Country: United States of America
Closing date: 01 Jul 2017
Macfadden is an employee-owned, international professional services corporation that applies integrated information technology solutions and program/project management expertise to help solve critical issues impacting the health, safety and security of the world around us. Since 1986, federal agencies have relied on Macfadden for critical support in the areas of international disaster response, development and humanitarian assistance, information technology solutions, financial management systems support and knowledge management and communications.
Today, Macfadden provides innovative solutions that enable our customers to protect America's food supply more efficiently and bring medical breakthroughs to market sooner; rapidly respond to complex international disaster relief efforts; develop and maintain critical government IT financial systems and safeguard key government information systems. We support our customer's mission to help emerging democracies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia develop their economic infrastructures; help meet compliance requirements and improve transparency through effective records and information management programs; and help preserve many of our nation's most treasured historical documents through our data capture and digital conversion services.
With more than 200 employees, Macfadden is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD with multiple client site operations in the greater Washington, DC region and Tidewater, VA area.
Position Summary:
Key Internal Interfaces: KMLU, OFDA Africa Division
Key External Interfaces: Other OFDA Divisions
Macfadden is seeking a Knowledge Management Specialist (KMS) to support the United States Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). The KMS will support the Africa Division’s Knowledge Management Unit (KMLU), serving as a technical advisor on change management and the development of a learning agenda for the division.
Essential Functions:
- Support identification of focus areas for organizing, streamlining, and standardizing USAID/OFDA’s Africa Division’s vision to achieve long-term strategy.
- Conduct and/or facilitate research on identified areas for change; facilitate strategic dialogue to investigate new ideas and concepts.
- Research means of capturing program and technical skills and expertise to strengthen leadership and professional staff development.
- Develop and implement templates and systems to standardize communication, learning, and capacity development.
- Determine success criteria to track progress toward desired outcomes.
- Develop and communicate best practices for troubleshooting commonly and widely discussed issues USAID/OFDA Africa Division staff may encounter in daily work.
- Support special projects, as assigned.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree strongly preferred.
Experience:
8 years of experience if candidate holds a bachelor’s degree; 6 years of experience if candidate holds a master’s degree. Humanitarian and/or international experience required. Experience with institutional change management strongly preferred.
Skills:
- Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills required.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the methodologies and principles of change management.
- Strong organization capabilities, able to track multiple competing priorities at once and see projects through to completion.
- Computer proficiency required to include strong applied knowledge of the MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google applications.
U.S. Citizenship is required; selected candidate must be able to qualify for a government sponsored security clearance.
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
How to apply:
https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=MCFA&cws=1&rid=1067