Collaborating, Learning and Adaptability Assistant at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Key Responsibilities

Collaboration:

• Work closely with community engagement team to coordinate and facilitate learning meetings and feedback sessions at all levels.
• Support the development and maintenance of partnerships with stakeholders, including program staff, partners, and donors.
• Help manage communication channels and collaboration tools to ensure effective information sharing and coordination.

Learning:

• Assist in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data and information to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Contribute to the development of learning agendas and the identification of key learning questions.
• Work closely with communication specialists to organized and maintained organizational knowledge management systems, ensuring easy access to relevant information and resources.

Adaptation:

• Assist in documenting lessons learned, best practices, and success stories from program activities.
• Support the integration of feedback and learning into program design and implementation.
• Help monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation strategies and suggest improvements.

Data Management and Reporting:

• Assist in the preparation of reports, presentations, and other documentation related to CLA activities.
• Support the collection, organization, and analysis of data related to program performance and outcomes.
• Help ensure data quality and integrity by following established data management protocols

Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

• Perform other task-related assignments proposed by his/her supervisor/s

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: MEL officer
• Indirect/Technical Reporting: MEL Lead
• Position directly Supervises: Research Assistant/Enumerators
• Key Internal Contacts:
• Program Lead, Reporting and Communication Lead, Consortium Leads, State, Education Officers
• Key External Contacts: 
• Teacher Mentors, Learning Facilitators, Enumerators, Data hub information officers, and consortium partners.

Qualifications

• Education: Degree/diploma in statistics, computer science/IT/or any other social science course
• Work Experience: At least 1 years’ experience in delivering MEL and CLA activities including data collection, management and reporting etc.

Demonstrated Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated the use of ICT4D such as Kobo collect, Ona, Commcare etc.
• Demonstrated report writing skill, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Strong data collection, and data documentation skills required.
• Familiarity with MEL tools and processes.
• Experience in supporting assessment.
• Most importantly, commitment to IRC values and principles.
• A strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with groups of diverse backgrounds.