Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Specialist, USAID/Georgia, Data-Driven Collaborating and Adapting Activity

Job Description

Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Specialist, USAID/Georgia, Data-Driven Collaborating and Adapting Activity

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over ninety countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Proposal Opportunity:

Palladium is looking for a qualified, experienced, and innovative CLA specialist for the upcoming USAID/ Georgia Data-Driven Collaborating and Adapting Activity. This Activity will provide support USAID in generating and using evidence for decision making on programming. The CLA Specialist will lead the CLA workstream and work with both USAID/Georgia and local implementing partners to use generated evidence to collaborate, learn and adapt their programming to achieve their goals. The COP will have an ultimate, leading role in the overall quality of work in core technical areas of the program, such assessments, evaluations, data synthesis, and CLA. The CLA Specialist will have proven experience in using and communicating evidence for decision making and, ideally, for informing long term strategy, and will have worked on learning and adaptation issues. They will possess outstanding facilitation, communication, and M&E skills.

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

**Please note: Georgian nationals are highly encouraged to apply**

Reporting and Supervision:

The CLA Specialist will report to the Chief of Party (COP) of the program.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support USAID/Georgia in the development of the new Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) via facilitation of strategy sessions with both USAID/Georgia and USAID/Washington. Will also oversee the development of any primary or secondary analysis needed to compile evidence needed to inform the five-year strategy.
  
• Support USAID Missions portfolio review process and subsequent PPR reporting by overseeing the compilation of analysis and summary of Mission performance data and facilitating review sessions where the evidence is reviewed and impacts to programming discussed.
  
• Support the development and roll out of the of Mission’s learning agenda, including creating a list of learning activities (including events) for the year.
  
• Facilitate and manage logistics for learning events such as pause and reflect sessions, implementing partner meetings and learning workshops.
  
• Support the delivery of CLA capacity building and training activities for Mission staff, IPs, and other Mission stakeholders, including the development of curriculum and materials and facilitation of activities.
  
• Deliver training on monitoring, evaluation and learning topics to USAID’s Implementing Partners.
  
• Provide support in managing Mission-commissioned events, including general facilitation and logistical support.
  

Key Competencies Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. A master’s degree is preferred
  
• At least 7 years of experience in experience in designing, managing, and analyzing the results of development projects.
  
• At least 4 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, with expertise in theory of change, results frameworks, and the creation and execution of monitoring and evaluation plans.
  
• Demonstrated experience in learning and knowledge management, particularly in providing evidence-based recommendations. Familiarity with the USAID CLA framework is desirable.
  
• Strong facilitation skills, with experience in designing and delivering workshops, training, and other events.
  
• Full professional written and spoken proficiency in English.
  

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce, and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm.” We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who meet Palladium staff are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

About the Organization

Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations.


Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported by four key pillars: • International Development • Strategy Execution Consulting • Impact Investment • Training and Events We create positive impact through more than 100 current projects with more than 2000 employees operating in over 90 countries.