Development Links Consult on behalf of its client is seeking to recruit a dynamic and experienced individual to join the client organization to work on the Learning Process Project under the following position.

Technical Advisor – Documentation
The Technical Advisor – Documentation will support grantees to extract learning, share and use it to improve practice in programs for prevention of violence against children. The Technical Advisor will ensure that all project documents are of excellent technical quality and contribute significantly to national, regional and global learning.

Responsibilities:
• The Technical Advisor will develop a learning strategy with each grantee and across grantees which gives more concentration to grantees’ role in learning process and evaluates the impact of using learning to improve practice.
• Set cross-grantee learning strategy
• Help grantees document learning for first convening, and synthesize findings for large audience convening
• Help grantees build learning on first convening outputs
• Support the import of knowledge about social norms, prevention, resilience, community-based protection systems to the grantees; and the expert of lessons learned to wider stakeholders
• The Technical Advisor will report to the Executive Director of the client organization and will be expected to network and share learning with grantees as well as the Project Advisory Committee.

Qualifications and experience:**
• A Master’s degree in Mass Communication and a degree/post graduate diploma in child rights or any relevant field.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role with a bi-lateral, multi -lateral organization, Government or NGO.
• The Technical Advisor must be knowledgeable about current research on violence against children and should be skilled in applying the research findings to learning on a variety of VAC conditions.
• Excellent writing/editing skills with the ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
• Good working knowledge of print layout/design and web design
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Good understanding of the East African and global Child Rights context.
• Experience in using story telling in knowledge management
• Ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with other stakeholders
• Ability to work independently
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written

Conditions of employment:
• The successful applicant will be offered a three-year contract but working 50% per year and will be subject to a 2-month probationary period and a performance assessment.
• The candidate will be based at the client’s office in Kampala.

HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position please forward a covering letter of no more than two pages and your Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages) detailing qualifications and work experience to date as a single document, including your salary expectation for this role. The document should be written in English. Applications should be forwarded via email only to recruitment@devptlinks.org on or before close of business on 17th June 2016. You can also find this advert on www.devptlinks.org. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.