Knowledge Management Specialist at Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

VACANCY NO: 5/2021

The Knowledge Management specialist will coordinate and facilitate the collection, sharing, and dissemination of various project-related information. The workstation will be at PMCU Nakuru but he/she will travel extensively within the Project area, as may be required. He/she will sign a six (6) year Contract of Employment with the initial six months on probation. The contract will remain in force but renewable annually based on satisfactory annual performance. He/she will be answerable to the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Oversee the development of a strategy and plans to ensure systematic, continuous learning, improvement, and knowledge sharing;
2. Develop and implement processes to ensure that lessons learned and good practice are captured systematically, shared, and used to improve project implementation, including in the development of the AWPB;
3. Support advocacy efforts through providing evidence of impact gathered through the M&E system, closely linked to knowledge management and communication activities;
4. Coordinate the development and implementation of capacity building
5. Project for Project Management and Coordination Unit staff, the counties and implementing partners, including coaching and mentoring;
6. Provide technical backstopping and guidance to county and implementing partner staff on KM&L;
7. Develop or adapt relevant tools and processes for implementing staff to collect, process/analyze, store and share information and knowledge, and ensure relevant staff can use them;
8. Ensure that innovative experiences, learning, and good practices are captured, synthesized, documented, and shared continuously within the project, within the counties, with in-country partners, IFAD, and other regional and international partners, including through a project website, documentation centre, communities of practice, etc;
9. Oversee communication support to awareness-raising and sensitization of project participants, including building an understanding of the project's objectives, benefits;
10. Any other official duty as may be assigned by the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and project coordinator.

Academic qualifications and other requirements for the position

Minimum Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Information Communication Technology, Communications, Design or other relevant fields.
2. Postgraduate qualification in M&E, Communications, knowledge management, or related field
3. Proficient in the use of databases, spreadsheets, modern information, and communication technology(ICT) in development, and other computer applications; have demonstrated skills in quantitative and qualitative analysis and data management;
4. Have at least five (5) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should be in the field of KM, M&E, MIS, project management, facilitation of
5. learning processes, or a related field;
6. Must meet the requirements of chapter six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010

Other Requirements:

1. Have proven experience in designing and implementing successful communication and knowledge management strategies for sustainable development, or in planning and implementing strategies at the management level;
2. Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines and work with minimum supervision;
3. Ability to work and interact with people from diverse, professional, social, and cultural backgrounds;
4. Good interpersonal and communication skills, excellent planning, organizing, and record-keeping skills;
5. Ability to work as a team player, self-motivated and creative thinker, good analytical skills and report writing, and excellent coordination and negotiation skills;
6. Fluent in English (written and spoken);