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Malawi
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English
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Active
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Accompanied
– Family |
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Approved
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Our
diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply. |
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Description
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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.
Primary Responsibilities:
Primary Skills:
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Master’s degree (or a combination of Bachelors degree and relevant work experience) in agriculture, food nutrition security, climate change, development, international relations, learning and knowledge management.
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Training or qualification in knowledge management & learning for influencing, research methodology/research-into-use, and/or monitoring and evaluation systems
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Research project design training
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Program Quality Assessment and/or analysis (PQAT) training
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Knowledge of food nutrition security and climate change resilience programming in Southern Africa
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Knowledge and understanding of gender in development issues
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Proven capacity in designing and delivering effective knowledge management and learning strategies and/or monitoring and evaluation systems
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Proven capacity to communicate research and learning in compelling ways, for different audiences
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Please
be aware that there may be job advertisements and offers that falsely state that they are from CARE. CARE does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other such fees).
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. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here. |
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