Knowledge and Learning Manager

Country: Philippines Organization: DT Global Closing date: 23 Oct 2026 Program Background The Education Quality for Inclusive Prosperity (EQUIP) is a new Australian-funded program, implemented in the Philippines. EQUIP supports the Philippine Government’s efforts to strengthen senior secondary school education and ensure that senior secondary school learners have the skills to participate meaningfully in the labour force. EQUIP is a partnership between the Governments of Australia and the Philippines and will contribute to Philippine Government-led education reforms including the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) 5-Point Reform Agenda which aims to harness the potential of young Filipinos. EQUIP aims to support the Philippines’ inclusive economic growth ambitions by ensuring the labour force is well equipped with skills relevant to meet the needs of the country’s rapidly transforming economy. EQUIP aims to promote skills development in senior high school and enable a smooth transition to the labour force, whether immediately upon leaving school or after further education. It will also support Philippine Government agencies improve its policies and practices to support relevant skills pathways for senior secondary school learners. About DT Global Asia Pacific At DT Global Asia Pacific, we aim to positively impact people’s lives through delivery excellence. As a leading implementing partner across Asia and the Pacific, we co-create locally led solutions in partnership with governments, communities, and stakeholders. We bring together talented teams and deep regional expertise to deliver initiatives that promote inclusive economic growth, essential services, and resilient, secure communities. With over 1,500 staff, experts in 22+ countries and more than 60 years of development experience, we tackle complex community, national and transnational challenges — from governance and justice systems to climate resilience, infrastructure and social equity — with innovative thinking and a commitment to long-term impact. For more information, please see www.dt-global.com The Role The Knowledge and Learning Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving the program's knowledge management and learning systems. The role will facilitate the generation, documentation, synthesis, sharing, and utilization of knowledge, evidence, innovations, and lessons learned across the program. Working closely with technical teams, MERL team, government counterparts, implementing partners, and other stakeholders, the Knowledge and Learning Manager will promote a culture of learning and adaptive management to enhance program effectiveness, influence policy and practice, and support sustainability of program results. Key Responsibilities • Develop and implement the program's Knowledge Management and Learning (KML) Strategy and Plan, establishing systems, processes, tools, and digital platforms to effectively capture, organize, store, retrieve, analyze and disseminate knowledge, evidence, and learning accessible across the program. • Foster a culture of continuous learning, reflection, innovation, and adaptive management by facilitating learning reviews, pause-and-reflect sessions, after-action reviews, and other learning events that enable program teams to identify lessons learned, emerging challenges, and opportunities for improvement. • Lead the development and quality assurance of the technical content and evidence base for knowledge products, including learning briefs, case studies, technical reports, policy briefs, research summaries, ensuring the systematic documentation of program achievements, innovations, and best practices. Promote evidence-based learning and knowledge utilization among stakeholders by identifying and synthesizing emerging trends, lessons, and best practices from program implementation and evaluation data, and translating these into actionable insights to inform program decision-making and adaptive management. • Facilitate knowledge-sharing and collaborative learning among government agencies, the Department of Education (DepEd), schools, local government units, civil society organizations, private sector partners, development partners, and other stakeholders through communities of practice, learning forums, workshops, webinars, and other engagement platforms • Collaborate with the MERL, communications and technical teams to prepare, package, and disseminate knowledge, research findings, lessons learned, and best practices through appropriate channels, while providing evidence, learning insights, and technical inputs for donor reports, technical publications, and external communications materials by the Communications team. • Develop and implement capacity-building initiatives that strengthen knowledge management, documentation, learning, and adaptive programming practices, mentoring staff and partners in knowledge capture, evidence utilization, and organizational learning to enhance program effectiveness and impact. • Work with EQUIP technical teams, MERL, DepEd and other stakeholders to ensure that relevant knowledge, evidence and learning are effectively applied, shared and, where appropriate, institutionalised in policies, systems and practices. • Undertake, from time to time, any other related knowledge management and learning functions, activities, or tasks as may be assigned by the Team Leader and/or MERL Lead. About You • Relevant tertiary qualifications in Development Studies, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning, International Development, or a related field. • At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in knowledge management, organizational learning, monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL), education, or international development programs. • Strong understanding of knowledge management, policy development and implementation, organizational learning, adaptive management, and evidence utilization, with experience applying monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) methodologies to support program improvement and decision-making. • Demonstrated experience managing knowledge management and learning functions in donor-funded development programs, including the development of learning agendas, learning sessions or stakeholder consultations, knowledge products, evidence dissemination initiatives, and stakeholder engagement activities. • Proven ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable knowledge products, facilitate learning and reflection processes, and engage effectively with government agencies and stakeholders. • Experience in the education sector and familiarity with the Philippine education context are desirable. Click on the link or copy paste it to access the full Terms of Reference for this position: https://tinyurl.com/6unynkfz How to apply Click the link to apply: Position Description Please submit 1) Your CV 2) A cover letter addressing the selection criteria APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 23 October 2026 (Friday) 11:59 pm Manila Time Should this role be of interest, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Kindly note that the position is only open to Filipinos/nationals or individuals with valid working rights in the Philippines. Also, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. People with lived experience of the regions in which DT Global operates are strongly encouraged to apply. DT Global welcomes applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds including First Nations peoples, diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC), and people with disabilities. 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