CARE has a new and exciting focus to multiply impact for 10 million small scale food producers and their families in Southern Africa in Food Nutrition Security and Climate Change Resilience. This position is designed to improve knowledge management, impact measurement (encompassing monitoring and evaluation) and to feed the advocacy and partnership work with evidence from CARE’s programming in Southern Africa. CARE is seeking a talented Regional Evidence and Knowledge Management Specialist who must have strong experience in learning, knowledge management and communicating that knowledge effectively. The candidate must know how to review, validate evidence from CARE programming so that it can be used for learning for program development, impact measurement, advocacy and communications.
S/he will report to the Managing Deputy Regional Director for Southern Africa and play a central role in the broader strategic, programmatic, fundraising and communications work of the Southern Africa Food Nutrition Security and Climate Change Resilience Initiative.
Ideally, the candidate should be from the region, able to speak English, French and Portuguese and be willing to travel 25-40% of his/her time. Location will be discussed but preference is within Southern Africa, preferably linked to a CARE country office or South Africa.
S/he will report to the Managing Deputy Regional Director for Southern Africa and play a central role in the broader strategic, programmatic, fundraising and communications work of the Southern Africa Food Nutrition Security and Climate Change Resilience Initiative.
Ideally, the candidate should be from the region, able to speak English, French and Portuguese and be willing to travel 25-40% of his/her time. Location will be discussed but preference is within Southern Africa, preferably linked to a CARE country office or South Africa.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement high quality impact baseline and monitoring system for the learning for influencing strategy across six country offices based on CARE International (CI) indicators, and aligned with regional commitments (e.g. Maputo Declaration, Vision 25x25). Including engagement with Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP)
• Provide regular, user-friendly internal communications (with Country Offices (COs), regional, CARE Member Partners (CMPs)) and external knowledge products (for regional influencing work) on the evidence from CARE and partners’ work, and what it is telling stakeholders about progress, learning and challenges
• Engage with Regional Partnerships and Influence Coordinator and other CARE knowledge management and learning colleagues to use information effectively for those purposes • In collaboration with CARE member partners, develop and maintain web-based database of evidence and learning, linked to CARE International’s systems (careclimatechange.org, MINERVA, wiki, to be determined)
• In collaboration with the Technical Working Group, identify research topics and coordinate with others (internally and externally) to deepen knowledge in specific areas
• Perform other duties as assigned
Primary Skills:
• Master’s degree (or a combination of Bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience) in agriculture, food nutrition security, climate change, development, international relations, learning and knowledge management.
• Training or qualification in knowledge management & learning for influencing, research methodology/research-into-use, and/or monitoring and evaluation systems
• Research project design training
• Program Quality Assessment and/or analysis (PQAT) training
• At least ten years of work experience in knowledge management, impact measurement and learning, preferably in food nutrition security and climate change resilience in Southern Africa.
• Knowledge of food nutrition security and climate change resilience programming in Southern Africa
• Knowledge and understanding of gender in development issues
• Proven capacity in designing and delivering effective knowledge management and learning strategies and/or monitoring and evaluation systems
• Proven capacity to communicate research and learning in compelling ways, for different audiences
• Demonstrable record of research and/or knowledge product development (designing, authoring (or co-authoring), analyzing and/or partnering with others on same)
CARE USA is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. The closing date for this posting, if listed, is approximate. Job postings may be removed from CARE's career website at any time.
