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We are recruiting!

Our client in Lusaka is looking for a Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA) Specialist to join their team for a vacancy in the NGO industry.

To apply or for more information follow the link below.

Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting:
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to plan, coordinate and implement effective CLA activities in line with the donor CLA principles.
• Implement a communications and branding strategy in line with donor marking and branding guidelines and ensure communications consistency among different stakeholders
• Support the Director of MEL & CLA in conducting scheduled learning activities, including Pause and Reflect meetings, program reviews, workshops and any other learning activities to promote the use of evidence and application of adaptive management and reform advocacy.
• Institutionalizes internal management debriefs, pause-and-reflect sessions, and stakeholder meetings.
• Design, review, and implement a systematic action plan for the learning and adapting and support the periodic review of the learning agendas.
• Support the development of tools and checklists that facilitate evidence-based activity management and oversight, particularly for data quality analysis, documentation of activity monitoring visits, and presentation of feedback to partners.
• Collect evidence-based outcome and impact data through various methods such as interviews, surveys, and field observation.
• Lead on CLA case study development, conducting information collection and knowledge capture activities and drafting knowledge products.
• Work closely with the project team to identify and document lessons learned and best practices from program implementation to inform programmatic decision-making and improve program delivery and quality.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with partners and stakeholders, including government ministries, department and regulators to promote collaboration, trust and improve sharing of knowledge and experience.
• Proposing changes to program approaches based on learnings, feedback from partners, stakeholders and research findings.
• Support the coordination of systematic integration of CLA approach across the program cycle, applying the relevant tools and resources.
• Any other duties as may be assigned.

Education: A minimum of an equivalent to bachelor’s degree, (master’s preferred), in Social Sciences, development analysis, knowledge management, policy studies or related fields.
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a CLA/ MEL in a complex international development context, with a strong emphasis on collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA).

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Strong background in data capture, evaluation, and analysis of development programs, preferably initiatives funded by USAID, EU or any other donor.
• Background in SME enabling policy reforms is preferred.
• Expertise in working with different stakeholders, including government official, local councils, Business membership organizations (BMOs) international donor agencies and other stakeholders