East Africa Capacity Building Advisor
Reporting Unit/Supervisor:
Senior Manager, Capacity Building , Dotted line to East Africa Regional Director
Reporting Unit/Supervisor:
Senior Manager, Capacity Building , Dotted line to East Africa Regional Director
Location: East Africa (country is negotiable)
TechnoServe Background:
TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries.
We
are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by
linking people to information, capital and markets.
Our
work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and
women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs and wealth for their
families and communities.
With
more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private
enterprise to transform lives.
Program
Description:
The Regional Capacity Building Advisor is a part of the Capacity Building Unit.
The
Capacity Building Unit is focused on improving TechnoServe’s effectiveness at
building key knowledge and skill areas among our beneficiaries to ensure that
they can carry on and improve the work started through our
interventions.
While
the position is a part of a central technical unit, to ensure the Regional
Capacity Building Advisor is fully integrated into the region and abreast of
priorities and needs, he/she will be a part of the East Africa Divisional Team
and coordinate priority activities with the East Africa Regional Director.
Position Description:
Position Description:
The Regional Capacity Building Advisor will be responsible for deploying and supporting implementation of best practices in capacity building in East Africa.
Primary
responsibilities include: development, coordination and facilitation of
training programs and tools to enhance client business performance in key skill
areas, such as business financial literacy, good governance, marketing, as well
as training programs which target staff ability to achieve impact with clients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
Training Design and Curricula Development:
- Conduct and/or
lead training needs analysis, working closely with appropriate country or
regional staff, to determine learning outcomes needed for client’s
business success and collect information about target beneficiaries.
- Design training
curricula to achieve targeted learning outcomes. Training materials
should include facilitator guides, participant workbooks and hand-outs, as
appropriate, as well as any learning materials and aids.
- Oversee training
material revision, translation and production
- Facilitation and
Training of Trainers:
- Facilitate
TechnoServe staff training programs in the region to help staff become
more effective in client work
- Train staff, or
other trainers, to facilitate training programs, as required
- Provide coaching
and feedback to trainers, including conducting observation visits and
refresher trainings
- Organize and
plan logistics of training workshops, as required
- Knowledge
Sharing and Regional Coordination
- Manage regional
practice group workshops in capacity building and contribute to global
practice group
- Promote best
practice training standards in East Africa
- Maintain East
Africa section of online platform for access to training materials, tools,
refresher trainings
- Develop and
implement methods to monitor and the evaluate the results of training
programs
- Engage managers
to ensure partnership in staff skills application, when working to build
staff capacity
- Provide
technical input on training and capacity building into proposal
development, as required
- Develop a
network of training design and facilitation consultants in the region
- Manage training
consultants, as required
Required
Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor degree
in business, education, human resources, international relations or
organizational development required
- Advanced degree
in business, international relations, human resources, organizational development,
or education preferred
- Relevant
experience in sub-Saharan Africa required
- Passion for
private sector solutions to poverty and proven experience in economic
development
- Passion for
developing people, mentoring, training and coaching
- Experience facilitating
training in a multicultural environment with participants with different
backgrounds, from a variety of countries and who speak different languages
from his/her native tongue
- Proven
experience designing training programs in economics, consulting skills,
business, finance, and/or agro-business for staff or clients with similar
characteristics to TechnoServe’s
- Familiarity with
adult learning methodologies (exposure to Accelerated Learning preferred)
- Experience
training and mentoring new trainers
- Outstanding
verbal and written communication in English
- Experience with
E-learning and Storyline design software preferred
- Ability to
create momentum and foster organizational change (must have experience
starting up new things with success)
- Ability to
travel internationally as much as 50% of the time
Application
Instructions
- Qualified and
interested applicants should submit a Word-formatted single document
consisting of cover letter, resume and salary history to jobs@tns.org. Please
identify the position for which you are applying in the subject line.
- Only applicants
meeting minimum qualifications [and authorized to work in the US] will be
considered or contacted. No phone calls please.
- Detailed job description
for the position can be accessed at
http://www.technoserve.org/jobs/east-africa-capacity-building-advisor
- Deadline for
applications is 5.00pm, Friday 14th May 2013
