- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding 
Learning and Adaptation Specialist at Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
Learning and Adaptation Specialist
These are your responsibilities
- Facilitate learning and adaptation by embedding reflective practices, promoting knowledge exchange, and fostering evidence-based change across initiatives and countries.
- Develop mechanisms to communicate right-sized data to decision-makers.
- Strengthen staff and partner capacity through tools, workshops, and processes that capture, synthesize, and apply knowledge to inform strategies and decision-making.
- Lead cross-country learning through Pause and Reflect sessions, Global Learning Forums, peer exchanges, and the MERLA Community of Practice, ensuring lessons are documented, shared, and applied.
- Develop and manage knowledge products and digital tools (e.g., AI, visualization platforms) to expand access and engagement.
- Translate technical learning into clear narratives and build staff capacity in storytelling to generate impactful learning assets.
- Lead the Learning Agenda by identifying priorities, documenting findings, and sharing lessons across stakeholders.
- Support change management by capturing and sharing programmatic adaptations and integrating MERLA into fundraising processes.
- Develop metrics to assess the reach and influence of learning on decision-making.
Represent CBM at meetings, conferences, and with partner networks, and contribute to reports, presentations, and other knowledge products. - Travel periodically to CBM country offices to facilitate learning, capacity exchange, and partner engagement.
These are your qualifications
- Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Communications, Organizational Learning, International Development, Public Health, Social Sciences).
- Proven expertise in facilitating data-driven learning and culturally sensitive strategic communications.
- Experience convening in-person, virtual, and hybrid learning events.
- Demonstrated ability to develop knowledge products and communications materials (e.g., reports, briefs, presentations, newsletters, blogs).
- Experience in capacity strengthening through training, coaching, or mentorship.
- Strong facilitation, organizational, and project or event management skills.
- Familiarity with knowledge management systems and digital learning platforms.
- Independent, agile, and flexible working style with strong collaboration skills across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Professional-level proficiency in English (reading, writing, speaking); proficiency in French preferred; additional languages an asset.
- Identification with Christian values and alignment with CBM’s mandate.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Christian Blind Mission (CBM) on jobs.cbm.org to apply

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