Job Title: Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Specialist
Company Profile: SoCha (a portmanteau of Social and Change) is an
independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) firm that provides
bespoke solutions to social challenges.
Since our inception in 2010, we have grown into a fully-fledged ME&L services firm that specializes in advancing innovative methodologies and changing the way donors find solutions to social problems.
Background: To support USAID/Kenya and East Africa (KEA) to advance
what self-reliance means for Kenya and the broader region and to align
programming toward promoting self-reliance outcomes, SoCha LLC implements a
two-year mission support program (optional third year) to enable USAID to pivot
into this journey to self-reliance (J2SR).
The Mission Support for the Journey to Self-Reliance Pivot (MSP)
supports USAID/KEA to understand context, align programs, collect data,
understand complexity, and apply learning to program adaptation.
Scope of Work:
As a member of the MSP Organizational Development team, the MSP
Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Specialist will:
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Coordinate and facilitate CLA discussions with DO/project teams
and other stakeholders for the development of the Mission’s CLA Plan (as part
of the Mission’s broader performance
management plan), pulling together inputs in order to prepare a draft for the
Mission’s review
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Track progress on the CLA Plan and support its implementation
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Review Implementing Partner (IP) Activity CLA Plans at the
request of USAID
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Lead CLA capacity building and training activities for Mission
staff, IPs and other Mission stakeholders (e.g., local development
organizations)
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Facilitate Pause & Reflect activities and After-Action
Reviews (AARs)
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Work with USAID to coordinate the Mission’s CLA Champions group
meetings and share new and timely CLA resources with them
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Lead on CLA Case Study development
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Work with MSP’s Performance Quality Improvement team to advise
on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Adaptive Management (MEL4AM)
approaches
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Support exit interviews of departing Mission staff
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Support development of learning agendas, implementation of the
learning activities included in the learning agendas (including learning
events) and track progress
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Support data analysis on the CLA index and other OD-related
activity MEL plan indicators
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Coordinate status updates on Mission Office goal progress
Deliverables for each multi-day
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Design and facilitation of CLA training
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Development of CLA agendas/strategies for USAID and implementing
partners
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Facilitation support for the CLA Champions Group
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CLA Plan for the Mission PMP
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CLA Case Studies
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Support for high performing teams
Qualifications and Experience
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Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, communications,
social sciences, or a related field. Master’s is preferred.
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At least five years of experience with CLA, organizational
learning, change management, monitoring and evaluation, communications and/or
knowledge management in the international
development sector.
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Familiarity with USAID’s objectives, approaches and operations,
particularly as they relate to the Program Cycle and CLA’s role in it.
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Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with local
professionals, international donor organizations, civil society and private
sector, host country government counterparts, and other
implementing partners in developing countries.
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Experience designing and delivering learning events.
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Experience with designing and facilitating meetings and
trainings.
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Must be a legal resident of Kenya.
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Excellent communication skills and strong proficiency in written
and spoken English.
LOE or Contract Length: The CLA Specialist is
a full-time position and is expected to start working in January 2021 for a
period of approximately 10 months through Mid October 2021. There is also
potential for a 1-year extension if USAID exercises the third option year on
the MSP contract.
How to Apply:
To lodge an application, please lodge CV via the following
link: https://jobs.socha.net/msp-cla-specialist/
Applications closes on the 15th January 2021
For any other queries please email us at: recruit@socha.net