Learning & Capacity Building Specialist at Panagora Group

Panagora Group, a woman-owned, small business providing novel and integrated solutions in global health and international development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Learning & Capacity Building Specialist

Job Opening ID: 517
Location: Abuja Capital Territory
Job Type: Full time  
Industry: USAID
Project / Activity: USAID / Nigeria Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Job Descriptions

• We seek an experienced monitoring advisor for an anticipated USAID / Nigeria Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning activity.
• This is a long-term position based in Abuja, Nigeria expected to start in Spring 2021.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute appropriate agreed-upon tasks under the Learning and Institutional Capacity component for collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) inclusion into MEL tasks and for implementing USAID requests and resource needs.
• Design and facilitate learning sessions under the activity’s learning agenda for USAID technical activity teams and MEL activity evaluation and research teams, among other audiences.
• Design methodologies that guide learning and capacity building meetings through the use of participatory techniques.
• Develop training processes on the Collaborative, Learning and Adaptation approach aimed at the MEL activity, USAID Implementing Partners, Mission staff and local actors, among others.
• Support the formulation of action plans for USAID and MEL Activity teams under the Collaborative, Learning and Adaptation approach.
• Design and facilitate Community of Practice (CoP) learning events made up of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) specialists.
• Identify good practices for collaboration, learning and adaptation for the MEL activity and systematize lessons learned.
• Other duties as assigned by the Learning and Institutional Capacity Advisor.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Learning, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, or a related field.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in designing and facilitating learning strategies or designing participatory methodologies, preferably with USAID projects.
• Excellent skills in facilitation and systematization of workshops, participatory or collaborative methodologies aimed at various audiences, organizational learning, and capacity building.
• Experience with online and in-person modalities highly preferred.
• Experience working on a monitoring and evaluation activity highly preferred.
• Meaningful professional experience in Nigeria a strong advantage.
• Strong English oral and written communication skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.