NORC Albuquerque
Seattle, Washington, United States
Learning Director, USAID Uganda Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Strategic Initiative (MEL - SI) IDIQ
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY: | NORC at the University of Chicago is one of the largest and most highly respected social research organizations pursuing high quality social science research both in the U.S. and internationally. NORC is seeking a Learning Director for an anticipated RFTOP under USAID Ugandas Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Strategic Information (MEL-SI) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Learning Director will work full-time over a 5-year period based in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda MEL-SI aims to provide support services to USAID/Ugandas technical offices and implementing partners. Implemented via Task Orders, these services will strengthen performance management by generating a technical evidence base to guide the Missions programming. Specifically the MEL-SI IDIQ contract will support the Missions activities through the following objective: provide technical support to the Mission and Implementing Partners to advance the objectives of the Country Development Cooperation Strategies (CDCS) through strengthening evidence-based programming. Ugandan citizens are strongly encouraged to apply. This full-time position is contingent on funding. |
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DEPARTMENT: International Programs | INPRO was established in 2005, and works on performance and impact evaluations, capacity building, complex surveys, and qualitative data collection, among other research activities, throughout the developing world. Our research covers a range of sectors including education, child and youth well-being, gender equality and womens empowerment, private-sector engagement, democracy and governance, resilience and food security, land and resource governance, biodiversity conservation, natural climate solutions, agriculture, water and sanitation, and vulnerable populations. Since its establishment INPRO has implemented projects in more than 100 countries in Africa, Asia, MENA, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. |
RESPONSIBILITIES: | The Learning Director is responsible for supporting USAID/Colombia in the implementation of its learning tasks and for promoting the use of evidence in adapting current activities and informing future programming. The Learning Director will be responsible for designing and facilitating sessions to identify lessons learned with USAID activity technical teams and teams from the evaluations/research/assessments and performance monitoring teams of the MEL Activity. Further, the Learning Director will need to design, facilitate, and systematize methodologies to promote learning, strategic collaboration, knowledge sharing, and adaptive management among different audiences (mission staff, technical teams from USAID activities, private sector, government entities, and civil society organizations, among others). They will design methodologies that guide learning encounters using participatory techniques, and design and facilitate learning events for implementing partners and other counterparts. Also, the Learning Director will support the implementation of USAID/Colombia knowledge management for the Mission. They will facilitate change management processes using process consultation, coaching, and mentoring to adopt improved systems and processes. Finally, the Learning Director will prepare organizational assessment tools, methodologies, and implementation guidelines. |
REQUIRED SKILLS: |
Preferred Qualifications
Communication and Public Relations Skills:
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WHAT WE DO: | NORC at the University of Chicago is an objective, non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions. Since 1941, our teams have conducted groundbreaking studies, created and applied innovative methods and tools, and advanced principles of scientific integrity and collaboration. Today, government, corporate, and nonprofit clients around the world partner with us to transform increasingly complex information into useful knowledge. |
WHO WE ARE: | For over 80 years, NORC has evolved in many ways, moving the needle with research methods, technical applications and groundbreaking research findings. But our tradition of excellence, passion for innovation, and commitment to collegiality have remained constant components of who we are as a brand, and who each of us is as a member of the NORC team. With world-class benefits, a business casual environment, and an emphasis on continuous learning, NORC is a place where people join for the stellar research and analysis work for which were known, and stay for the relationships they form with their colleagues who take pride in the impact their work is making on a global scale. |
EEO STATEMENT: | NORC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values and actively seeks diversity in the workforce. NORC evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other legally protected characteristics. |