New Recruitment At Creative Associates 2017

Project Summary:

Creative is pursuing a five-year USAID/West Africa Peace through Learning, Evaluation, and Adapting Activity (PELA) in Ghana. The purpose of PELA is to strengthen USAID/West Africa’s effectiveness implementing its projects; coordinating its activities; learning from its experiences; and serving as an information, communication, and thought-leader regarding peace promotion and countering violent extremism (CVE) in the West Africa region.

Position Summary:

Job Description

Job Title: Knowledge, Management, And Communications Specialists

The Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist will be responsible for knowledge management and information exchange among the different programs and USAID West Africa. In addition, he/she will be responsible for external and internal communications activities and report.

Reporting & Supervision:

This position reports to the Chief of Party.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Review and maximize the use of existing knowledge management systems
• Develop and implement a knowledge management vision and approach to facilitate the exchange or lessons learned between the different CVE programs
• Conduct regular evaluations of internal knowledge management platforms and adjust to improve their quality
• Develop communications strategy and activities to promote lessons learned to external audience
• Identify opportunities for and develop internal communications (e.g. webinars, roundtable discussions) as requested by COP that facilitates knowledge exchange and program quality.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in knowledge management, communications or related field;
• At least 5 years of experience in the international development field;
• At least 2 years of experience in promoting and countering violent extremism (CVE);
• Expertise in the design and use of platforms commonly used for information management (e.g., SharePoint)
• Experience in designing and managing strategic communications campaigns
• Experience working in West Africa is required; experience working in Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad or Cameroon is highly desirable but not required;
• Fluency in written and oral English and French is required.

Local and regional candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

Position contingent upon donor funding.

Only finalists will be contacted.  No phone calls, please.

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