Job Title: Knowledge Management Team Leader
Organisation: Most At Risk
Populations (MARPs) Network
Populations (MARPs) Network
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Chief Executive
Officer
Officer
About US:
The Most At Risk Populations (MARPs) Network is a not-for-profit
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) whose purpose is “to serve as a platform
for MARPs voices through facilitating coordinated response at national level in
Uganda.”
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) whose purpose is “to serve as a platform
for MARPs voices through facilitating coordinated response at national level in
Uganda.”
Job Summary: The Knowledge
Management Team Leader will be responsible for developing and operationalising
the M&E framework. The incumbent will be tasked with developing a research agenda and systematically
documenting and publishing MNL’s interventions.
Management Team Leader will be responsible for developing and operationalising
the M&E framework. The incumbent will be tasked with developing a research agenda and systematically
documenting and publishing MNL’s interventions.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:
- In charge of identifying and securing
funding and resource opportunities to support departmental activities. - Tasked with analysing research and writing
summaries of research/evidence in an appropriate style and language for
all audiences. - Develop digests of substantial pieces of
research by critically appraising research reports, articles and
proposals. - Responsible for collating and coordinating
comments on research reports. - Identify emerging practices, best
practices, and innovations and share same across the Partnership. - Put in place a routine best practice of
conducting lessons learned-sessions. - Monitor and evaluate the progress of
projects and the use of grants.
Research and Documentation:
- Systematically identify, support Peer-lead
interventions to deliver high quality impactful programmes. - Work closely with all departments to
produce content for online learning platforms. - Facilitate communications between network
members and MNL via social media. - Develop a culture of collaboration and
sharing among the key stakeholders. - Develop and implement MNL’s Knowledge
Information Management strategy and systems. - Establish research priorities; identify
capacity building needs, building an evidence base for KP project models
and approaches. - Ensure members’ profiles are accurately
represented and updated on MNL websites. - Offer support for project communications
and help to organize learning events. - Coordinate development of communication
materials for internal and external narrative of MNL effectiveness and
learning. - Develop and operationalise MNL’s
information management system. - Manage publications and information
dissemination throughout the MARPs Network. - Participate in the overall management and
co-ordination of MNL’s ICT infrastructure. - Tasked with organising and participating
in conferences, seminars and workshops. - Perform any other additional
responsibilities and projects as assigned, including administrative and
planning functions.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Knowledge
Management Team Leader job placement should hold an Undergraduate Degree
in Business Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies,
Information Communications Technology, or any other related discipline. - Possession of a Master’s degree in
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning. - Possession of a Post Graduate diploma in
related discipline is an added advantage. - At least five years’ experience in
developing, conducting and supervising Humans subjects research. - Knowledge Management training / and or
experience. - Excellent document editing, formatting and
publication skills. - Contemporary and progressive ICT skills.
- Experience in developing and using
competency frameworks for technical staff. - Webinar development and facilitation.
- Experience in formation and nurturing of
virtual communities of practices/networks - Experience in dealing with KP related
issues in development. - Using well designed search terms to
retrieve relevant data from online data repositories. - Website and publication design.
- IT skills in word-processing, email and
file management, spreadsheets, database management and sourcing
information using the web or web-based databases. - Administration and self-organisation.
- Self-directed collaboration with others
towards a pre-defined goal - Ability to analyse problems or information
systematically and in depth - Openness to new experiences, an enquiring
approach to what you know already and an eagerness to learn more. - Facilitation skills.
- Good written and oral communication
skills. - Organisational skills – of yourself and of
others. - Team work and ability to contribute
effectively as part of a team - Flexibility and multi-tasking
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
applications, copies of academic and employment record documents and CVs /
resumes to:
applications, copies of academic and employment record documents and CVs /
resumes to:
The Human Resource Office,
Most At Risk Populations (MARPs) Network Secretariat,
Plot 81, Bukoto Street-Kamwokya,
P.O. Box 3803, Kampala
Or e-mail to: [email protected] copy
[email protected];
[email protected];
Deadline: 15th June,
2017 by 5:00pm
2017 by 5:00pm
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