Ifakara Health Institute is seeking a Senior Knowledge Management and Knowledge Translation Specialist, based in its Dar es Salaam office, to lead knowledge management and knowledge translation under the Beginning Fund Program, ensuring evidence and implementation learning inform maternal and newborn health outcomes, policy, program adaptation, scale and global learning.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a knowledge management and knowledge translation strategy aligned with national and global program learning agendas.
- Work with the IHI MEL team, Ministry of Health, and other implementing partners to capture implementation learning, clinical insights, and systems-level experience.
- Translate complex data, evaluations, and learning into clear, actionable products for government, managers, clinicians, donors, and communities.
- Support the development of decision-focused briefs, dashboards, scorecards, and synthesis products.
- Work with the Program Manager and Technical Leads to ensure learning informs program adaptation and scale decisions.
- Work with monitoring and evaluation teams to translate data and MEL findings into usable knowledge.
- Synthesise lessons on institutionalisation, financing, and government ownership to strengthen systems and scale.
- Establish and support a community of practice among clinicians, managers, and implementers.
- Facilitate learning exchanges, reflection workshops, and peer-to-peer learning at national and subnational levels.
- Lead the development of dashboards, story maps, reports, policy briefs, infographics, presentations, tools, datasets, videos, blogs, news stories, case studies, implementation guides, technical summaries, and visual learning products.
- Ensure knowledge products are timely, user-centred, and aligned with government priorities.
- Coordinate dissemination through national platforms and partner networks.
- Support national reviews, technical working groups, and policy processes with synthesised evidence.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Public Health, Communications, Multimedia or a related field
- At least 2-5 years of relevant experience in knowledge management, learning or evidence-to-policy roles in health programs
- Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale maternal, newborn and child health or health systems programs
- Knowledge management, knowledge translation and data visualisation skills
- Strategic communications and digital media strategy skills
- Strong synthesis, writing, facilitation and creative skills
- Understanding of learning health systems, adaptive management and the use of evidence
- Ability to work across technical, policy and implementation teams and engage stakeholders
- Fluency in English; proficiency in Kiswahili is highly desirable
- Knowledge management and knowledge translation skills.
- Data visualisation skills.
- Strategic communications leadership skills.
- Digital media strategy skills.
- Strong synthesis, communication, writing, and creative skills.
- Understanding of learning health systems, adaptive management, and the use of evidence.
- Ability to work across technical, policy, and implementation teams.
- Stakeholder collaboration and engagement skills.
- Strong facilitation skills.
- Strong proficiency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
