Shama Consult Africa seeks a training and capacity building specialist to support our capacity building operations with our development organizations. There are 3 posts available: Research Specialist – 1 Post, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist – 1 post and WASH Specialist – 1 post). The Training and Capacity Building Specialist is responsible for providing instructional design, delivery and capacity building operations with our development organizations.
Key Responsibilities:
Provides technical support to in the areas of work planning, needs assessment, training plan development, and training evaluation reports.
Engages in the development and delivery of startup training materials and courses.
Maintains and expands technical knowledge in instructional design and training delivery by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
Stays abreast of advancements in the training field, benchmarks programs, and analyzes their potential application to our current operations.
Communicates importance of instructional design and capacity building to internal and external stakeholders.
Consistently produces quality work in conformance with Shama Consult Africa’s and clients’ standards.
Identifies learning methodologies and tools that most effectively build the capacity of training and capacity building participants.
Develops materials, including but not limited to instructor guides, participant guides, and job aides.
Develops training activity work plans that include assignment of responsibilities among team members and deadlines.
Oversees a cadre of training consultants to provide targeted short-term training assistance and capacity building in specific core operational functions.
Prepares budget estimates for training activities.
Facilitates training workshops and meetings and is responsible for developing agendas to achieve stated group goals, documenting progress, agreements, and issues and providing follow up assistance to groups.
Supports the development of documentation and written materials relating to the training and capacity building programs, including reports and workshop materials.
Assists with training logistics.
Undertakes other assignments for our regional offices, other specific initiatives as appropriate and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Master’s degree and a minimum five years of technically relevant work experience in specialization areas (Research, M&E and WASH).
Experience living and working in developing countries preferred.
Willingness to travel over a short notice and to consider long-term overseas assignments.
Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely (both orally and in writing) and lead presentations, workshops and effective meetings.
Strong knowledge of computer applications.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Strong organizational and work prioritization skills and attention to detail.
Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
English fluency required.
