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.
Job Description: We are looking for Trainers / Facilitators to work in our training department to deliver
excellent training programs to our national and international participants in
the categories mentioned below.
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Data Management and Analysis (Methodologies
and Software)
Purpose of the Job:
- Responsible for preparing, facilitating, and
evaluating technical training programs.
- Prepares training slides and materials to be
used in training programs and designs exercises to enhance lectures.
- To support the Training and Capacity Building
team in delivering training programs at the national and international
levels.
Salary Scale: Information
available upon request via email provided at the bottom
Main responsibilities:
Main responsibilities:
- To plan, design and train high quality
training programmes for international as well as National workshops, and
seminars.
- Continuously enhance technical, instructional,
delivery and presentation skills.
- Mentor other instructors in the subject
matter, content, and course delivery techniques for assigned technical
courses.
- Ensure the quality and consistency of course
content throughout a course life cycle.
Knowledge/Qualifications
- Atleast a master’s Degree in the relevant
field
- Working knowledge in the area of interest
- Extensive experience delivering trainings to
people of diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
applications (particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Excellent knowledge of 2 or all Statistical
and project management software software such as MS Project,
SPSS, STATA, R, excel, cspro and NVIVO; for applicants in the Data
Management and Analysis (Methodologies and Software) category
Experience
- Experience in using different learning
techniques and styles that enhance learners’ capabilities.
- Experience of understanding different
learners’ needs and expectations and matching up to their level.
- Experience of co-ordinating capacity building
events from planning to delivery to follow up
- Experiences of facilitating multidisciplinary
working teams, ideally in the design and implementation of capacity
building programmes
- Experience working within and supporting a
team in understanding complex projects
- Experience of evaluating and assessing impact
of training and/or capacity building programmes on participants and
contributing to improving quality of training programs
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate professionally and
effectively with a wide range of public and private sector personnel and
organisations
- Strong writing, editing and formatting skills,
ability to ensure all training and training materials are delivered to the
IRES quality standards
- Able to develop and sustain good working
relationships internally and externally and to be an effective and
professional representative of IRES at local and national forums
- Working effectively as part of a team, sharing
information and consulting when appropriate
- Able to self-motivate and manage time
effectively
Our Core Values
We are guided by and strive to uphold
the following core values in all the activities we undertake.
All prospective candidates must
prescribe to IRES core values as stated below:
- Teamwork: Working together efficiently to add
value to all stakeholders of IRES
- Commitment: Attaining excellence through
diversity.
- Professionalism: Indepth Research Services
upholds to always behave in an ethical manner reflecting the highest level
of competence and skill.
- Excellence: Exceeding all expectations and
excelling in everything we do.
- Learning: Continuously improving our skills,
knowledge and abilities.
- Passion: Being excited and enthusiastic about
what we do.
- Integrity: Being sincere and ethical in all we
do.
- Innovation: We embrace new thinking &
technology to create opportunities for IRES.
- Respect for Human Dignity: We have profound
respect for all human differences, including age, cultural, ethnic,
racial, linguistic, gender, socioeconomic, educational, religious, sexual
orientation, and ability.
Vacancy: System Developer
Allowances: Information available on request.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Writing specifications, designing, building
(developing), testing and implementing (installing a program into
production) programs.
- Breaking down program specifications into
their simplest elements and translating this logic into a programming
language.
- Provide innovative solutions to complex
business problems, interface with clients and gather business requirements
and objectives, translate the clients’ business requirements and
objectives into technical applications and solutions.
- Establishing a detailed program specification
through discussion with clients, clarifying to clients what actions a
program is intended to perform.
- Testing sample data-sets to check that output
from a program works as intended
- Reacting to problems and correcting
program as necessary, devising possible solutions to anticipated problems
- Evaluating and increasing program's
effectiveness, adapting program to new requirements if necessary
- Conducting user acceptance testing to ensure a
program can be used easily, quickly and accurately
- Writing detailed documentation for the
operation of a program by users and computer operators
- Reviewing , updating, repairing, modifying and
developing existing IRES information systems
- Customizing existing IRES programs to clients’
needs and specification.
- Presenting ideas for system improvements,
including cost and writing prospective proposals
- Maintaining IRES and clients’ systems once
they are up and running
- Consulting manuals, periodicals,
technical reports, attending seminars and workshops to learn new ways to
develop programs, and for continuous improvement of existing skills and
knowledge
- Any other work as may be assigned
Qualifications
- A degree in computer science, software
engineering or any other related field
Knowledge and skills required
- Excellent Ajax skills (mandatory)
- Excellent PHP programming skills
- Strong skills in Java
- Knowledge of development platforms such as
CodeIgnitor and PhpStorm
- Proven experience in developing mobile
applications using J2ME,android development and other mobile technologies
- Experience with Java development tools
- Knowledge of databases and database systems
- Understanding of Web technologies
- Experience working with common Internet
technologies (e.g. CSS, HTML, and JavaScript)
- Excellent verbal and written communication
skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to a
non-technical audience
- Strong ambition to adapt and learn new
development technologies
- Knowledge in Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Training in ICT programs
- Marketing ICT products
If you meet the above criteria,
please send your application and a detailed CV via email before 15th November,
2014.
Contacts
Contacts
Email: hr@indepthresearch.org
