Senior Knowledge Management Specialist

Senior Knowledge Management Specialist

2 Year Staff Appointment - Nairobi, Kenya

The World Bank Country Office in Kenya seeks applications for a Senior Knowledge Management Specialist in the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP).

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a global partnership to help government clients improve their capacity to provide improved water supply and sanitation services to the poor.


Administered by the World Bank with financial support from several donors, WSP is a decentralized program that operates through offices in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and South Asia.

WSP is part of the World Bank's Transport, Water and Information & Communications Technology Department (TWI) in the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) Vice Presidency.

Additional information about WSP can be found on the program website (www.wsp.org).

As a knowledge institution, the World Bank focuses its efforts around three distinct knowledge roles

(i) Knowledge Producer: producing and disseminating high quality global and country knowledge;

(ii) Knowledge Customizer: working with clients to customize policies and programs to meet specific challenges, based on the best available knowledge, and

(iii) Knowledge Connector: connecting governments, civil society and private actors with others that have faced similar challenges.

The selected staff will work as knowledge management specialist across the Africa region and under the overall guidance of the Regional Team Leader, and in close coordination with other WSP Africa senior staff, as well as with other KM specialists in the World Bank.

The responsibilities of the Senior Knowledge Management Specialist will include, but are not limited to the following:
    •    Provide key inputs to WSP Africa Strategy on Knowledge Management
    •    Manage systems to link WSP Africa staff to global knowledge.
    •    Identify together with Task Team Leaders (TTL) innovative aspects of the work program/projects for knowledge capture and dissemination
    •    Prepare and coordinate the development of WSP Africa lessons and results including but not limited to: stories, blogs, articles, newsletters and results via relevant outlets
    •    Manage out-sourced firms and consultants in the production of knowledge materials
    •    Develop and manage the system to track knowledge products portfolio building on the system already in place in TWI.
    •    Develop and manage a system to track the delivery and quality of WSP Africa knowledge products.
Qualifications:
    •    Masters degree in a knowledge and communications related field, business administration, finance, engineering, social sciences or other related fields applicable to the duties and responsibilities of the position.
    •    Minimum 8 years of broad-based experience in one or more professional disciplines directly relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the position.
    •    Experience in water supply and sanitation and infrastructure sectors desirable
    •    Strong writing, conceptual and research/analytical skills with attention to detail and contextual backgrounds.
    •    Strong ability to develop, maintain and coordinate knowledge dissemination in open source media platforms.
    •    Ability to "think out-of-the-box" and act rapidly, develop, analyze, articulate and integrate information from varied sources
For the full job description, competencies and selection criteria for this vacancy, qualified candidates are requested to visit and submit an electronic application at www.worldbank.org/careers.

Once on the site, click on Current Job Openings> Job number >132526.

The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background.

Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date is November 30, 2013.