Learning Analyst at Integrity Global

Overview of programme – LAMPS

The Learning and Monitoring Programme Somalia (LAMPS) is a three-year programme of monitoring, evaluation, learning and consultancy services contracted to Integrity by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), supporting DFID’s Somalia Monitoring Programme II (SMP II) of which it is a component. Integrity, in consortium with Altai Consulting, delivers LAMPS in each of Somalia’s federal regions from a central delivery hub in Nairobi, Kenya. LAMPS works across DFID’s development portfolio in Somalia, helping ensure greater accountability, better risk management and improved understanding of, and learning insights from, programme performance.

Role Summary
Working under the strategic direction of the Team Leader, the Learning Analyst will lead LAMPS learning initiatives coordinating with all LAMPS team members on specific day-to-day learning activities. The Learning Analyst will support the incorporation of learning into the planning, implementation, and results-management of each technical workstream (i.e. Third-Party Monitoring (TPM), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Technical Assistance, and financial reviews).

The Learning Analyst will support the drafting and finalisation of workstream learning deliverables. The Learning Analyst will also coordinate all internal and external learning events for LAMPS, organising inputs, supporting the facilitation of events, and conducting follow-up learning outcomes. In addition, he/she will support the analysis of qualitative data collected by the programme.

Based in Nairobi, Kenya with potential to travel to Somalia/Somaliland, the Learning Analyst will report to the Team Leader.

Activities

The Learning Analyst will be responsible for:

Capturing, reporting and disseminating programme learning

• Coordinate and support the drafting of LAMPS learning products for all programmatic activities and workstreams, including ad hoc learning notes, workstream learning notes, Aqoonta synthesis reports, quarterly internal and external learning reports and annual reviews.
• Facilitate internal learning across workstreams, leading regular sessions to capture lessons identified, support the adaption of implementation plans and approaches, track and follow-up on actions taken and results yielded.
• Identify and disseminate learning products for external parties, adapting and refining products to suit target audiences within DFID Somalia, DFID internationally, other international donors, DFID Somalia implementing partners and other international development actors.
• Guide the presentation and dissemination of high-quality learning products including visualisations via Aqoonta, the LAMPS digital platform.

Learning event coordination

• Identify opportunities for learning events, in consultation with the Team Leader agreeing agendas on what’s interesting for different stakeholders based on internal LAMPS learning and external learning of what’s current in TPM and M&E.
• Organise and support internal and external quarterly learning events, including: coordination and logistics; facilitating discussions between stakeholders; collecting and sharing lessons identified; developing action plans and follow-up steps; and producing synthesis reports.
• Organise and support an annual event with other TPM suppliers, as well as DFID-Somalia staff (and possibly DFID implementing partners) focussing on best practice TPM, challenges and lessons learnt in delivery of M&E support in Somalia.

Qualitative analysis

• Prepare periodic qualitative reports on Aqoonta, that combine developments and reporting from all LAMPS workstreams on DFID programmes.
• Collect and analyse feedback from stakeholders, summarise findings and share key learning for LAMPS workstreams.
• Third-Party Monitoring
• Contribute to improving TPM verification data collection tools with specific focus on qualitative data questions.
• Deliver training to Regional Coordinators and Monitoring Teams on methods for collecting qualitative data.
• Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Assistance
• Support the M&E Technical Assistance Adviser and DFID implementing partners on knowledge management and learning.
• Support the development of training materials and facilitate M&E Technical Assistance training for DFID implementing partners.

Skills and competencies

The right candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, social science,
• Adult learning: learning design, learning technology or directly related field from an accredited academic institution.
• Demonstrated ability in facilitating discussions on key findings and learning with organisation key management to collaboratively identify key action points.
• Analytical skills to identify key trends in qualitative data sets.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience managing the design and dissemination of reports.
• Experience in developing and delivering training.
• Demonstrated self-starter with drive and initiative
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deliverable deadlines within a given timeframe.

Additional Information

• The position will be based in Kenya at Integrity’s Nairobi office.
• The role will be full-time
• Candidates must be fluent in written and spoken English.
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