Learning Lead at Chemonics International

Responsibilities

• Create and continually develop a learning framework, ensuring learning activities are prioritised; blending traditional and more innovative learning approaches, as well as leveraging digital and in-person platforms and approaches to support learning.
• Be the catalyst for learning: create the safe space for both single- and double-loop learning, as well as facilitate and prompting reflection on evidence with a range of stakeholders.
• Close the loop on learning by designing ways to ensure learning is shared back with programme beneficiaries.
• Work closely with other technical leads and FCDO to identify learning questions and areas for reflection as part of the learning framework.
• Support in analysis of monitoring and evaluation evidence to identify learning and areas for additional evaluation to answer learning questions.
• Develop learning products in multiple formats to support different audiences and learning styles.
• Contribute to the development of inclusive evaluation and research designs in a complex multi-programme environment.

Qualifications

The qualifications for the Learning Lead include:

• At least 8 years’ experience designing, leading, and implementing learning activities for donor-funded programming;
• Experience designing and implementing multi-layer learning frameworks or systems for programming;
• Expertise in adapting evaluation methods and approaches to different contexts and stages of programme development and implementation;
• Comfort with interpreting and working with Theories of Change and FCDO LogFrames;
• Experience of leading learning processes or implementing evidence-based changes to strategy or intervention delivery;
• Demonstrable experience and skill in facilitation;
• Demonstrable expertise in participatory learning approaches, in particular adjusting and balancing facilitation styles to different personality types and learning preferences;
• Proven experience with or understanding of theory-driven and mixed-methods evaluation approaches;
• Qualitative and quantitative data interpretation skills and ability to condense, refine, and tailor large amounts of information for external audiences;
• Strong writing and communication skills;
• Experience working with donor government departments or multilateral donors, FCDO desirable;
• Experience working on humanitarian and/or health programmes desirable;
• Experience working in Somalia preferred;
• Previous experience living or working in fragile and conflict affected states an advantage.