Vacancy title:
Consultant - Resilience Event Facilitation and Knowledge Management - Kampala and Remote
Jobs at:
Mercy CorpsDeadline of this Job:
Saturday, May 20 2023
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 03 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Purpose / Project Description:
Mercy Corps seeks the support of an event facilitation and knowledge management consultant, to support Mercy Corps and partners appropriately develop content for and shape a high-level influence event around resilience-building, food security and economic opportunity in the Karamoja Region.
Consultant Objectives:
• Provide overall coordination support for the Karamoja Learning event, including invitations, logistics, and branding
• Support the Apolou program in refining and organizing all knowledge products to align with key influence objectives of the learning event
Consultant Activities:
The Consultant will:
• Partner with the Apolou team on all event logistics and coordination
• Develop guidance for the development of presentations and knowledge products, in line with objectives of the event and key messages
• Support Mercy Corps to package and finalize key learning documents for external audiences, for presentation at event
• Work with event partners, including USAID, KRSU and other implementing organizations in prepping for the event, including ensuring key knowledge products are refined and aligned with event objectives and key messages
Consultant Deliverables:
• Complete participant list and send invites: June 1, 2023 (1 day)
• Identify and manage communications support: June 15 – Aug 10, 2023 (4 days)
• Develop 7-8 product summaries (Governance, Gender, Financial Inclusion, POVE, Permagarden, RCF story, Liquidity profile): May 1 – June 30, 2023 (20 days)
• Develop/refine event presentations: June 30 – Aug 2, 2023 (4 days)
• Develop guidance for partner knowledge products: June 1, 2023 (3 days)
• Coordinate all event logistics: June 1 – Aug 10, 2023 (5 days)
Total: 37 days
The Consultant will report to: Strategic Learning and Adaptive Management Lead
The Consultant will work closely with: Technical Director, Implementation Director, M&E Director, Purpose Managers, Nuyok staffs, USAID, KRSU staffs
Required Experience & Skills:
• At least 7 years of experience in resilience technical work, which must include experience with food security development programs in international contexts
• MA or MS preferred in a relevant field
• Demonstrated experience creating and facilitating resilience logic technical design sessions in a development programming context using adult learning methods
• Demonstrated experience developing materials to improve program-level adaptive management / CLA systems (collaborating, learning and adapting)
• Excellent cross-cultural facilitation skills.
• Excellent English writing skills.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84
Level of Education: Associate Degree
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