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Job Title:    Knowledge and Data
Management Officer

Organisation: Global Health Corps (GHC)

Placement Organisation: Raising Voices

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Eligible Citizenship: Ugandan

Salary: Monthly
Stipend 550 US Dollars

Position Code: G05-Nat

 

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.

 

About US:

Raising Voices is a
feminist non-profit organization, founded in 2000, based in Kampala, Uganda.
Raising Voices aims to prevent violence against women and children. We work to
realize this vision by creating approaches that catalyze social norm change in
communities, rigorously studying and learning from our prevention work, and
sharing our experiences to shape the field of violence prevention. The violence
against women (VAW) Prevention Team’s overall aim is to strengthen global
efforts to prevent VAW and contribute to the creation of safer relationships and
communities for all women.

 

Job Summary:   The Knowledge Management Officer will work
with the violence against women (VAW) Prevention Team at Raising Voices to
support all aspects of knowledge and data management. The goal of the position
is to support staff in utilizing Raising Voices’ substantial knowledge assets
to strengthen programming and to achieve organisational objectives by making
the best use of knowledge. The officer will ensure staff draw on institutional
experience by promoting efficient archiving and exchange of information between
different departments within the VAW Prevention Team. The officer will also
support synthesis of data collected on online platforms.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Strengthen
and operationalize policies and procedures for effective data management

·       
Establish
and maintain processes to ensure knowledge management efforts are shaping
strategy and informing decision-making

·       
Ensure
digital databases and archives are well maintained and accessible for internal
use

·       
Support
the staff and partners to share knowledge effectively and efficiently through
Office 365

·       
Synthesize
information from online learning platforms such as Moodle and Google analytics

·       
Support
VAW prevention team to organize, package, utilize, and disseminate relevant
information to inform programme design and implementation for external
audiences

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
Experience
managing information and knowledge systems, such as Microsoft 365’s One Drive*

·       
Experience
identifying and analyzing knowledge management problems, and proposing and
implementing knowledge management strategies*

·       
Experience
creating and exporting data reports in a database*

·       
Demonstrated
project management skills with the ability to ensure internal and external stakeholders
meet deadlines and successfully implement projects*

·       
Experience
working on violence against women from a feminist perspective

·       
Experience
with Moodle, Google analytics, or other learning management system

·       
Strong
oral and written communication skills, evidenced by experience with public
speaking (e.g. presentations, trainings, or workshops), as well as drafting
documents (e.g. reports or summaries) for a wide range of audiences (technical,
programmatic, policy makers, etc.)

·       
Experience
leading knowledge product development and dissemination

·       
Strong
attention to detail

·       
Able to
manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines

·       
Interest
in working with a feminist team

·       
Experience
problem solving in collaboration with program staff

 

NB: Items
indicated with an asterisk (*) are required

 

Fellowship Benefits and Logistics

·       
Monthly living stipend: $550

·       
Professional development funds: $600

·       
Award of
$1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year

·       
Housing

·       
Insurance

·       
Travel
costs covered to and from GHC training and retreats

·       
Support
in applying for visas and/or work permits, as necessary

 

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.

 

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Here

 

Deadline: 13th January, 2021 by 12:00PM (noon) EST /
7:00PM CAT / 8:00 PM EST

 

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