The Kaizen Company Learning Analytics Director Jobs in Ethiopia

The Kaizen Company Learning Analytics Director Jobs in Ethiopia

Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company is an international development consulting firm and an incubator for innovative, scalable solutions that address emerging market challenges and opportunities. Our proven solutions catalyze locally driven organizational and institutional performance improvements and establish communities of practice that facilitate peer-to-peer learning and the achievement of shared goals.

We aspire to transform the nature and impact of development assistance and work to strengthen organizations and institutions through innovative approaches to organizational development, reform, and change.

We are seeking a Learning Analytics Director to lead the delivery and innovation of learning, monitoring, and evaluation (LME) efforts for the Ethiopia Learning Analytics Activity. The purpose of this activity is to bolster the capacity of USAID/Ethiopia to work towards a Mission-wide systematic and intentional approach to learning.

The Activity will improve data management and help the Mission to make timely decisions in program design and implementation. The Activity will enable wider collective impact of USAID and other partners – thereby better meeting the Development Objectives outlined in the Mission's Country Development & Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).

The Learning Analytics Director will also ensure GESI mainstreaming through all Activity programming, in close collaboration with the Senior Management Team.

The Learning Analytics Director will manage a Learning Analytics team consisting of eight full-time team members (i.e., six Learning Analytics Specialists, a Marketplace Manager, and a Communications & Knowledge Management Specialist), collaborate regularly with supporting teams dedicated to Evidence and Technology, Data, & Analytics led by international subcontractor with industry-leading capabilities, receive support from a network of local service providers as needed, and report to the Deputy Chief of Party.

Location: Addis Ababa

Responsibilities and Tasks

Responsibilities and tasks will include, but are not limited to:

Manage all Learning Analytics team members

Develop and maintain close collaborative relationships with all Mission Offices, prioritized USAID implementing partners, the Activity’s LME and technology partners, prioritized Government of Ethiopia entities, and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., other donors)

Ensure the Activity’s learning, monitoring, and evaluation resources and “menu” of offerings are aligned with the Mission’s short-term and long-term needs and utilized optimally

Lead the design and implement the Activity’s LME strategies and initiatives – in close consultation with each Mission Office including

Raise awareness

and build knowledge of new and emerging LME approaches and capabilities available to the Mission

Oversee and assure quality of all LME initiatives and deliverables

Drive the application of Lean Innovation and Agile Product Development (as appropriate) across all Activity programming – while building Mission staff capacity for innovation

Lead the development of three new institutions to expand USAID’s engagement in innovative learning analytics with other partners and to enable the sustainability of those effort – namely a Center for Development Learning & Innovation, a Learning Analytics Community of Practice, and a Learning Analytics Marketplace for Local Service Providers

Qualifications

Master’s degree in a relevant field with a minimum of seven years’ experience with LME or related functions; or a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with a minimum of ten years’ experience

A minimum of three years’ experience with team management

A minimum of three years’ experience supporting USAID and/or USAID-funded Activities with a full range of LME services and support

Experience and expertise in emerging LME practices – particularly using a wide range of evidence to support real time decision making

Strong Client service skills with a successful track record of promoting collaboration across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders

Excellent written and oral communication, facilitation, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Strong skills for planning and execution – driven to produce high quality work on time

Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently and effectively – plus, respond with to changing priorities and circumstances with flexibility and agility

Experience and expertise in Lean innovation and Agile product development

Preferred

Experience supporting USAID Missions

Familiarity with East African operating environments

Experience working and living in a developing country

How to Apply

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