Learning and Innovation Team Leader

1. BACKGROUND 

In support of Vietnam’s efforts to address environmental pollution challenges, the five year USAID Reducing Pollution Activity fosters locally-driven initiatives and  facilitates capacity for local actors/networks to address environmental pollution  challenges using a collective impact approach. Collective impact addresses complex  challenges by mobilizing diverse actors to collaborate, identify ways to solve a shared  problem, and take action based on their roles and comparative advantages. The Activity  demonstrates clear connections between environmental benefits and other social  benefits, including public health, employment, and sustainable economic growth. 

Through this Activity, USAID expects to attain the following results: 

∙ Strengthened networks of local organizations, government, private sector, and  academic institutions working together to prevent, mitigate, and/or reduce  environmental pollution; and 

∙ Increased capacity of stakeholders to generate, share, and use pollution data to  support policy/implementation solutions for locally-determined environmental  pollution challenges. 

2. POSITION DESCRIPTION 

The Team Leader: Learning and Innovation plays a critical role in the Reducing Pollution  Activity team by providing leadership, guidance and overall direction to ensure and  advance collaborative efforts with key stakeholders, promote learning and support  processes to enable adaptative management within the project. 

S/he will be responsible for implementing a systematic, intentional, and resourced  approach to integrating collaboration, learning, and adapting efforts, and serve as the  Activity’s overall leader for performance monitoring. Working under the supervision of  the Chief of Party, the Team Leader: Learning and Innovation will champion and  coordinate organizational reflection and learning opportunities as well as foster strong  collaboration and coordination with all key stakeholders, including Government of  Vietnam, leading local NGOs, social organizations and private sector entities. 

S/he will be based in Hanoi, with periodic travel to the project’s target sites as required for  project activities.

3. RESPONSIBILITIES 

∙ Organizational Learning and Adaptive Management 

o Leading the development of the project’s Results Framework and ensure  adaptation as required, in line with USAID frameworks, tools and approaches. o Designing, and leading the implementation of an effective, inclusive,  systematic, intentional, and resourced approach to organizational learning (by  creating and implementing an organizational learning agenda) to  enable continuous improvement of the Activity. 

o Coordinating participatory analyses at regular intervals to ensure that Activity  understanding remains current to inform ongoing efforts, and to document how  linkages among local actors are changing over time. 

o Overseeing the Activity baseline and developmental evaluation by collecting  and analyzing real-time data in ways that will lead to informed and ongoing  decision making as part of the design, development, and implementation  process of the project as well as rapid evaluation of innovative activities and  technologies. 

o Designing and coordinating implementation of needs-based implementation  research studies and protocols to generate evidence for innovations that work  and do not work, ensuring methodological rigor of research undertaken. 

o Supporting and guiding leading grantees and partner sub-awardees with  collaborative learning and measurement for a collective impact process. 

∙ Knowledge Management & Communications 

o Leading the design and implementation of learning platforms and networks  (internally within the project and externally with multiple stakeholders) for  quick uptake of learning for programmatic adaptation. 

o Articulating strategy and plans for outreach, dissemination and collaborative  learning on results (outputs and outcomes) of the project/activity, performance  improvements, and convening lessons learned throughout project phases - discovery, organize for action, and implementation. 

o Facilitating collaboration, learning and sharing of experiences among local  partners. 

o Establishing communication systems with partner grantees and helps to support  and/or create an enabling environment for collective action among and  between partners. 

o Overseeing the communication activities of the project. 

∙ Staff management and contributions to organizational culture 

o Recruiting, orienting, strengthening the capacity, and overseeing the  performance of MEL, Communications and Data Management staff members. o Embedding a collaborating and learning focus into the project culture and  implementation process. 

∙ Other 

o Travel domestically to support project sub-grantees.

4. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 

∙ A minimum Master’s degree in social science or related fields, or BA/BS and  equivalent years of experience. 

∙ A minimum of ten (10) years working in international development and/or social  scientific research. 

∙ Established experience facilitating effective collaboration and organizational  learning practices internally and with external stakeholders. 

∙ Ability to apply tested approaches and frameworks, while demonstrating ability to  think “outside the box” to bring in new innovative ideas and processes. ∙ Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team setting. ∙ Creativity and enthusiasm to tackle new challenges. 

∙ Experience with collective impact, multistakeholder facilitation, and/or community  development required. 

∙ Experience managing research or learning agendas, knowledge  management processes, qualitative and quantitative data management and  analysis, and/or research methods required. 

∙ Familiarity with the USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) framework,  tools and approaches is an advantage. 

∙ Proven experience with qualitative and innovative research, monitoring, or  evaluation methodologies. 

∙ Experience in capacity strengthening of local organizations. 

∙ Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity. 

∙ Fluency in written and spoken English and Vietnamese. 

∙ Excellent written and oral communication. 

∙ Proficient in Microsoft Office. 

5. SUPERVISOR 

The Team Leader: Learning and Innovation reports to the Chief of Party. 

Interested candidates with the right qualifications and motivation are invited to apply via  Winrock’s website  no later than August 13th, 2021. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

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