Technical Advisor II, Knowledge Management

Job Summary:
Provides advanced technical leadership for knowledge management, external visibility, and strategic engagement across large, complex, multi-country global health projects in global health security, emergency and outbreak response, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, maternal, newborn, and child health, and health systems strengthening. Sets strategic direction and oversees systems and approaches that facilitate knowledge sharing, collaboration, and cross-country learning. Leads the development of strategic messaging and high-quality technical products for donor, government, partner, and public audiences to communicate project achievements, innovations, evidence, and impact. Directs the planning and execution of webinars, conference sessions, technical events, and other dissemination activities. Ensures technical accuracy, consistency, and adherence to donor branding and marking requirements and organizational standards across products and platforms. Advises project and organizational leadership on approaches to capture, synthesize, and disseminate evidence, lessons learned, and best practices that strengthen program performance and promote the use of knowledge across projects. Provides technical guidance to staff and consultants and may oversee a technical area, team, or portfolio. Strong leadership, project management, writing and editing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities are essential; experience with social media, photography, graphic design, and visual communications is desirable.
Technical Requirements:
Provides advanced technical leadership in knowledge management, external visibility, and strategic engagement related to one or more of the following technical areas: global health security; outbreak and emergency response; HIV; tuberculosis; malaria; polio; maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition; and health systems strengthening.
Advises senior technical and project leadership on strategies, systems, and approaches for identifying, synthesizing, and communicating evidence, lessons learned, best practices, and innovations.
Project Design Implementation:
Leads the design and implementation of knowledge management and external visibility strategies, work plans, and technical components for large, complex, multi-country projects.
Oversees processes, tools, and approaches that promote knowledge sharing, collaboration, and cross-country learning across projects and technical areas.
Directs the identification, documentation, synthesis, and dissemination of lessons learned, best practices, innovations, evidence, and project achievements.
Leads the planning and execution of webinars, learning events, technical exchanges, conference sessions, and other knowledge-sharing and dissemination activities that support project and organizational objectives.
Business Development and Client/Funder Support:
Leads or contributes to the design of knowledge management, learning, external visibility, and dissemination components of proposals, budgets, and work plans.
Provides technical input and strategic messaging for proposal development, client and funder meetings, presentations, and reports.
Maintains collaborative relationships with donor and client organizations, relevant government agencies, bilateral organizations, and NGOs.
Capacity Strengthening:
Develops and implements activities to strengthen the knowledge management, technical communications, and external visibility capacity of country office staff and implementing partners.
Provides technical guidance, coaching, and tools to support consistent quality and effective knowledge sharing across countries and projects.
Staff Leadership and Training:
May supervise team members, consultants, or other technical contributors; assigns work, monitors progress and quality, and supports professional development.
Develops and implements training, guidance, and competency-strengthening activities and identifies strategies to address capacity gaps.
Project/Program Reporting:
Leads the development and quality review of digital and visual knowledge products, including social media content, photography, data visualization, graphic design, video, and multimedia materials, as needed.
Synthesizes complex technical information and evidence from multiple sources into concise, strategic, audience-appropriate products for donors, partners, government stakeholders, project teams, and public audiences.
Quality Assurance:
Proactively identifies risks or challenges affecting deliverable quality, timeliness, or compliance and develops mitigation plans.
Reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of knowledge management, dissemination, and external visibility approaches and recommends enhancements to systems and procedures.
Applied Knowledge & Skills:
Demonstrated expertise in synthesizing complex technical information, evidence, and lessons learned into clear, strategic, actionable messages and products tailored for technical, donor, program, government, partner, and public audiences.
Knowledge of donor branding and marking requirements, organizational style standards, and quality assurance and clearance processes for technical and public-facing products.
Strong leadership, project management, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, content and message development, and verbal communication skills.
Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English. Proficiency in French is desired; proficiency in other languages is a plus.
Education: **
Master's Degree or its International Equivalent in Knowledge/Information Services, Communications, Education, Public Health, International Development, Social Sciences, or a related field.
Project Management certification preferred.
Experience: **
Typically requires 12+ years of relevant experience in global health, international development, knowledge management, technical communications, organizational learning, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership for large, complex, multi-country projects or programs.
Demonstrated experience leading the development and quality assurance of technical products, strategic messaging, knowledge-sharing activities, and external communications for donor, government, partner, or public audiences.
Experience leading or contributing to business development efforts, including proposal design, writing, budgeting, or work planning.
Relevant publications, presentations, reports, campaigns, tools, or multimedia products.
Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization, government agency, or similar international development organization.
Typical Physical Demands:
Typical office environment.