Job: Senior e-Learning Specialist

Location: Washington 
Deadline: Thursday, 03 October 2013  

Description

Background / General description:

The Change, Knowledge and Learning Vice-Presidency of the World Bank is charged with taking forward the cross-cutting agenda on learning and knowledge in the Bank Group. It incorporates the World Bank Institute (WBI) which underwent a far-reaching renewal over the past three years, transforming itself from a retail training institute to a modern institution providing innovative services. The World Bank Group learning agenda is to catalyze change for development results, leveraging WBG and outside sources of finance. It does this by strengthening the capacity of government and non-government stakeholders to collectively solve development challenges through three interlinked clusters of support: open Knowledge and learning, connecting them to global knowledge & learning on the 'how' of reform; Innovative solutions, scanning & incubating innovations to help them tackle key development challenges; and collaborative governance, enabling them to mobilize and coalesce for collective action. Programs mobilize different combinations of the three clusters to galvanize & inspire stakeholders to achieve results.

WBI provides key support to corporate priorities including the Knowledge Strategy, Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy, Open Development and the Modernization Agenda.

Some program highlights include the following:

• Geo-coded 30,000 project locations in 142 IBRD and IDA countries comprising 1,600 active Bank projects for greater accountability. Launched the Open Aid Partnership to geo-map all donor projects in pilot countries. Now incorporating citizen feedback through use of ICT in Bank projects
• Launch of the e-institute as the WBG's virtual learning platform, turning cutting edge global knowledge into accessible and interactive content.
• Delivering a program of support to the MICs to establish knowledge hubs for development, including a major conference in Bali, Indonesia in July 2012
• Helping signatories of the Open Government Partnership & others achieve greater standards of transparency and participation, including through mapping of public spending. Launching the open contracting initiative to increase stakeholder capacity to monitor the award and implementation of public contracts.
• Incubating the new Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) to scale-up the Bank's engagement with civil society to improve the quality of governance and service delivery at country level. Strengthening networks of non-state actors - CSOs, parliamentarians, media, youth, and business - mobilizing them as accountability partners.

Open Learning Campus:

This job announcement concerns the position of a Senior e-Learning Specialist who will be responsible for growing the Open Learning Campus as the platform for learning for the World Bank Group. The Open learning Campus (OLC) is being built as a comprehensive digital campus where Bank clients, general public and staff can access real time, relevant, world class learning.

The OLC builds on the experience of the e-Institute which since its launch in 2011 the e-Institute has provided affordable and accessible learning to development practitioners on the 'how-to' of reform in thematic areas such as Health Systems, Urban Development and Governance. It has successfully established itself as a Bank-wide 'go-to' place for learning, and offered a wide range of knowledge and learning services.

In the transformation of the e-Institute to the OLC the focus will be on scaling up through external and internal partnerships, through high quality, cutting edge content on frontier areas of development and use of innovative pedagogies and tools for dissemination. For this next phase of development, WBIKL is seeking a Senior e-learning specialist, who will work with the Manager responsible for e-learning and other members of the team to realize this vision.

Selection Criteria:

Essential Competencies

Specialized Skills/Knowledge/

• Masters degree or above in educational technology or related field with a focus on multidisciplinary themes of pedagogy, social learning, and adult learning, and:
• Demonstrated experience (at least 8 years of experience) in (designing, developing, and evaluating) distance learning and e-learning programs on development-related topics
• Solid knowledge of learning design theory, high degree of familiarity with major instructional design concepts, and the ability to lead by influence in communicating pedagogical choices and reasoning behind them
• Proficiency in the key methods and approaches used in planning, designing and evaluation of e-learning and distance learning programs.
• High level of proficiency in the use of new technologies for e-learning
• Ability to communicate with the Subject experts, and course teams to advocate the adoption of effective instructional techniques.
• Demonstrated experience in designing capacity development solutions in developing country contexts.
• Excellent knowledge of World Bank processes particularly in the area of capacity building, including working across networks and regions (applies to internal candidates only).
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external senior leaders and key stakeholders.
• Operational Project Management - Demonstrates expert knowledge and understanding of project management tools & methodologies; ability to manage complex, multi-functional, cross-regional projects/programs including managing relationships with stakeholders & counterparties.

General Professional Competencies

• Business Excellence for Learning Professionals - Demonstrates broad understanding of the principles of the learning profession. Articulates the strategic direction of diverse learning services, linking them to core business and/or the strategic objectives.
• Strategic Needs Assessment and Planning - Demonstrates broad understanding of Strategic Needs Assessment and Planning. Able to effect change, and advocate for effective planning for Learning. Provides informed input into strategy documents, plans & budgets for learning programs.
• Design of Learning Activities - Demonstrates broad understanding of the design of learning. Has the ability to effect change, promotes awareness, and advocate for effective design practices in learning.
• Development of Learning Activities - Demonstrates broad understanding of best practices in the development of learning. Able to effect change, & advocates for effective Learning activity development. Monitors and ensures learning activities are within budget allocations.
• Implementation of Learning Activities - Demonstrates broad understanding of best practices in learning implementation. Oversees the allocation of resources and expertise required for the implementation of successful Learning Activities and Programs.
• Instructional Technology - Demonstrates broad understanding of the use and application of instructional technologies. Has the ability to effect change, promotes awareness, and advocate for, the use of current and emerging instructional technologies.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Learning - Demonstrates broad understanding of program and resource management for learning. Able to effect change, promote awareness, advocate and allocate resources in support of learning.
• Fostering a Culture of Learning - Demonstrates expert proficiency in organizational learning. Has the ability to effect change, promote awareness, and advocate for, an organizational learning culture aligned with the organization's mission and strategic objectives

Behavior competencies

• Client Orientation - Translates insight into practice across disciplines, hierarchies, geographies and organizational units in service of clients.
• Drive for Results - Ensures successful implementation and delivery of key programs and projects, ensuring that outputs positively impact results.
• Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Creates a team climate of practical and innovative action, facilitating collaboration between competing interests and stakeholders.
• Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Demonstrates command of all forms of communication and presents in a clear, objective and engaging manner in high-level settings; ensures knowledge is captured and shared in a variety of ways.
• Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Serves as a trusted advisor to others on their decisions, ensuring alignment across units and optimal impact on the organization as a whole. 
  The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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