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Technical Trainer
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Technical Trainer
Exempt |
| Reports to: |
Director, Training |
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International Center
Davis, California
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Position Summary
The Technical Advisor designs and writes training curriculum focusing on learning conversations, learning games, and learning parties that will be delivered as modules by a diversity of local organizations to chronically hungry poor women and girls to protect and strengthen their financial and health assets. They will also train trainers in the modules and assist in the development of Freedom from Hunger’s training systems; report on the progress of training systems, suggest improvements, create tools to enhance replication of the system, experiment with e-learning and distance learning alternatives, and develop and train field agents and managers of Microfinance Institutions, Social Franchises and a variety of other local organization in institutional practices that will improve their outreach of integrated services.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
- Review, summarize, and interpret information that promotes best practices within institutions offering integrated services, business and financial education and health protection to chronically hungry poor women and girls
- Design and implement market research (PRA and focus group interviews) that assess the needs as well as the existing business and household financial practices of mostly rural illiterate women and their families in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
- Analyze market research data to determine challenges to adopting best practices at the individual and household level and establish indicators of potential knowledge and skill acquisition
- Innovate new approaches to non formal adult education, documented as training modules, to train women in these best practices and lead the field testing of training modules and revise based on the results of the field test
- Manage the module development process from conception to distribution by engaging subject matter experts, Freedom from Hunger managers and other functional units (knowledge management, research & evaluation, document production
- Design training modules that enable a diversity of institutions (microfinance, NGOs, social franchises) to manage their social performance and improve their internal operations related to integrated services
- Deliver trainer of trainer workshops to enable partners and Freedom from Hunger Regional Trainers to implement training modules and provide additional technical support and coaching to improve individual effectiveness
- Monitor the performance of Freedom from Hunger Regional Trainers by applying training quality control tools and report on progress to the International Centre Training Unit
- Participate in the creation of training systems that can be standardized and implemented globally including experimenting with alternatives to instructor-led training for Freedom from Hunger Trainers
- Establish productive and positive working relationships internally and externally with stakeholders and contribute to the overall cohesiveness and excellent reputation of the training unit.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Prior Experience
- Post-graduate degree in international development plus three years, minimum, work experience in Asia, Africa or Latin America
- Minimum three years experience with savings and/or credit led methodologies preferably as an employee of an MFI or other community-based organizations offering integrated (financial and non-financial) services
- Minimum three years experience in designing education modules for low literacy populations in developing countries and ideally in business development and/or financial education for female entrepreneurs
- Experience in designing and implementing trainer of trainer’s workshop for community based organizations
- Experience or interest in social franchising as a means of reaching the chronically hungry poor
- Must be able to speak French and/or Spanish fluently
- Ability to effectively and tactfully communicate with a variety of individuals from Freedom from Hunger Regional Trainers, partner organization professionals to field representatives, including members of the self-help groups and/or credit unions
- Strong command of English, both written and oral communications
- Willingness to travel up to 30 percent nationally and internationally
- Must be able to work both independently under general direction of the Director, Training as well as a member of a team
General Job Competencies regardless of department or position
- Positive "can do" attitude
- Passionate about the mission of Freedom from Hunger
- Smart about pursuing and achieving cost-effective, efficient work
- Collaborative in finding solutions, achieving quality work, and delivering outcomes and materials on time
- Integrity in dealing with colleagues and executing work in support of the mission
- Sensitive and respectful of internal clients’ concerns and needs
- Effective organizational and multi-tasking abilities
- Attentive to detail, producing consistent, high-quality, reliable work
- Capable of operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Strong written and oral communications skills
It is not intended that the above listed duties reflect every job duty, responsibility or task that the employee may be called upon to perform. The employee is expected to perform all job-related duties and tasks assigned by his/her supervising manager or other authorized manager.
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