Knowledge Management Consultant

**Job Information**:
Project/Activity
- MELSAIndustry
- USAIDCity
- BogotaState/Province
- Bogota, D.C.Country
- ColombiaZip/Postal Code
- 110111HIghest Level of Education
- PhDWork Experience
- 10-15 years- Panagora Group is a U.S. small business that provides monitoring and evaluation services in the international development industry and currently implements the USAID/Colombia Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activity and the USAID/Colombia Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Short-term Activity (MELSA). These contracts provide technical and advisory services to USAID in the following components: (1) Monitoring; (2) Performance and Impact Assessments; (3) Research, Assessments, and Data Analysis; (4) Geographic Information Services (GIS) and (5) Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation tasks (CLA).
- Panagora provides the Mission with technical and advisory services to facilitate informed decision-making on the management of USAID/Colombia activities, shape the long-term strategic and programmatic direction of the Mission, and allow USAID/Colombia to comply with USAID’s Evaluation Policy and USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) 201.

Panagora seeks a knowledge management expert to lead the implementation of a knowledge management action plan for USAID/Colombia and the MEL platform.

The following are key responsibilities and requirements for the position:
**Responsibilities**
- The following activities will be developed in close collaboration with USAID/Colombia and the CLA MEL Platform team. The MEL Activity CLA team and USAID/Colombia Program Office will provide all the information needed to complete the activities and support all the coordination process.
- Continue adapting and strengthening the procedures to formalize knowledge retention and transfer during staff transitions.
- Identify, review, and classify existing and new knowledge products by keywords and integrate them into the MEL Library
- Organize semi-annual consultations with creators and users of the Mission's systems and platforms (i.e., MEL Library and Context Data Hub) to collect feedback and identify specific improvements.
- Analyze incentive and recognition mechanisms to promote a knowledge management culture and develop a proposal based on these and the context of USAID/Colombia and its MEL platform.
- Support the construction of a template for the elaboration of fact sheets of evaluations and assessments developed by USAID/Colombia.
- Support the construction of a fact sheet template that documents performance and learning from the implementation of USAID Activities, at the time of closure.
- Expand current audiences of Mission's existing evaluations and assessment U&D plans (e.g., regional IPs teams, more than one TO, stakeholders)
- Identify topics for IP knowledge sharing (common challenges, good practices, lessons learned, etc.)
- Develop at least a quarterly presentation on the progress and challenges in the implementation of the action plan.
- Design an annual survey for USAID/Colombia and IPs staff, which allows tracking of progress towards the objectives in the USAID/Colombia KM Action Plan.

**Español**

Panagora Group (Panagora) es una pequeña empresa propiedad de mujeres especializada en salud global y desarrollo internacional que brinda servicios de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Aprendizaje a la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional en Colombia - USAID/Colombia (La Misión) a través de diferentes contratos suscritos con la Misión para la ejecución de las actividades. En el marco de sus responsabilidades contractuales,- Panagora brinda a la Misión servicios técnicos y de asesoría para facilitar la toma de decisiones informadas sobre la gestión de las Actividades de USAID/Colombia, dar forma a la dirección estratégica y programática de la Misión en el largo plazo y permitir a USAID/Colombia cumplir con la Política de Evaluación del Sistema de Directrices Automatizadas de USAID (ADS) 201.

Panagora busca un experto en gestión de conocimiento para que lidere la implementación de un plan de acción en gestión de conocimiento para USAID y la plataforma MEL.

Las siguientes son las responsabilidades y requerimientos claves para la posición:
**Responsabilidades**
- Las siguientes actividades se desarrollarán en estrecha colaboración con USAID/Colombia y el equipo CLA de la Plataforma MEL El equipo CLA de la plataforma MEL y la Oficina de Programas de USAID/Colombia proporcionarán toda la información necesaria para completar las actividades y también apoyarán todo el proceso de coordinación.
- Seguir adaptando y fortaleciendo los procedimientos para formalizar la retención de conocimientos durante las transiciones de personal.
- Identificar, revisar y clasificar los productos de conocimiento existentes y nuevos por palabras clave e integrarlos en la biblioteca MEL de USAID/Colombia.
- Diseñar, facilitar y documentar al menos un proceso de consulta con usuarios de difer