Knowledge Management and Dissemination Officer at Palladium Group

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Knowledge Management and Dissemination Officer

Job ID: req24068
Locations: Abuja, Nigeria

Description

• We are searching for an experienced KMD Officer at our Abuja facility. 
• Propcom+ is a new FCDO-funded eight-year (2023-2030), rural and agricultural market development programme supporting climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture and forestry that benefits people, climate, and nature. 
• The programme is implemented by The Palladium Group, and it aims to transform Nigeria's rural economy by addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in the country's food and land-use system. 
• It will do this by (i) increasing productivity, improving nutrition and food security; (ii) enhancing climate resilience, pursuing lower emissions, and protecting and restoring nature, and (iii) helping tackle some of Nigeria’s underlying drivers of conflict and insecurity. 
• It does this by working as a ‘market facilitator’, identifying constraints in market systems and facilitating changes to enable rural markets to work better for the benefit of poor and climate-vulnerable smallholder farmers and rural small-scale entrepreneurs. 
• Propcom+ has a target of increasing the incomes and climate resilience of 3.9 million poor and vulnerable people in Nigeria, 50% of whom will be women, through a “3Ps” approach of interlinked components:
  • P1: Scaling up a focused basket of Proven climate-smart interventions around agricultural and primary processing/storage practices and models to get these adopted by millions of poor and vulnerable smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs.
  • P2: Building markets by developing and piloting new business models that improve productivity, enhance resilience to climate change, reduce emissions, and improve nutrition outcomes.
  • P3: Enabling Policies that support a strengthened enabling

Purpose

• The Knowledge Management and Dissemination (KMD) Officer Manager is responsible for supporting the implementation of a fit-for-purpose programme’s KMD strategy. 
• Although the specific responsibilities of the KMD Officer are detailed below, these are not exhaustive and may change as the programme grows and evolves. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the development and updating of intervention-specific knowledge management guides and learning agendas.
• Support the process of developing and refining communications and knowledge products to support learning, decision-making and adaptive management. Some of these products include research outputs, success stories, fact sheets, lessons learned, periodic reports, etc.
• Assist in managing the programme’s knowledge management repositories (SharePoint, website, etc.) to ensure that relevant information materials are available and updated for users.
• Track and analyse feedback from users of the respective knowledge products and present findings to the team for further action.
• Support in organising internal and external knowledge-sharing and learning events.
• Support in taking digital (video/photo) products during events or activities for distribution on all social media platforms and engage appropriately with the audience on social media.
• Support the review and editing of programme reports and outputs from consultants, content development for the programme website and social media pages, and the development of video materials and documentaries.
• Maintain regular engagements and collaboration with the technical team, MERL, and communications teams to support programme-wide learning, adaptation, and strategic communications.
• Work closely with the MERL team to conduct studies/surveys and to ensure lessons learnt from interventions are documented and disseminated to a broader audience.
• Undertake frequent field visits to intervention states and locations for various communications, KM and MERL-related assignments.

Reporting and Line Management

• This post will report to the Knowledge Management and Dissemination Manager and co-supervise some consultants and vendors hired to support the various deliverables.

Location:

• The post is primarily located in Abuja; however, the candidate will be required to travel frequently across states in both Northern and Southern Nigeria.

Required Qualifications
Core:

• BSc or MSc Degree in a relevant discipline, including Communications, Agriculture, Social Sciences, or other related degrees.
• At least 3 years of experience in Communications and/or Knowledge Management Officer or Specialist role.

Desired:

• Relevant experience with digital media production and management, graphic design tools (Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, etc), storytelling and writing, journalism and reporting.
• Experience working in development programmes and in Northern agricultural markets or value chains.
• Fluency in speaking and understanding Hausa.

Skills to be demonstrated:

• Proficiency in using MS Word, MS PowerPoint and infographics/graphic design tools.
• Strong abilities in proofreading, aligning, editing, and formatting reports.
• Exceptional writing skills with consistent language, structure, diction, and style.
• Verbal and written communication skills (in English)
• Soft skills: creativity, innovation, flexibility, strategic thinking, detail orientation, problem-solving, analytical, teamwork, team management, and task management skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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