EAII Advisors Senior Manager Systems Strengthening

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About the Organization

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development – we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Since our founding in 2013, we have reached over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Manager, Systems Strengthening to enhance the scalability and effectiveness of the  Safe Water Now (SWN) team by optimizing internal processes, systems and staff capabilities. This individual will be in charge of defining the Safe Water Now learning agenda across workstreams in close collaboration with the SWN Operations Teams, setting up learning goals and agendas, and managing a team to achieve those goals and mainstream them into our programming. The ideal candidate has a strong background in managing water projects and a commitment to system strengthening, with emphasis on learning and development and over 10 years of experience, and with a successful track record in managing teams and collaborating with peers.

Job Responsibilities

Development of Learning Strategies

• Create strategies to identify learning needs across different workstreams and regions, such as technology improvement, community engagement, market shaping and procurement.
• Develop learning agendas and goals based on programmatic needs, risks and priorities.
• Coordinate a team of managers in charge of the learning agendas and allocate resources appropriately.

Learning and Development Management

• Together with Managers in charge of the implementation of the different workstreams, define work plans to meet learning needs and ensure these cover the needs across workstreams and regions.
• Work closely with the Safe Water Now leadership and the People and Culture team for designing and implementing successful learning and training programs.
• Ensure that goals are effectively met and collaborate with SWN Operations teams to embed those lessons into implementation work plans and team training.
• Support development of team capacity to establish systems that incorporate lessons learnt and standardize processes for rapid scale-up.
• Capture key elements of the learning process and ensure appropriate documentation of such processes as well as lessons learnt.
• Feed the lessons learnt into a standardized playbook to allow for easy reference and replication across geographies.
• Assess the effectiveness of training programs and make necessary adjustments to improve outcomes.

Collaboration with Stakeholders

• Work with department heads and senior management to identify learning and training priorities while ensuring priorities alignments across workstreams and regions.
• Coordinate with the P&C team to align the SWN team’s learning strategies to the overall learning and development strategy of Evidence Action.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and development across the SWN team.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

Essentials

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, product development, organizational development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in managing water projects with a focus on programmatic learning and development, training, or a related field. Exposure to program design and implementation is highly desirable.
• Proven track record in designing and implementing successful learning and training programs.
• Effectively collaborate with employees at all levels.
• Team management and leadership abilities to inspire and motivate others.
• Proven ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and internationally.

Desirable

• 3+ years of experience in adult learning principles and instructional design.
• Proficiency in using learning management systems (LMS) and e-learning platforms.
• Analytical skills to assess training needs, evaluate program effectiveness, and develop strategic plans.
• Ability to use data to guide decision-making and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Experience providing technical and advisory services to Governments in the development sector (preferably Water/WASH).
• Experience in program delivery.

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