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Learning Manager

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About SNV USA
SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands nearly 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses, and organizations with the tools, knowledge, and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services. SNV works to empower people to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development by engaging local partners to achieve results in inclusive business, value chain development, and impact investing.
SNV USA provides innovative solutions in Agriculture, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Renewable Energy to 38 developing countries worldwide. An affiliate of SNV, we are a registered non-profit organization, connecting North American partners to sustainable global development. SNV USA has formed a number of exciting partnerships with prominent donors, such as USAID, USDOS, USDOL, UNICEF, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Master Card Foundation, Dubai Cares, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Ford Foundation.  
Position Summary
The Procurement Governance for Home Grown School Feeding (PG-HGSF) project is implemented by SNV USA in Kenya, Ghana and Mali with the aim to improve the access of smallholder farmers to government-led school feeding programs.  The project focuses on 3 topics: the procurement process, the supply chain, and social accountability; for each, the project seeks to identify opportunities for increased inclusion of smallholder farmers and develops those opportunities by way of pilot interventions at the district level together with local stakeholders.  The project has a robust Learning Objective to document and disseminate the lessons derived from implementation. 
The Learning Manager (LM) is a part of SNV’s PG-HGSF Project team and is responsible for ensuring that country coordinators and partners have the full array of tools and supports needed to successfully participate in and deliver on the project’s Learning Objective.  LM will work with country coordinators, project, and communications team and will report directly to the project manager based in Bethesda, MD. This project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is in its third year and will run through September 2016.
 
Key Responsibilities 
  1. Implement and support the project’s learning plan, including the production of written documents, case studies, and other presentations of lessons learned.  Represent the project at key events where project is discussed, and support the individual country teams in the development and implementation of national learning events and other country-level documents. 
  2. Ensure adherence to the milestones, timelines, and production and dissemination schedule for the Learning Plan, designing approaches to answering key Learning Questions, capturing good practices/challenges, and identify opportunities for project dissemination to external audiences.
  3. Responsible for the proper management of all external consulting agreements for the production of Learning Documents and other materials.  Includes development of Terms of Reference, identification of potential collaborators, working closely with authors, oversee final editing and design aspects to produce final publications. 
  4. Participate as principal writer for select project documents.
  5. Act as the project’s advocate for effective monitoring and documentation of lessons learned for broad dissemination to increase the likelihood of replication/scaling-up of best practices. 
  6. Support Country Coordinators and other SNV staff on the international exposure of project activities and results.
  7. Provide technical assistance to the project staff to ensure they are gathering information in a consistent, uniform, and participatory way for effective comparison and evaluation.
  8. Produce and maintain the project’s webpage with current information on a regular basis.
Deliverables: 
  1. Implementation of the learning plan for the project, with yearly adjustments.
  2. Successful delivery of all documentation of best practices and lessons learned for dissemination purposes, according to the project proposal (9 documents produced; 9 case studies; other materials/presentations).
  3. Support to and assist in the development of at least 3 events for the dissemination of the lessons of the project in the three countries, per year.
  4. Connect with US and international partners and donors to share knowledge.
  5. As a thought leader, make regular presentations at international forums.
  6. Periodic reports of progress on learning activities to the Project Manager.
  7. Development and maintenance of relevant partnerships that support learning.
Qualifications 
  • Master’s degree required. Position requires a minimum of six years of relevant Learning and document production experience. 
  • Demonstrated excellence in effective writing and verbal communication. (English required; language competency in French is a plus).
  • Demonstrated understanding of and familiarity with a range of applied research and monitoring and evaluation approaches.
  • Experience designing strategic information and communication plans. Good working knowledge of descriptive, inferential and advanced statistics.
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills and ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
  • Strong skills in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; familiarity with data management software programs such as SAS and SPSS is a plus.
  • Demonstrated programmatic, management, and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with other professionals and key stakeholders engaged in international development work. 
  • Availability to travel internationally.
To Apply
Please submit your cover letter, salary requirements and resume to: https://snvusa.recruiterbox.com/jobs/26050
SNV USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SNV encourages applications from qualified persons of every race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, and disability.
Closing date: 
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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