Knowledge Management and Research Specialist, ESARO, P-3

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 USD.

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The Knowledge Management and Research Specialist will provide a lead role for the development and implementation of knowledge management activities and facilitate research and evidence generation practices aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering results through UNFPA programmes in the ESA region.

The UNFPA Knowledge Management Strategy is currently being revamped to support the new Strategic Plan Cycle 2022-2025 and beyond, which will be adopted by the ESA Region to respond to needs in the region. The incumbent will lead the knowledge management practices and support the evidence and knowledge generation activities by UNFPA and its partners in the region. Working closely with other members of the Research and Publication Committee, Regional Advisers and Specialists, he/she/they will work across the organization to support the knowledge management, evidence and research function in support of achieving the UNFPA transformative results and advancing the ICPD Programme of Action in the region.

He/She will also support the culture of knowledge sharing and organizational learning and the uptake of organizational standards for knowledge sharing, including the capture and dissemination of operational knowledge and evidence that respond to needs across the region and beyond, as well as facilitate a systematic approach to knowledge tools, approaches. He/She/they will also ensure lessons learned are widely disseminated through internal and external platforms and used for course correct actions for current and successor programmes.

Education:

• Advanced University degree in public health, medicine, sociology, demography, gender, economics, international relations, international development, public administration, marketing, management or other related field.

Knowledge and Experience:

• A minimum of five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional experience in management and development relevant to sexual and reproductive health, gender and population and development of which three at the international level;
• Experience with achieving demonstrable results in the majority of the following areas: innovative use of technology for development, mobile based data collection, training and capacity building and human centered design experience.
• Experience in conducting research and generating evidence products, Results-Based Programme Development and Management to improve programme efficiency
• Experience in initiating and catalyzing transformation change and ability to champion new ways of working.
• Previous exposure and experience in creating spaces and environments that are conducive to team participation and effective coordination.
• Substantive knowledge and practical experience in knowledge management and strategic information management;
• Experience in programme and/or technical assistance with the UN System and other international development organizations will be desirable;
• Ability to explain complex ideas and findings in a way that can be easily understood and to work creatively within a budget and use innovation to find ways of more effectively managing resources;

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Working knowledge of French and/or Portuguese is desirable.