Kuza Jamii Training Officer Wajir/ Mandera 113 views0 applications

Job Title: Training Officer

Direct Reports to: Training Manager

Dotted Line Reports to: Training Director

Job titles of persons supervised: N/A

Terms: Contract (One Year) Renewable

Location : Wajir and Mandera

1.INTRODUCTION

BOMA is working to lift 3 million people out of extreme poverty by 2027. BOMA’s mission is to provide the people and governments of Africa’s drylands with economic inclusion programs that increase resilience to multiple crises. Founded 15 years ago to eliminate extreme poverty among pastoralist women in Kenya, BOMA has since transformed the lives of more than 350,000 women, youth, and refugees in East Africa. BOMA stands out for its focus on last mile populations of the drylands of Africa, who are most at risk to shocks from climate change and COVID-19, tech savvy and data driven approach, impressive graduation rate and 99% local structure based in Africa.

2.ABOUT THE PROGRAM

BOMA is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of County Coordinator on the anticipated Kuza Jamii project. Kuza Jamii will support the Government of Kenyato progressively assume responsibility for the national Economic Inclusion Programme in Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana and Wajir. Our streamlined, County-adapted, gender-sensitive, and community-led model builds the capacity of village savings and loan associations and Ward-level producer cooperatives to coordinate service provision and market and financial linkages for the extreme poor, and in particular women and people living with disabilities, thereby offering a sustainable support platform after project end. We will reach 17,000 direct participants and 96,900 direct-indirect participants (household members) for a total of 113,900 total population reached, demonstrating exceptional value for money.

3.JOB SUMMARY

The Training Officer will be part of the BOMA team implementing the REAP for Government Project, Kuza Jamii, as part of BOMA’S poverty graduation model in the dry lands of Kenya. She/He will be responsible for building and enhancing the capacities, knowledge, attitudes, and skills of the implementing team, Government Officials, partner staff and project participants. S/he will guide through training of trainers, need-based design, customization, adaptation of training curricula and approaches, including provision of new content and approaches to achieve the project outcomes. The Training Officer will support efforts to develop and apply monitoring and evaluation tools that measure quality and effectiveness of training delivery to inform continuous improvement and learning.

4.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Consistently build the capacity of the implementing team, Government and partner staff using a Trainer of Trainers approach to effectively deliver and implement the Kuza Jamii Project. REAP For Government Project.
2. Support development, roll-out, and continuous improvement of BOMA’s core curricula on entrepreneurship, Climate Change, Gender and Green Enterprises and Agri-Nutrition among others.
3. 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, Visual Aids and Dialogue Cards.
4. Maintain schedule and track delivery of training for the BOMA, Government and partner staff plus program participants.
5. Facilitate and co-facilitate training sessions for the BOMA, Government and partner staff.
6. Organize and coordinate logistics for training activities in collaboration with the Government and implementation partners.
7. Document training outcomes through post-tests, evaluations, and other feedback and accountability mechanisms to inform continuous improvement.
8. Strengthen and enhance the capacity of Government and partner’s staff working directly with the Kuza Jamii Project, to apply best practices and methodologies in training for scale and sustainability of the EIP/graduation programs.
9. Support training resource and needs assessments that identify strengths to leverage and gaps to be addressed through training.
10. Maintain an organized digital (SharePoint) and hard copy directory of training/learning materials, curricula, content etc

5. KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS INCLUDE:

1. REAP for Government and Graduation Approach guidelines, principles and sequencing is well understood and applied by trainees (BOMA, Partner staff and program participants)
2. Appropriate training adaptations/Contextualization and products focused training curricula, materials, and methodologies
3. Learnings are properly documented and escalated for adaptation and improvement of the training offering.
4. Training plans are executed on time, in scope, and within budget.
5. Effective Facilitation methodologies and current trends in training delivery are applied during and after training for effective information and knowledge retention.

6.INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

1. Training Officer reports to the Training Manager
2. Training Officer works collaboratively with other members of the BOMA Kenya Country team, Government Officials, implementation Partner Staff and the larger training departmental and others not directly implementing the REAP for Government Products.
3. Training Officer will collaborate with other organizations and County Government staff in the region they will be stationed.

7.EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business studies, Sociology, Community Development Studies, or similar

8.MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

1. At least three (3) years of training experience, with preference for adult education, social and behavior change, and/or community development work within the Country and the Counties in the Dry Lands in Kenya.

9.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES:

1. Commitment to the mission of BOMA
2. Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
3. Proven expertise in delivering collaborative and engaging training that responds to learning needs of individuals, teams, and/or partners.
4. Experience working in Graduation, livelihood or Economic Inclusion programming.
5. Experience with agribusiness, climate change, gender, savings groups, and/or market systems and access to finance programs is an added advantage.
6. Ability to work respectfully and maintain productive relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
7. Creative thinker with proven examples of using inventive local materials and/or limited resources to design and deliver effective trainings and/or behavior change activities
8. Results oriented, with the ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation.
9. Excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills.
10. Proficient in computer skills. Experience using Microsoft 365 and Salesforce a plus.
11. Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle competing priorities and meet deadlines.
12. Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.