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About US:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and North America.
Job Summary: The Knowledge Management (KM) Manager within the Strategic Information Portfolio employs the use of traditional and digital learning approaches to develop and implement innovative, creative, and effective ways to strategically capture and share technical knowledge, leverage good practices, and improve the effectiveness of development programs. The KM Manager will be responsible for identifying, managing, packaging, and disseminating key information to advance technical practice and provide program staff with the tools they need to conduct better development work. Specifically, the KM Manager will lead and support learning events, conduct research, produce resources and guidance, and facilitate ongoing content development and engagement.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design and implement effective learning activities - in collaboration with communications, quality improvement and capacity building teams, work with stakeholders to scope and implement appropriate and effective knowledge capture and sharing activities
- Manage knowledge sharing events - in collaboration with the research and quality improvement teams, scope and manage the successful execution of knowledge sharing events including monthly seminars/ webinars, workshops, conferences, and peer learning sessions
- Identify and curate technical website content – in collaboration with the communications team and technical experts, manage and implement project- wide content strategies to ensure that the right knowledge is getting to the right people at the right time (and in the right way)
- Manage website community engagement - Respond to website members in a timely manner and engage them in meaningful knowledge exchange
- Document and share learning - ensure requirements, lessons learned, and best practices for products, events, and other knowledge management activities are clear and documented
- Engage partners and learning champions - work with program managers, project partners, and learning champions to expand various Baylor-Uganda online/ in-person learning activities including engaging the growing member base on project websites, collaborating with external partners, and contributing content
- Work collaboratively with communications, quality improvement and capacity building teams - in assessing and learning to ensure alignment and cohesion
- Identify and share creative, efficient and effective ways to engage audiences and facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Baylor Uganda Knowledge Management Manager job must hold a Master’s degree
- Five years of experience in knowledge management, organizational learning, development studies, public health, epidemiology, or a relevant advanced degree
- Broad knowledge and understanding of knowledge management principles in and capacity to deliver knowledge management and/or organizational learning activities
- Ability to link content development and engagement strategies that facilitate timely, useful delivery of information through project learning platforms and activities
- Excellent facilitation, program/activity management, and written and oral communication skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates with a desire to work with the Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation should send their cover letters with detailed updated CVs, names and addresses of three referees, copies of professional/Academic documents, email address, and daytime telephone contact. You must have at least a credit 6 in MATH and ENGLISH.
The Head of Human Resources,
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation-Uganda,
Block 5 Mulago Hospital, P.O. Box 72052 clock tower, Kampala, Uganda
Email to: applications@baylor-Uganda.org
Deadline: 21st August 2018
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