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Job Title: Knowledge Management (KM)
Officer
Organisation: FHI 360
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 19th March 2014
Job Description:
Duties and responsibilities
• Under the guidance of the SA-MER, and
working closely with the M&E and Research officers,
- Support identification, collection analysis
and dissemination of research and evaluation findings,
- Foster and support use of program
experiences and research findings for continuous quality improvement,
- Support proposal development
• Liaise with the Data Manager and M&E
Officer to:
- Develop a robust, comprehensive knowledge
management database
- Lead maintenance and input of data into the
knowledge management database
• Ensure the exchange of best practices and
lessons learned in CHC and other partners’ health communication interventions.
- Draft and provide editorial support to the
development of articles, blogs, reports, technical briefs, newsletters, and
other publications.
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- Write communications pieces (success
stories, articles, etc.) and create project presentations
- Lead in event design, organization, and
facilitation
- Research and identify opportunities for the
project to employ new media formats and dissemination channels (podcasts,
blogging, webcasts, etc.).
- Coordinate project regional and national KM
events by working with event organizers of national or regional health
conferences/events.
• Maintain (and update) a project performance
based knowledge management system that tracks all project outputs and
dissemination; online; mailing, and face to face
• Support quarterly and annual reporting
(internally) with the M&E Manager to CHC management and USAID/GOU and other
partners through the relevant fora (externally through the BCC TWGs and related
task forces).
- Assist in the capture and input of key
results for quarterly and annual reporting including lessons learned, working
in collaboration with the communications team in order to produce accessible,
attractive and robust reports to disseminate widely.
• Identify capacity needs and build capacity
of partners in relation to KM in close collaboration with STOs.
Minimum Requirements:
• 8+ years’ experience managing data
collection
• 3-5 years of experience working directly in
knowledge management
• Experience developing and implementing
project implementation timelines
• Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural
diversity and understanding of the political, contextual, and ethical issues in
assigned areas.
• Articulate and able to communicate clearly;
demonstrated ability to read, write, and speak fluent English and key languages
used in Uganda.
• Demonstrated research, writing, and editing
experience for both print and Web.
• Self-motivated and able to work with
minimal direction.
• Familiarity with on-line collaboration
tools (e.g. GoToWebinar, Skype, Adobe Connect etc) (preferred).
• Familiarity with website design and design
software such as In-design and Adobe Photoshop (preferred)
• Willingness to learn (required).
How to Apply:
Candidates should physically
submit a cover letter, Academic Certificates, CV/resume, including salary
requirements to:
The Human Resource Manager,
FHI 360 Plot 15 Kitante
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P.O. Box 5768, Kampala, UGANDA.
