Overview
The Learning and Scaling Lead will support the Country Lead in developing and implementing a learning, scaling, and evidence synthesis agenda to translate programme evidence into operational insights and actionable policy recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design a Learning, Scaling and Evidence Synthesis Agenda by defining learning priorities, research questions, decision cycles and validation mechanisms.
- Contribute to the development of tools and systems to track progress against learning and scaling milestones.
- Recommend and help set-up tools to standardize reporting and data collection.
- Design and support the programme’s knowledge management architecture.
- Collect data and generate evidence on what works throughout program delivery and surface lessons learned.
- Facilitate cross-partner knowledge exchange.
- Coordinate drafting reports that consolidate cross-partner evidence into actionable recommendations.
- Lead the dissemination of key evidence and learnings.
- Support the collection and analysis of data on how outcomes-based contracts influence organizational practices.
- Lead the development and quality assurance of knowledge products.
- Contribute to draft policy briefs, learning notes, and strategic recommendations.
- Support the Country Lead to interpret and apply evidence in planning and decision-making processes.
- Contribute evidence inputs to national policy discussions and technical working groups.
- Support dissemination of findings through national and regional platforms.
- Build the capacity of government counterparts on OBF; use of data and evidence in routine decision-making.
- Design and facilitate learning forums and peer-learning exchanges.
- Convene stakeholders from government, civil society, donors, research institutions, and implementing partners.
- Capture and disseminate lessons learned across districts and implementation sites.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 7 years experience in education, skills-for-employment, development and/or policy programs.
- Experience working with national and/or sub-national governments, preferably within the education, skills-for-employment or broader development sectors.
- Experience in education and/or skills-for-employment policy and systems strengthening, including pathways for program scale-up and sustainability, or other closely related experience.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Public Policy, Education, Economics, Political Science, or similar.
