Learning Coordinator

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Raising Voices

  • Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Permanent
  • Deadline: 02/06/2025
  • Location: Uganda, Kampala
Gender-based violence (GBV)

1. Role Overview

In collaborations with Co-Directors, the Learning Coordinator provides conceptual, strategic and inspiring leadership for the implementation of the organization-wide Learning Strategy that strives to generate evidence and practice-based learning and support the integration of these insights to inform key program and policy related decisions for effective VAW/VAC prevention. The Learning Coordinator will provide dynamic and feminist informed leadership to the learning team including management, coordination, budget supervision and cultivating productive relationships with various partners.
This is a leadership role that requires daily presence in the office (Kampala, Uganda).

2. Duties and responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:
  •  In collaboration with the Co-Directors, determine and maintain strategic focus for all learning at Raising Voices, in line with the organizational strategy.
  •  Lead or co-lead periodic strategic reviews and reflections at departmental or cross-departmental level; to further strengthen the organizational learning strategy and enhance synergy across VAW Learning, VAC Learning and  organizational learning areas.
  •  Keep up to date with emerging developments, evidence, and discourse within the VAW/VAC Prevention field.

Technical Expertise:
  • Collaboratively design, coordinate and provide technical oversight for internal ‘Program Learning Initiatives’ and research efforts that systematically explore key questions emerging from practice.

Finance and Operational Management:
  • Lead the preparation of the work plan and budget for the Learning department and participate in the organizational budget making processes.

External Relations:
  • Build and maintain mutually productive relationships with partners and other like-minded organizations.

Personal Growth, Team Supervision and Mentorship:
  • Provide support and supervision of the Learning team, ensuring capacity is strengthened through mentorship.
  • Set annual performance goals with your supervisor (Co-Director) with intentional growth in your area of work.

Other:
  • Any other related duties assigned.

Competencies
  • Minimum – MA Degree in development, social work, gender, human rights fields, or any other related area.
  • PhD is an added advantage.
  • Over 8 years’ experience working with an NGO and substantive experience in violence prevention research or monitoring/evaluation and learning (MEL) roles; at least 5 of which should be in program leadership.
  • Strong track record of technical leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results.
  • Proven track record of writing popular resources sharing research/practice-based learning (ideally lead authorship). 
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, as well as draw out action-oriented implications for program and policy directions.
  • Experience conducting or being part of VAW/VAC research projects.

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