Location
This role will be based in Vientiane, Laos. You must be legally authorized to work in Laos.
What will you do?
Bixal is seeking a Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Specialist for a five-year monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL)contract for USAID/Laos. The ideal candidate is an expert with experience using data, reports, and people’s experience to support adaptive management that improves project efficiency and effectiveness. The CLA Specialist will provide guidance, technical leadership and technical oversight for teams supporting CLA assignments for USAID and their partners. The CLA Specialist will provide expert level support and advice on how projects could work together more effectively and how to better use data to learn and ultimately adapt programming. Important Note:This position is contingent upon contract award.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Performance Monitoring Specialist and Senior Evaluation Specialist to deliver high quality and innovative CLA services, applying state-of-the-art organizational learning methods.
- Lead and manage the technical work related to learning and adaptive management and provide senior level technical and managerial support on projects, such as learning events, workshops, training, analysis, or other tasks as required.
- Facilitate learning agenda development and lead tasks to institutionalize cross-sectoral, cross-Mission collaboration, and learning activities for both internal and external audiences.
- Coordinate CLA capacity building/training activities for Mission staff, implementing partners(IPs), and other Mission stakeholders, including supporting activity design, curriculum and materials development, and facilitation.
- Establish, build, and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders relevant to the learning needs of USAID/Laos, includingIPs and Government of Laos stakeholders.
- Assist with troubleshooting and problem-solving as needed, including delivering services to the client when required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or relevant field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience, including at least 7 years of experience in learning, adaptive management, and knowledge management for international development programs.
- Experience working on USAID-funded projects focused on providing MEL/CLA support.
- Excellent trainer and facilitator with deep experience in a variety of capacity building approaches, adult education, and curriculum design.
- Strong familiarity with USAID’s Evaluation Policy and related guidance on MEL and CLA approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with civil society and private sector, host country government counterparts, and other IPs in developing countries.
- Experience working in Laos and demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the economic, ecological, social, cultural, and political characteristics of the Laotian context and development dynamics.
- Professional written and spoken English.
- Superior organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work as part of a cross-cultural team with a high degree of sensitivity and cultural competence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Technical sector expertise in one of the USAID Laos portfolio sectors, such as Economic Growth, Governance, or Health.
Please note that candidates selected may undergo a background investigation and, if applicable, meet eligibility requirements for suitability.Bixal is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It ensures equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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