EnCompass is seeking a Deputy CLA Specialist to holistically assist the USAID Regional Mission for Ukraine and Belarus (USAID/Ukraine) in its monitoring, and its collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) needs over the implementation of its five-year 2018-2023 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The Deputy CLA Specialist will support the Sr. Specialist and Chief of Party (COP) in overseeing and managing all CLA Unit tasks, and will work in collaboration with the Knowledge Management and Communication Specialist, the Capacity Building Specialist, GESI Advisor, and other team members. Additionally, this individual will work with short-term technical assistance (STTA) specialists from EnCompass headquarters, local STTA, and specialists from EnCompass’ sub-contractor in the UMLS project, NORC at the University of Chicago. The Deputy CLA Specialist is expected to work with these diverse specialists to provide high-level, seamless, and proactive client support to the Mission related to CLA tasks. This includes responsibility for high quality delivery of technical work in areas such as skills-based capacity building, as well as deeply collaborative and proactive engagement in adaptive work focused on development the adaptive management capacity of the Mission on multiple levels.
This position is a full-time employee position. The position is currently a remote/virtual position due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In time, the position will evolve to in-person collaboration in Kyiv.
This position’s overarching duties include providing support Mission collaboration, learning, and adapting tasks by contributing to the Mission PMP, ensuring that CLA is considered, included, discussed, and scheduled by Mission stakeholders and appropriate COR/AORs and others. S/he will support specific tasks throughout the life of the CDCS that promote CLA such as, but not limited to: cross-office synergizing; collaboration across DOs; analyzing and using learning from activities; conducting and facilitating pause and reflect events for the Mission; engaging stakeholders; making adaptation recommendations; and supporting staff capacity-building.
Specific responsibilities include:
Support both Objectives of the UMLS contract either as part of the CLA team or collaboratively with members of the UMLS MEL team
* Minimum of eight years professional experience managing a learning team, ideally using collaboration, learning, and adapting approaches in a development context
This vacancy is archived.