Dexis is seeking an experienced Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Specialist to provide technical services for an upcoming multi-year regional contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) West Africa Mission. The project will strengthen USAID/West Africa’s effectiveness implementing its projects; coordinating its activities; learning from its experiences; and serving as an information, communication, and thought-leader regarding peace promotion and countering violent extremism (CVE) in the West Africa region. This is a long-term position expected to start in 2017. The position is contingent upon award.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate, plan, and implement institutional learning activities relevant to the achievement of the USAID/West Africa Regional Development Cooperation Strategy and USAID’s goals and objectives
- Facilitate workshops and processes between implementation partners, USAID and others
- Develop learning agendas to inform future activity design and adjustments to current implementation
- Track best practices in knowledge management and adult learning to incorporate new or improved learning tools and approaches
- Gather and disseminate knowledge and information on best practices for high priority, cross-cutting Mission activities
- Serve as a resource for organizational change management within USAID Missions
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to development assistance, such as international affairs, public administration, development studies, or other related field. Advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible, professional work experience in knowledge management, organizational learning, analysis, facilitation, and strategic communications
- Experience facilitating learning, collaboration and organizational change management
- Experience organizing and leading trainings and workshops on organizational learning and knowledge management, with USAID, implementation partners, and other participants
- Familiarity with monitoring & evaluation, complexity theory, and systems thinking preferred
- Deep familiarity with West African culture, including with USAID and Mission operations
- Willingness and ability to travel throughout West Africa as required
- Technical expertise in peace promotion, countering violent extremism, conflict mitigation, governance-related programming, preferably including previous experience in Francophone Africa preferred
- Professional proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in English, professional proficiency in French
- Preferably authorized to work in Ghana
Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Winner of the 2014 Small Business of the Year at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and working in nearly 90 countries in FY 2015 for USAID and the Department of State, Dexis supports US federal agencies in the areas of program monitoring and evaluation, program learning, and program support. We are not only one of the fastest growing firms in international development, we are rated among the highest among our peers on employee-reviewed sites.
Dexis is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the US Armed Forces.
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