Job Description
Description
- The consultant will support ECEWS in capturing, sharing and applying knowledge effectively across global operations.
Objectives
Program Efficiency:
- Provide technical assistance to the smooth and efficient implementation of the project towards achieving its set objectives.
Process Improvement:
- Support quality assurance and quality process for continuous quality improvement.
Knowledge Management:
- Support a culture of data use via data analysis, research and products development.
Specific deliverables:
- Crafting KM strategies that align with organizational goals by reviewing the current knowledge practices, identifying gaps, and proposing effective solutions.
- Cultivating a culture of innovation, cooperation, and teamwork among staff by fostering respect, support, and recognition of individual contributions.
- Promoting Knowledge Sharing and Dissemination.
- Training and Workshops: Conducting training sessions, workshops, and webinars to share knowledge with staff and stakeholders.
- Publications and Reports: sharing current research findings, policy briefs, and technical reports in journals and online platforms. The consultant will also support the development of educational materials to nurture a culture of continuous learning.
- Communities of Practice: Establishing networks and communities of practice to facilitate peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange.
- Promoting Knowledge Utilization among staff.
- Decision Support Systems: Implementing tools and systems that integrate knowledge into decision-making processes.
- Guidelines and Protocols: Developing and updating public health guidelines, protocols, and standard operating procedures based on the latest evidence and best practices.
- Performance measurement: Developing indicators to assess KNM initiatives, effectiveness and making improvements.
- Performance Measurement and Improvement: Developing metrics to assess KM initiatives'
- Effectiveness and making improvements.
- Performance Measurement and Improvement: Developing metrics to assess KM initiatives, effectiveness, and improvements.
Expected outcomes:
- Improved Knowledge Sharing: ECEWS programs promote the sharing of knowledge
- across sites and states leading to improved program outcomes.
- Improved Implementation of Best Practices and donor policy: ECEWS programs adopt
- and disseminate best practices to improve program outcomes.
- Improvements in program outputs.
- Improvement in quality of donor reports and proposals.
Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s Degree or its equivalent in Medical Sciences, Public Health or related fields.
- 10 years cognate experience with at least 5 years as a principal investigator or co-principal investigator of a national or international study.
- Membership of a professional research body
- Recent experience as a reviewer in a high impact international journal
- Demonstrable experience in the development of research frameworks or evaluation of health interventions at national or international levels.
Salary
Competitive.