Knowledge and Learning Manager
Job Description
Title: Knowledge and Learning Manager
Company Name: Development Alternatives Inc (DAI)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Social Science (MSS), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Management (MBM), Master of Development Studies (MDS)
∎ Skills Required: Knowledge Management, Networking and Communications, policy advocacy, Policy Making
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Agriculture Policy, Communications, Knowledge Management, Media & Communication, strategic partnershisp
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
Consulting Firms, Development Agency, Govt./ Semi Govt./ Autonomous body, NGO, Newspaper/Magazine, Public Relation Companies, Research Organization, Telecommunication, Trading or Export/Import
Job Context:
∎ Project Background
∎ The five-year (2019 - 2024) Feed the Future Policy Leadership, Interactions, Networks and Knowledge (Policy LINK or LINK) project will strengthen the capacity of local actors and institutions to lead and manage the agricultural transformation process and contribute effectively and collectively to improved, broad-based food security policy outcomes. Specifically, the program aims to strengthen food security policy systems by investing in and reinforcing productive human and social capital and developing strategic partnerships that help bring these innovations and capacity investments to scale in order to achieve a critical mass of local actors with the ability and opportunity to effect positive policy change through collective action. LINK`s general approach is grounded in facilitative leadership and collaborative governance, which emphasize engaging stakeholders from civil society and public and private sectors in consensus-oriented decision making, collaborative problem solving, and adaptive learning.
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∎ Policy LINK in Bangladesh
∎ DAI Policy LINK will implement a five-year USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity with the goal of "strengthening the capacities of Bangladesh`s key agricultural actors and institutions, improving the policy environment and cultivating the policy-making processes that will enable inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, strengthen resilience among people and systems, and create a well-nourished population, especially women and children."
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∎ Launched in fall 2020, the Activity is focused on addressing the following interrelated objectives:
∎ 1. Enhance Food Security Leadership and Management Capabilities;
∎ 2. Strengthened Communication, Coordination, and Cooperation for More Effective Policy Implementation;
∎ 3. Increased Influence of Local Actors and Communities to Affect Food Security Policy and Governance Decisions; and
∎ 4. Increase Excellence and Collaboration in Participatory Policy Learning and Knowledge Sharing Practices.
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∎ The Activity builds on 10?years of policy formulation, analysis, and national level dialogue?implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It will strengthen capacity and participation of?a more diverse set of agricultural stakeholders?and institutions in Bangladesh, contributing to improved governance, greater private sector engagement, trade and competitiveness, and market system linkages, consistent with the Indo-Pacific Vision (IPV).
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∎ The Activity will employ a?collaborative governance approach?to leverage the resources of Bangladesh`s committed public and private institutions as they seek to address both development challenges and ongoing crises.?Using tested tools and approaches, the Activity will build a shared understanding and commitment among stakeholders as a foundation for collaborative action.?To implement this collaborative governance approach, the Activity will?also?apply a?facilitative leadership approach?in which the facilitator-the Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity team-helps stakeholders identify and work toward a common purpose, ensures all partners contribute to and have ownership of the activity, and develops and maintains open lines of communications. Specifically, the Activity will identify and strengthen the capacity of a diverse set of key agriculture actors and institutions in the policy and regulatory processes around four key pillar areas, namely the?seed?sector,?food?safety,?social safety net system, and?nutrition.
∎ The Agricultural Policy Activity will establish a main office in Dhaka and four regional offices in the USAID Feed the Future Zone of Influence (ZOI) and Zone of Resilience (ZOR). This operating model will maximize engagement with a diverse set of key agricultural stakeholders and institutions at the national, regional, and community levels.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Position Objectives
∎ The Knowledge and Learning Manager will bring expertise and technical focus to support knowledge management and learning for the Agricultural Policy Activity. S/he will coordinate with the USAID/Bangladesh Mission as well as local government, private sector, academia, and civil society stakeholders to explore shared opportunities and linkages within the agricultural policy system, identifying topics for research and learning, and helping devise appropriate cross-sectoral policy support actions.
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∎ In addition, the Knowledge and Learning Manager will play a key role on the broader Policy LINK Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team to contribute Bangladesh inputs in support of cross-project learning, knowledge management and other MEL initiatives to capture, evaluate and generate learning and action research.
∎ S/he will continually reinforce Policy LINK's agreed-upon core purpose and principles, and ensure all decision-making is rooted in those purpose and principles. S/he will contribute to foster a learning environment in which personal and team growth is supported, with a shared understanding that the "team" always comes before the "individual."
∎ Responsibilities
∎ The Knowledge and Learning Manager will be responsible for the following:
∎ Providing overall thought leadership on knowledge management, institutional learning, and related topics.
∎ Providing consultative analysis, evaluation and knowledge management expertise, and operational and technical support to develop monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks for the Agricultural Policy Activity, supporting internal adaptive monitoring techniques.
∎ Coordinating with M&E and GIS Manager to implement activities which apply information and lessons learned from project data collection and analysis.
∎ Providing support to Bangladesh sub-activity teams to support Policy LINK's knowledge management system and learning agenda, ensuring that after-action reviews and other lessons learned feed into the design of new activities.
∎ Leading multi-stakeholder research and learning platforms, such as:
∎ Facilitating establishment of online platforms to support locally led policy learning initiatives.
∎ Collaborating with research institutions and local organizations to pool findings on major topics, and to draft learning pieces that would be informative to a broader audience.
∎ Designing action-oriented policy learning forums on targeted policy questions at national and regional levels.
∎ Facilitating multi-stakeholder analysis groups, which might include collaborating with and connecting other implementing partners and local stakeholders, such as research communities, NGOs, government, local media and advocacy groups to form or strengthen multi-stakeholder analysis groups, facilitating technical content and best practices across governance and operational frameworks.
∎ Providing demand-driven assistance (including facilitation, technical assistance, training design) to specific local government representatives, non-state actors, and other stakeholders to strengthen their capacity to apply adaptive learning techniques to programmatic decisions.
∎ Supporting and maintaining good communication and relationships with clients, program partners, consultants and participants and representing Policy LINK at meetings as required and appropriate.
∎ Reporting
∎ The Knowledge and Learning Manager will report to the Policy LINK Bangladesh Country Buy-in Lead.
∎ Supervisory Responsibilities
∎ The Knowledge and Learning Manager may supervise short-term consultants hired to provide targeted support for Activity knowledge management and learning. S/he will coordinate closely with fellow Policy LINK team members in Bangladesh as well as remotely based Policy LINK colleagues contributing monitoring, evaluation, and learning support to the project.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 27 years
∎ Work Experience
∎ 5 - 10 years of experience providing knowledge management support to a donor-funded project, with a preference for experience contributing to knowledge management and learning on a USAID-funded project.
∎ Preference for experience providing knowledge management support to a USAID project focused on agriculture / agricultural policy.
∎ Preference for experience facilitating coordination between multiple stakeholder groups or across multiple implementing partners
∎ Skills-
∎ Good understanding of USAID knowledge management and learning priorities.
∎ Good understanding of Microsoft Office / Office 365 program suite, including SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, Word, and Excel.
∎ Ability to communicate/collaborate effectively across cultures, including with team members based in other countries.
∎ Critical thinker, self-starter, and able to work with minimal supervision and within established deadlines.
∎ Flexible, willing to perform assigned and additional duties and work under unpredictable conditions.
∎ Professional fluency in English and Bengali.
Application Deadline: 28 Oct 2020
Company Information:
∎ 30 Sep 2020
∎ Development Alternatives Inc (DAI)
∎ Address : 7600 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
∎ Web : https://www.dai.com/
∎ Business :
DAI is an international development company. For more than 50 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries. Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 28th Oct 2020
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