the resilience theories of change informing the region’s resilience programming and support the review of theories of change based on MEAL and learning processes.
· Develop learning plans and budgets.
Communications
· Work closely with regional leads and/or country staff (and where appropriate global advisers) to support the development of case studies, programme development guides, training modules, tools and other communications and learning products.
· Create and support the creation of content for communication via the Resilience Knowledge Hub.
· Support regional staff and programmes to use relevant research findings generated by Oxfam and other actors.
Coordination and collaboration
· Stimulate and facilitate the regional community of practice and its engagement in the Resilience Knowledge Hub by connecting staff in the region to each other and to the Resilience Knowledge Hub’s learning processes and events and content.
· Support the global resilience research adviser to map research taking place in the West Africa region and undertake research within the region.
· Work closely with regional and country leads and global advisers to help them amplify their advisory support to the region.
Facilitate the flow of learning and knowledge between external actors and Oxfam
· Map regional learning forums and research initiatives and identify synergies with Oxfam’s learning agenda so that the Oxfam’s West Africa region is learning from and contributing to key regional debates and research agendas.
· Build learning and research alliances with relevant actors and networks.
What are we looking for?
Candidates will be required to demonstrate experience and achievements of the following areas:
· Proven experience of designing and implementing action learning, organisational learning and social learning systems and processes.
· At least 5 years experience working in development or humanitarian programming in West Africa.
· Demonstrable understanding of these themes: gender mainstreaming, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, livelihoods and resilience.
· Experience of programme design and development, theory of change and MEAL.
· Experience of using on-line learning and communication tools e.g. Blackboard Collaborate, to facilitate e-learning and communication.
· Proven experience in developing knowledge products such as case studies.
· Proven experience of networking and collaborating across multi-cultural teams to achieve strategic outcomes.
· Excellent written and oral English and French.
· Commitment to travel approximately 12 weeks per year.
· Proven experience of networking and collaborating across multi-cultural teams
· Result orientated and organisational capacity.
· Communication and influencing skills.
· Identification with and commitment to the mission and values of Oxfam.
What can we offer you?
Contract of employment: Contract for 2 years.
Gross annual salary: 32.829,46 Euros + family supplement (€473 per annum per child/ maximum 4).
Holidays: 27 working days in the 2014.
Location: Post based in West Africa Region, with frequent travels.
Incorporation: December 2014 / January 2015
