Knowledge Management Specialist at Pact

Position Purpose

Pact seeks an experienced Knowledge management specialist for the USAID/Ukraine five-year Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity. The primary goal of PHS R&R is to strengthen the Government of Ukraine (GOU)`s capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats; sustain critical public health services during a crisis; expand mental health support to veterans and war-affected populations; and protect the health of all Ukrainians including vulnerable and marginalized populations. To achieve this goal, PHS R&R will work toward achieving the following four key objectives:

• mitigate COVID-19 outbreaks and secondary impacts on essential health services;
• increase the resilience and capacity of the PH services at the regional level and below;
• strengthen community resilience against potential PH threats;
• increase the access and sustainability of mental health services for conflict-affected populations.
• The Knowledge management specialist will be responsible for the ongoing governance of a knowledge base of project activities, including its overall health and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision of the M&E and SI Sr. Advisor, coordinate collecting and organizing project information, including project results and documented best practices.
• Promote exchange and collaboration between partners and sub-awardees. Work effectively across the project with partners, stakeholders, experts to support program implementation and monitoring activities.

• Develop and introduce the knowledge management strategy for project`s knowledge base.
• Contribute to co-creation of targeted learning agenda aimed at generating evidence to guide further planning and adaptation of project activities to remain relevant and responsive to the evolving context and emerging needs.

• Support monitoring and evaluation activities; contribute to translating evidence to inform programmatic adaptation.
• Promote project innovation and change.

• Develop guidelines based on knowledge base best practices and provide training and mentorship support to the projects team.
• Ensure adherence to USAID, Pact and international standards regarding ethical and high-quality data collection and utilization.
• Produce learning products and thought leadership pieces relevant to the project interventions; present at conferences or webinars regarding project’s MERL successes.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Master’s degree in any of the following or related fields: public health, epidemiology, social science, research & evaluation, education.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in knowledge management.
• Demonstrated relevant technical skills in data collection, analysis and presentation.
• Strong data visualization skills including proficiency in data visualization software.
• Extensive experience with data management systems, including cloud-based.
• Coaching and mentorship skills.
• Ability to collaborate well with multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and relevant visualization programs (Adobe Illustrator, Power BI etc).
• Demonstrated ability to work in complex environments and work with and between different stakeholders.
• Demonstrated skills in problem solving and consensus building.
• Ability to travel within Ukraine, when safety and security situation allows.
• Fluency in Ukrainian, Russian and English

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in healthcare sphere, experience in working with MoH/CPH.
• Extensive knowledge of and experience with USAID M&E requirement, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation, and CLA in public health interventions.
• Experience in managing an educational platform.
• Experience in integrating gender sensitive and social inclusive MEL.

To apply please send cover letter and CV no later than August 10, 2022.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

2022-08-05T15:55:12.000 2022-08-10T23:59:59.000 Full time / Повна зайнятість TELECOMMUTE Україна Pact Inc