Job Title: G15-Int: Knowledge Management Officer
Organisation: Global Health
Corps (GHC)
Corps (GHC)
Placement Organisation:
Spark MicroGrants
Spark MicroGrants
Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda
Eligible Citizenship: USA
(American)
(American)
Salary: Monthly Stipend of
550 dollars per month
550 dollars per month
About GHC:
Global Health Corps pairs intelligent and passionate fellows with
organizations that require new thinking and innovative solutions. We provide
these young leaders with the tools to remain connected after their fellowship
year finishes, deepening their ability to enact change through heightened
skills and strong partnerships. We currently place fellows in Malawi, Rwanda,
Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
organizations that require new thinking and innovative solutions. We provide
these young leaders with the tools to remain connected after their fellowship
year finishes, deepening their ability to enact change through heightened
skills and strong partnerships. We currently place fellows in Malawi, Rwanda,
Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
About Spark MicroGrants:
Spark MicroGrants is a young, rapidly scaling organization pioneering a
new approach to international aid. Spark proactively reaches out to rural poor
villages and helps community members to design, implement, and manage their own
social impact projects. Since July 2010, we have developed 140 community
partnerships across Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi to spark community-driven
impact projects which have included schools, community farms, electricity
lines, and much more. Spark is building a replication kit and training team
that will enable other institutions to use our novel facilitation model in new
contexts and at a larger scale.
new approach to international aid. Spark proactively reaches out to rural poor
villages and helps community members to design, implement, and manage their own
social impact projects. Since July 2010, we have developed 140 community
partnerships across Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi to spark community-driven
impact projects which have included schools, community farms, electricity
lines, and much more. Spark is building a replication kit and training team
that will enable other institutions to use our novel facilitation model in new
contexts and at a larger scale.
Job Summary: The Knowledge
Management Officer will serve as a critical liaison between Spark’s monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) and communications team. The fellow will work with the
M&E team on a variety of data analysis tasks, supporting the team’s
demonstration of impact at a range of scales–the community level,
project/sector level, country level, and organizationally across the three
countries where Spark works. In addition, the fellow will have a unique
opportunity to help translate data–through written narratives as well as graphs
and visualizations–into compelling communications for a range of donor and
partner audience
Management Officer will serve as a critical liaison between Spark’s monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) and communications team. The fellow will work with the
M&E team on a variety of data analysis tasks, supporting the team’s
demonstration of impact at a range of scales–the community level,
project/sector level, country level, and organizationally across the three
countries where Spark works. In addition, the fellow will have a unique
opportunity to help translate data–through written narratives as well as graphs
and visualizations–into compelling communications for a range of donor and
partner audience
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Data Analysis (45%)
- Work in liaison with M&E team to
prepare and analyze quantitative and qualitative impact data - Support smooth implementation of M&E
systems (including data collection, entry, checking, and analysis) and
provide insight on areas for improvement or innovation - Identify and contribute to emerging
opportunities to understand and measure Spark’s impact - Provide capacity building and training
organization-wide on M&E systems (including data collection, entry,
checking, and analysis)
Reporting (45%)
- Actively contribute to the integration of
accurate and compelling data across Spark’s external engagement platforms
and collateral, including (but not limited to): annual and quarterly
reports, presentations, proposals, white papers, organizational website,
social media, etc. - Identify, implement, and innovate on
interpretation and presentation of data, in line with specific target
audiences and messages - Craft compelling impact narratives
utilizing quantitative and qualitative data - Develop graphics and visuals that bring
our data to life in new ways and for new audiences - Develop and maintain up-to-date data
reporting library (including data, narratives, and visuals) to strengthen
and streamline external reporting - Provide capacity building support to
country teams on report writing, including data presentation and impact
narrative development - Work closely with Communications Manager
to strengthen donor reporting workflow for country-specific reports - Support routine and ad hoc data reporting
requests from Spark team
Fundraising (10%)
- The incumbent will support routine and ad
hoc data reporting requests - Identify, implement, and innovate on
interpretation and presentation of data for current and potential donors - Craft compelling impact narratives
utilizing quantitative and qualitative data
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Global Health
Corps Knowledge Management Officer job placement should hold a Bachelor’s
degree - Previous exposure and experience with
basic data analysis and/or statistics - Prior experience or interest in
organizational learning and systems development - Project management skills, including
managing multiple priorities and timelines, and coordinating amongst
distributed teams - Familiarity with or interest in key issues
in international development - Familiarity with or interest in the East
African context - Strong writing and analytical skills
- Strong research skills, including the
ability to synthesize insights from a range of sources - Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
Job Terms and Conditions:
Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of
$550/month. Additionally, fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon
successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement
site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included, including
$600 in professional development funds. Fellows at Spark MicroGrants are
provided with a private room in a shared house in the Spark MicroGrants
compound. The living quarters are self-contained, meaning that the kitchen,
bathroom, living, and sleeping areas are in one building. Housing is shared
with other Spark staff; it is basic but comfortable, situated in Mbale, a
peri-urban center in Uganda.
Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of
$550/month. Additionally, fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon
successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement
site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included, including
$600 in professional development funds. Fellows at Spark MicroGrants are
provided with a private room in a shared house in the Spark MicroGrants
compound. The living quarters are self-contained, meaning that the kitchen,
bathroom, living, and sleeping areas are in one building. Housing is shared
with other Spark staff; it is basic but comfortable, situated in Mbale, a
peri-urban center in Uganda.
Note: The living stipend and
completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the
placement organization.
completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the
placement organization.
How to Apply:
All applicants who desire to be placed by the Global Health Corps in
the aforementioned organization should express interest by clearly following
the instructions at the web page below.
the aforementioned organization should express interest by clearly following
the instructions at the web page below.
Deadline: 18th
January, 2016 at 11:59pm EST
January, 2016 at 11:59pm EST
NB: Early applications
are encouraged because they will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
are encouraged because they will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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