GIS Learning Advisor
We
are currently interested in a young dynamic and results driven candidate who is
passionate about developing his/her research skills and experience in practical
environmental management, disaster risk reduction and GIS. This position is
based in Nairobi, but with occasional travels to the field within and outside
the country.
Indepth
Research Services is a capacity development and research services firm in
Africa. We offer research support and capacity development programmes to
development institutions and professionals in Monitoring and Evaluation, Data
Management and Analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote
Sensing. Our programs are aimed at strengthening data management, monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) and performance management capacity of development
actors across the continent to achieve their development objectives. We provide
managers and practitioners with the tools they need to manage and evaluate
programs, and projects at the local, county, national, regional, and global
levels.
Responsibilities
Training and curriculum development
·
Utilize a variety of media to
maximize training effectiveness.
·
Develop and maintain training
compliance database to track course completion for target audiences, as
dictated by regulatory requirements.
·
Provide feedback and suggestions on
course design and materials to support any areas that need improvement.
·
Develop consistent curriculum
framework for all trainings in alignment with strategic goals,
·
Review all course curriculums on a
regular basis to be prepared to conduct any course assigned on short-notice.
·
Teach GIS software courses in a
traditional or online instructor-led classroom to help customers stay on the
leading edge of GIS technology
·
Contribute to the development of
course materials and other educational tools by authoring content, providing
technical expertise, and sharing feedback
·
Develop strong and collaborative
relationships with the content development, delivery support, and training
sales teams
·
Participate in interdepartmental
projects, conferences, and interest group meetings to bolster the training we
offer
Business Development
·
Preparing proposal and responding to
related EOI and RFPs
·
Following up new business
opportunities and setting up meetings
·
Planning and preparing presentations
·
Communicating new product
developments to prospective clients
·
Overseeing the development of
marketing literature
·
Writing reports
·
Providing management with feedback
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s or master’s in Natural or Environment science, Disaster Management,
Natural resource management.
·
2 years + Experience with ArcGIS
Enterprise, QGIS, ENVI and ODK
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Knowledge of Web and mobile GIS
applications
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Experience with web-based meeting
tools
·
Demonstrated technical writing
ability
·
1+ years of instructional delivery
and classroom facilitation experience
·
Clear understanding of GIS theory and
application in Agriculture, Health, Environment, DRR among others.
·
Desire to learn and expand technical
knowledge in both GIS and related technology
·
Excellent verbal and written
communication skills
·
Excellent time management,
prioritization, teamwork, and interpersonal skills
·
Ability to work in a in fast-paced
and adaptive client training environment
·
Ability to travel domestically
approximately 30% of the time, with optional international travel
·
Working knowledge of Stata, SPSS,
Advanced Excel and R will be an added advantage.
Agriculture & Rural Development
Learning Advisor
We
are Africa’s leading training and consultancy center since 2003, offering
technical consultancy and training services designed for individual and
organizations in the agriculture, climate change and environment; disaster
management; education; food and nutrition; health; humanitarian relief;
logistics and telecommunication; recovery and reconstruction; safety and
security; water and sanitation sectors.
We
seek to recruit an aggressive, confident, fluent, mature and keen to detail
Humanitarian Trainee & Learning advisor to manage all communications, both
internally and externally on full time basis.
Responsibilities
Training and curriculum Development
·
Design training to build the capacity
of technical officer, Extension officials and teachers of agriculture and
veterinary Institutes.
·
Launch training for farmers in
adopting appropriate practices in agriculture and livestock management.
·
Choose appropriate training methods
per case (simulations, mentoring, on the job training, professional development
classes etc.)
·
Use accepted education principles and
track new training methods and techniques
·
Design and prepare educational aids
and materials
·
Determine additional training
strategies based on data or observation
·
Perform any other duties as may be
assigned from time to time.
Business Development
·
Preparing proposal and responding to
related EOI and RFPs
·
Following up new business
opportunities and setting up meetings
·
Planning and preparing presentations
·
Communicating new product
developments to prospective clients
·
Overseeing the development of
marketing literature
·
Writing reports
·
Providing management with feedback
Key responsibilities in consultancy work
·
To provide scientific support in
implementing various research projects
·
Implementing field surveys,
collecting and processing secondary data, developing research reports, policy
briefs, communication materials, and presentations on research
·
Implement farm level, household,
market and consumer surveys, and collect and manage secondary data
·
Facilitate focus group discussions
and key informant interviews in selected areas
·
Data entry, cleaning and management
of survey data
·
Managing electronic surveys:
programming of tablets (for example with CSPro, ODK), retrieving and assembling
the data, cleaning and organizing
·
Locate, assemble and analyze
secondary data relevant for specific research
·
Conduct statistical and econometric
analysis of survey and other data using STATA, SPSS or other standard
statistical software
·
Conduct literature reviews and assist
in preparing strategy documents, research reports and policy briefs to
strengthen research and publication efforts
Qualifications
·
Masters degree in Science in
agricultural economics/Agribusiness management, Horticulture, Agronomy or
related field, from a recognized university or any other relevant degree with
bias in quantitative and qualitative analysis, from an accredited university;
·
Professional Certificate in Project
Monitoring and Evaluation.
·
Ability to design training curricula
based on a needs assessment and present in MS word and Power Point format to
farmers and local staff.
·
At least 3-5 years of experience in
design and delivery of agricultural training
·
Strong agribusiness and value chain
skills
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Experience in working with a range of
stakeholders that include the private sector, government, agribusiness
cooperatives and farmers’ associations.
·
Good computer literacy and knowledge
of multiple statistical and/or qualitative software packages such as SPSS, SAS,
STATA, R Studio, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word.
·
GIS and Remote Sensing experience is
an added advantage.
·
Experience in conducting field
surveys and analysis of farm household and market survey data
·
Conversant with designing of
questionnaires in CAPI using CSpro and/or ODK
Humanitarian Technical Capacity
Building Learning Advisor
We
are Africa’s leading training and consultancy center since 2003, offering
technical consultancy and training services designed for individual and
organizations in the agriculture, climate change and environment; disaster
management; education; food and nutrition; health; humanitarian relief;
logistics and telecommunication; recovery and reconstruction; safety and
security; water and sanitation sectors.
We
seek to recruit an aggressive, confident, fluent, mature and keen to detail
Humanitarian Trainee& Learning advisor to manage all communications, both
internally and externally on full time basis.
Responsibilities
Training and curriculum Development
·
Identify the Humanitarian training
needs, plan and implement training that meets these needs.
·
Coach, train, and mentor Humanitarian
Officers with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging
knowledge within the Humanitarian team and providing professional development
guidance in conjunction with the Training Manager.
·
Co-facilitation of international
trainings workshops in Humanitarian work and Disaster to our corporate and NGOs
clients.
·
Provide feedback and suggestions on
course design and materials to support any areas that need improvement.
·
Review all course curriculums on a
regular basis to be prepared to conduct any course assigned on short-notice.
Business Development
·
Preparing proposal and responding to
related EOI and RFPs
·
Following up new business opportunities
and setting up meetings
·
Planning and preparing presentations
·
Communicating new product
developments to prospective clients
·
Overseeing the development of
marketing literature
·
Writing reports
·
Providing management with feedback
Key responsibilities in consultancy work
·
To provide scientific support in
implementing various research projects
·
Implementing field surveys,
collecting and processing secondary data, developing research reports, policy
briefs, communication materials, and presentations on research
·
Implement farm level, household,
market and consumer surveys, and collect and manage secondary data
·
Facilitate focus group discussions
and key informant interviews in selected areas
·
Data entry, cleaning and management
of survey data
·
Managing electronic surveys:
programming of tablets (for example with CSPro, ODK), retrieving and assembling
the data, cleaning and organizing
·
Locate, assemble and analyze
secondary data relevant for specific research
·
Conduct statistical and econometric
analysis of survey and other data using STATA, SPSS or other standard
statistical software
·
Conduct literature reviews and assist
in preparing strategy documents, research reports and policy briefs to
strengthen research and publication efforts
Qualifications
·
Minimum Bachelor degree in Disaster
Management, Sociology, Public Health, International Development, or another
relevant field,
·
Certification in M&E
·
Experience in facilitating M&E
workshops
·
Knowledge of GIS and Remote Sensing
·
Excellent knowledge in data
management and analysis applications including Stata, SPSS, R and Advanced
Excel.
·
Sound knowledge and field experience
of humanitarian relief issues and a commitment to humanitarian relief.
·
Demonstrable competence in and
enthusiasm for practical training methods.
·
A sound appreciation of the range of
personal and technical issues facing relief workers such as health,
International law, quality standard, gender etc.
·
Computer literacy in MS Office is
essential
·
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a
humanitarian training environment with a focus on Adult Learning.
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27 years and above
·
Must be able to deliver under strict
deadlines and handle pressure effectively.
How to Apply
Female
candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates shall be
contacted.
Interested
candidates should send their CVs (with 3 referees) hr@indepthresearch.org on or before 22ndJune 2019.
The
subject line should be clearly marked Learning Advisor, Humanitarian Technical Capacity Building
