Senior Collaborating, Learning, Adapting (CLA) and Knowledge management (KM) Advisor for PHEM

The CLA and KM Advisor will lead the Activitys Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Plan and Learning Agenda, which includes rigorous and robust monitoring, evaluation, learning, and research activities to respond to USAIDs key learning questions. Primary, the Advisor will be responsible to collaborate with the Activitys Key and other personnel to enhance documentation of activities and associated results in all possible retrievable ways of documentation, improve activity data utilization for adaptive management, enable a system for active learning, and thoroughly document evidence-based adaptation of project efforts and interventions for regional, national, and global audiences.

In addition, the incumbent will lead the development and operationalization of the learning agenda, including key activities as laid out in the AMELP submitted to USAID. He/she will lead operational research activities, including outcome harvesting and a summative evaluation, and learning exchanges, including pause and reflect sessions and theory of change reviews. He/she is expected to familiarize themselves with the MSH Learning Guidance to best identify, document, organize and share knowledge that can contribute to improved performance and learning.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Masters degree in public health, Monitoring and Evaluation, Field Epidemiology/Epidemiology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics and in other social sciences fields and BSc degree in health sciences related fields
At least 7 years work experience at national/sub-national level in the field of Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM), particularly disease surveillance and emergency response, risk analysis and gender analysis to inform EPR planning,
At least 5 years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning related activity, preferably in international NGO; evidence documentation, report writing, preparation and sharing of lessons learned or best practices (documentation includes electronic and hard copy),
Strong understanding and experience using USAIDs CLA approach and USAIDs M&E reporting requirements; previous experience supporting a USAID-funded project is an advantage,
Excellent written and verbal communication skills demonstrated by record of published research, preferably operations research in health programs.
Experience in proposal writing and understanding of IRB requirements and human subjects research principles,
Proven skill in information synthesis, understands what is most important, and communicates analytical findings in writing and orally clearly, compelling, and concise for different audiences,
Collaboration skill and ability to advocate and liaise with a diverse set of stakeholders for efficient and effective program implementation,
Self-motivated and goal-oriented with strong conceptual and analytical skills,
Demonstrated skill as team player and willing to take on more responsiveness when necessary and deliver results under stressful circumstances,
Excellent ability with Microsoft Office applications and SharePoint, Power BI, DHIS2-PHEM, ODK, SPSS, GIS and other statistical applications.