Title: Training Officer,
Position Reports to: Chief
Executive Officer,
Location: Nyamira County,
Introduction
Kuza Africa is a
fast-growing NGO that seeks to develop the next generation of Agri-Preneurs.
The Training Officer will support our programs in rural Kenya as we adapt and
replicate approaches that transition young people into the exciting world of
agribusiness.
Job Summary
The Training Officer will support the organization and its partners in building knowledge, attitudes, and skills to successfully deliver Kuza’s unique Graduation Approach and adaptations thereof. S/he will guide Kuza’s staff and partners through need-based design, customization, and adaptation of training curricula and approaches, including the provision of new content and approaches for improving impact outcomes of program participants. The Training Officer will support efforts to develop and apply monitoring and evaluation tools that measure the quality and effectiveness of training delivery to inform continuous improvement and learning.
Duties and
Responsibilities
- Support development, roll-out, and continuous
improvement of Kuza’s core curricula on entrepreneurship and the
graduation approach as well as integrated programming in enterprise
development.
- Support initiatives to deliver training in
innovative and efficient ways, including but not limited to using
technologies such as Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) and radio.
- Maintain schedule and track delivery of training for
partners, staff, and program participants.
- Facilitate and co-facilitate training sessions for
partners, staff, and program participants.
- Organize and coordinate logistics for training
activities in collaboration with cluster office administrators and partner
staff.
- Document training outcomes through post-tests,
evaluations, and other feedback and accountability mechanisms to inform
continuous improvement.
- Build the capacity of Kuza and partner staff to
apply best practices and methods in training to their Graduation work.
- Support training resource and needs assessments that
identify strengths to leverage and gaps to be addressed with training.
- Maintain digital and hard copy archives of training
materials organized by project/partner.
Key Performance Metrics
include:
- Graduation Approach guidelines and principles well
understood and applied by trainees (Kuza staff, partner staff,
participants)
- Appropriate training adaptations are adopted and
properly documented, along with learnings.
- Training plans are executed on time, in scope, and
within budget.
Internal Relationships
- Training Officer reports to the Chief Executive
Officer
- Training Officer works collaboratively with other
members of the Kenya Country Team (Program Managers, Monitoring &
Evaluation Team, People Operations team, and IT Team) and the Technical
Advisory Unit: The Regional Technical Director, Markets and Linkages
Staff, and Graduation Advisors.
- The Training Officer will collaborate with the
government and development partners.
Educational Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma
in Education, Sociology, Anthropology, Communications, Development Studies, or
similar.
Minimum Required
Experience
At least three (2) years
of training experience, social and behavior change, and/or community
development work. Agriculture training or related experience is considered a
plus.
Required Qualifications
& Competencies
- Commitment to the mission of The Kuza Africa
Foundation.
- Proven expertise in delivering collaborative and
engaging training that responds to the learning needs of individuals,
teams, and/or partners.
- Experience working in integrated livelihood
programming. Experience with gender, youth, savings groups, and/or market
systems programs is an added advantage.
- Ability to work respectfully and maintain productive
relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Creative thinker with proven examples of using
inventive local materials and/or limited resources to design and deliver
effective training and/or behavior change activities.
- Must demonstrate excellent oral and written
communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
- Results oriented, with the ability to identify
problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation.
- Experience delivering field-based projects in an
international or national organization.
- Excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal
skills.
- Proficient in computer skills. Experience using
Salesforce a plus.
- Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle
competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced
environment.
How To
Apply
Interested and
suitably qualified candidates to submit their application, including Cover
Letter, detailed CV, Certificates, daytime telephone contact, and three
professional referees to info@kuzaafrica.org
Give details of your current salary and the expectation
for this position in the body of your Application Cover Letter. The subject
line of your application should be clearly marked Training Officer.
Applications must be received by Monday, 27th March
2023; late applications will not be
considered.