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Position Title: Technical Advisor, Training Services
Status: Exempt
Reports to: Director, Training Services
Location: International Center - Davis, California
Position Summary
The Technical Advisor designs and writes training curricula focusing on interactive, dialogue-based, behavior-change education that will be delivered by diverse organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America to chronically hungry poor women and girls to protect and strengthen their financial and health assets. The Technical Advisor will also train trainers to: Deliver the curricula and assist in the development of Freedom from Hunger's training systems; report on the progress of training systems and 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 (MFIs) and a variety of other local organizations in institutional practices that will improve their outreach of integrated financial and nonfinancial services.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
- Innovate new approaches to nonformal adult education, to train women living in poverty.
- Design training modules that enable diverse institutions (MFIs, NGOs, social franchises) to manage their social performance and improve their internal operations related to integrated services.
- Deliver training-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.
- Manage the module development process from conception to field-testing and to distribution, including engaging subject-matter experts, Freedom from Hunger managers and other functional units (research & evaluation, document production).
- Monitor the performance of Freedom from Hunger regional trainers by applying training quality- control tools and report on progress to the Director, Training Services.
- 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 (Participatory Rapid Appraisal and focus-group interviews) that assess the needs as well as the existing health and nutrition practices and 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 and identify strategies for adopting best practices at the individual and household level and establish indicators of potential knowledge and skill acquisition.
- 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.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Prior Experience
- Post-graduate degree, preferably in adult education, international development, microfinance, public health, economics or equivalent experience.
- Minimum three years experience in designing education curricula that apply adult learning principles and practices, ideally in business development, health and/or financial education for female entrepreneurs or youth with very low levels of literacy, and for training trainers.
- Experience delivering training in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on training and coaching trainers in topics related to health, microfinance (credit-led and savings-led methodologies) or small business development.
- Experience working with local organizations (MFIs, NGOs, or other) to provide services for poor communities.
- Experience with credit- or savings-led microfinance methodologies, preferably as an employee of an MFI or other local organization offering integrated financial and nonfinancial services.
- Minimum two years work experience in Asia, Africa or Latin America.
- Fluency in English and fluency in Spanish is required.
- Excellent planning, organizational and documenting skills.
- Willingness to travel nationally and internationally up to 35 percent of the year.
- Must be able to work independently, under general direction of the Director, Training Services, and as a member of a team.
General Job Competencies
- 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, executing work in support of the mission, protecting confidential information and using discretion in all matters.
- Sensitive and respectful of internal clients' concerns and needs.
- Effective organization 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.
If you enjoy a challenge, are interested in making a difference in the lives of others, and meet the desired qualifications, please send your résumé and cover letter to: Freedom from Hunger, Human Resources, 1644 Da Vinci Court, Davis, CA 95618 or e-mail your résumé and cover letter to jobs@freedomfromhunger.org.
Freedom from Hunger is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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