Country: United States of America
Closing date: 10 Jul 2015
Position Title Sr. Specialist Capacity Development
Requisition Number 15-0084
Post Date 5/15/2015
City Washington D.C.
Description Pact Overview
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.
Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.
Department Overview
Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. The Program Advancement team contributes to realizing this purpose by:
• Contributing to implementation of Capacity Development within Pact’s Global Strategy
• Promoting Pact policy and standards in Capacity Development, and helping develop guidance as needed.
• Supporting country programs and projects to deliver high quality capacity development initiatives through technical assistance, training, cross-fertilization, methodology development, documentation and collaboration.
• Serving as a technical writer, designer and implementer for selected bids and proposals
• Providing support to Pact’s Capacity Development Community of Practice.
• Collaboratively developing and maintaining donor and partner relationships, with a priority on partnerships important to Pact’s integrated approach.
• Representing Pact at conferences, agencies, internal and external meetings and other fora, documenting where necessary.
• Traveling to country offices to provide project support, as needed
• Supporting Capacity Development Team logistics
Position Purpose
Reporting to the Global Director of Capacity Development, the Sr. Specialist Capacity Development is responsible for leading Pact’s efforts in driving internal and external use of the Pact Capacity Solutions Platform and supporting country office programs in designing, implementing, and monitoring capacity development efforts including those with informal and formal community groups, civil society, government, and networks.
Key Responsibilities
The Sr. Specialist Capacity Development will work within the Capacity Development team providing two overall functions: (1) supporting the development and use of Pact’s Capacity Solutions Platform (CSP) and (2) supporting capacity development efforts within country office programs. Specific responsibilities include:
• Identify CSP Champions in each country and ensure full internal rollout
• Work in collaboration with internal and external users and developers to identify problems in CSP and prioritize fixes
• Work in collaboration with internal and external users and developers to identify, prioritize and implement new features in line with the CSP vision
• Support the development of marketing materials for the CSP, which may include materials for Pact’s capacity development toolkit at large, in the form brochures, webinars, public presentations, web content, blogs, etc.
• Establish and maintain external networking opportunities / channels for CSP marketing (i.e. LinkedIn groups, international development conferences, CDNetwork, etc.)
• Engage with external stakeholders to promote CSP, identify opportunities for their engagement with the CSP and contributions to promoting capacity development proven practices (i.e. blogs on the CSP platform)
• Repurpose existing capacity development and measurement materials to develop quality e-books
• Support development of high quality e-Learning materials and video content to be posted on CSP (i.e. Organizational Performance Index How To, Organizational Capacity Assessment How To)
• Maintain and update CSP User Guides, monthly reporting on CSP, and support proposal development related to CSP
• Support country offices through in-person and remote mentoring, training and knowledge transfer around key capacity development tools (i.e. Organizational Capacity Assessment, Organizational Performance Index, Organizational Network Analysis) and skills (i.e facilitation, mentoring & coaching, training, presenting)
• Support country offices through in-person and remote mentoring, training and knowledge transfer around key organizational development areas (i.e. human resources, financial management, strategic planning, program management, communications)
Basic Requirements
• BA + 4 years of experience of MA + 2 years of experience
• Degree in international development / relations, public policy, communications or marketing
• 40% – 45% international travel and occasional domestic travel
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, coaching and content development skills
• Ability to translate technical information into practical guidance and tools and effectively communicate these using print, electronic and presentation media.
• Sound networking and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively and collegially in teams.
• Ability to establish and sustain positive relationships with Pact staff, partners, donor organizations and peer organizations.
Preferred Qualifications
• Fluency in a second language, especially French or Swahili
• Experience working in an international environment for at least 2 years
• Familiarity with network mapping software
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
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