Plan International Jobs 2023 – Knowledge Management Officer

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Plan International Jobs 2023 – Knowledge Management Officer at Plan International: Applications are invited from all interested persons to fill the position the knowledge management officer. See below for all you need to know; the job requirements, location, description, application closing date, and how to apply.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

Job Title: Knowledge Management Officer

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

About the Job

The purpose of this role is to co-ordinate all Knowledge creation, use, sharing and learning efforts across Plan International Nigeria’s programmes in line with International best practices and relevant guidelines and to coordinate the operationalization of effective and appropriate systems and processes for measuring, storing and sharing impact, learning and reporting across the organization

Dimensions of the Role

Communicates widely within Plan International Nigeria, Lake chad region and with local implementing partners. Knowledge Management Officer will be responsible for designing and delivering a knowledge infrastructure for the organisation that will allow her/him to develop, capture, store and share best practices from our strategic initiatives as well as other works.
The post holder will interface and support team leads and members and work closely with the communications and MERL team to establish and maintain processes to ensure knowledge management efforts are shaping strategy and informing decision making.
The role requires strong facilitation and organisational skills along with the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to all stakeholders.

Key End Results and typical Responsibilities

Learning and knowledge management:
In collaboration with the Field Teams, M&E Manager, team leads, communication team and sector Specialists, the KM officer will:

Collaborate with the KM committee and M&E Manager to create a Knowledge management strategy and framework
Collaborate with the WACA Regional Knowledge Management Technical Network Lead to facilitate learning sessions
Work with communications unit to determine how to best share knowledge to both internal and external stakeholders/audiences, including print and electronic information
Work with communications unit to prepare information about Plan Nigeria’s initiatives to share with
Share information within the teams about different approaches and supports the documentation of lessons learnt, approaches and good practices.
Ensure feedback and recommendations from evaluations, community feedback mechanisms are regularly captured and fed into management meeting
Facilitate processes for internal and external knowledge sharing among programmes teams and supports such processes
In collaboration with the KM committee drive organisations learning agenda to foster development and use of best practices and improve outcomes in programme initiatives
Help create a culture of sharing this knowledge among staff, partners, community partners and opinion leaders, and peers
Create collaborative tools to facilitate sharing of ideas that are of use to colleagues, project teams, and other partners
Provide support to program staff to develop conference presentations to highlight our strategic work and share with the field
Partner closely with Communications units to identify and utilize new communication channels to share Plan Nigeria’s knowledge with different audiences

Programme Development & Quality Management:

Development and implementation of a knowledge management strategy and plan
Ensure relevant data is entered into organization-wide data management system designed to capture, analyse, and disseminate project data
Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances, and present Plan Nigeria’s activities in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
Ensure teams are meeting up with reporting deadlines and reports are reviewed and feedback given to teams
Management and regularly update of the evaluation tracker and the programme library.
Use of new social media
Develop and oversee data flow pattern for programs that will ensure timely data collection and reporting
Support the Knowledge management component of evaluation/research/survey efforts, to document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making

Experience and Qualifications

Bachelors’ degree and minimum of 3 years’ work experience in knowledge management, monitoring and evaluating programs with an organization with a robust M&E component.
Strong technical skills, including PowerBI or Tableau, Canva or Piktochart, SharePoint, MS Access, MS Excel (Advance Formula, Lookup), SPSS or STATA, and Collaboration Platforms (Miro, Mural)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English including excellent facilitation skills and demonstrated technical writing skills for publication.
Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation.
Strong understanding of M&E, policy and compliance requirements.