Tanzania HUB-
Knowledge and Learning Manager
Location: Dar es Salam, Tanzania
Project Title: EQWIP HUBS: Powering Youth Innovation for Sustainable
Livelihoods
Start: February 2015
Status: Manager Level, contract
Schedule: Full-time
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Initiative Description:
EQWIP HUBS will be a dynamic platform of diverse actors and young people
working together to develop solutions to both local and global social, economic
and environmental challenges in six countries around the world. EQWIP, an
innovative youth serving partnership between Canada World Youth (CWY) and Youth
Challenge International (YCI) has brought together a global consortium
including UN-HABITAT, TakingITGlobal (TIG) and the Education Development Centre
(EDC) to collaborate on this initiative.
Through 17 youth centered HUBS in urban areas, participatory programming will
support young people in accessing a sustainable livelihood. Through the
engagement of a multi-stakeholder HUB Network, EQWIP HUBS will foster a
supportive and responsive enabling environment for youth livelihood activities
by providing mentorship, coaching and access to capital. The HUB Network will
strengthen the capacity of public and private sector stakeholders and civil
society related to youth mainstreaming for policies, products and services.
EQWIP HUBS is building a team of energetic, skilled and passionate individuals
who are motivated by the prospect of exploring new and creative approaches to
solving complex global challenges.
Position Description:
Reporting to the Country Manager, the Knowledge and Learning Manager plays a
leadership role in ensuring that relevant knowledge on livelihoods programming
will be gathered and shared through a dynamic knowledge management system which
include monitoring, evaluation and learning components. These will be applied
to promote innovation and quality in the design and delivery of program
training and related activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Knowledge Management
· Lead the adaptation and implementation of the overall
EQWIP M&E Strategy at the country level in close collaboration with the
M&E Lead and key project stakeholders (volunteers, partners, youth
participants)
· Ensure program quality through implementation of
activity-specific review systems, comprehensive M&E systems, and staff
development
· Provide management for the implementation of the HUB
M&E system, working closely with other staff, consultants, youth and
partners
· Contribute to the development of the knowledge
management system including development of context-appropriate tools and
activities
· Develop results and performance reports, in addition to
other briefings, summaries, papers and presentations for various audiences as
needed
· Assure that knowledge about the project’s achievements
(expected and unexpected) are documented and shared with the appropriate
stakeholders by researching and collecting content and stories.
Learning Management
· Ensure that training curriculum design, adaptation and
delivery integrates learning and best practice and is youth centered,
creative and experiential
· Identify, document and share good practice, lessons
learned and trends in the youth livelihoods sector to ensure program relevance
and effectiveness
· Provide leadership and management for the development,
coordination and delivery of training activities for young women and men
· Lead the review, adaptation and development of core
training curriculum in entrepreneurship and employment, in close coordination
with the training coordinators
Technical Support
· Train HUB’s partners and staff on the efficient use of
the monitoring system, provide ongoing coaching/support through regular project
site monitoring visits
· Establish and maintain positive, collaborative and
productive relationships with project staff, implementing partners, consortium
partners and sector stakeholders.
· Provide technical support to the Hub’s Training
Coordinator around the delivery of the training activities
Perform other duties as delegated by the Country Manager
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
· University Diploma
· 5 to 7 years of professional experience in monitoring
and evaluation, training, and knowledge management.
· Passion, understanding and ability to utilize
measurement to improve programming
· Understanding of and experience with participatory
training techniques
· A successful track record in supervising, designing,
managing, implementing and monitoring training plans
· Ability to gather and organize information and
resources, compile data, and to synthesize knowledge from diverse sources of
information.
· Experience in planning and performance measurement,
including indicator selection, target setting and reporting
· Proven ability to manage and provide ongoing training
and support on M&E to diverse staff and personnel
· Knowledge, previous experience or interest in applying
IT and social media to learning and M&E
· Energetic and collaborative spirit, with the ability
take initiative, and a willingness to develop new skills
· Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to
detail
· Self-motivated with the ability to multi-task and work
effectively
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills
· Availability to travel within the host country
· Strong verbal and written English skills required
· Applicant must be citizen of Tanzania
Deadline to apply: Monday, February 15th at 5pm EST. Applications will be
considered upon submission. Please submit your cover letter and CV as a
one document Word or PDF e-mail attachment to hrtanzania@eqwiphubs.org with
“Tanzania HUB-Knowledge and Learning Manager” in the subject line. No phone
calls about the position can be accepted. We thank all applicants for their
interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
