Learning and Talent Manager at Africa Management Initiative

Learning and Talent Manager Job Responsibilities

AMI Talent Development

• Sourcing & Selection: Develop AMI’s talent pipeline in 3 geographies by building relationships with partners and raising AMI’s employer brand. Develop selection strategies and processes for core roles.
• Graduate Development Programme: Develop and manage AMI’s new graduate development programme, overseeing training, peer mentoring and on-the-job rotations
• Remuneration, retention & performance: Work with CEO and country GMs to develop and implement company-wide strategies around remuneration, retention and performance management.
• Learning & development: Work with our learning team to refine AMI’s on-boarding programme and develop ongoing learning and development, particularly in new geographies.

Facilitation & facilitator management

• Work with the Chief Learning Officer to constantly develop and improve AMI’s blended learning strategy and processes for scalability, particularly for business clients
• Create facilitator training manuals and supporting documents as AMI scales its blended learning offering
• Identify, select and train new facilitators; provide ongoing support and assessment for existing facilitators
• Lead development of a structured facilitator ‘accreditation’ process
• Manage allocation of facilitators for AMI’s busy schedule of workshops, including liaison with programme management teams
• Provide overall management and oversight of AMI facilitators

Learning Programme Design for Clients |

• Support business development teams across geographies but particularly in East Africa in understanding client needs and scoping new programmes
• Work with Chief Learning Officer to design programmes that leverage AMI’s world-class methodology, content and platform to meet the individual needs of business clients
• Provide learning design support to programme managers across geographies, with a focus on East Africa, including periodic analysis of programme progress and strategies to improve metrics
• Customise materials, including courses, resources, case studies and activities, as appropriate for key business clients.
• Work with the Chief Learning Officer to constantly develop and improve AMI’s blended learning strategy and processes for scalability

Skills & Attributes

• Strong understanding of work-based competencies. Ability to break down job roles within sectors and to identify training and development needs
• Strong learning design skills. Ability to design a learning programme that leverages AMI’s existing methodologies but meets the training needs of a specific sector and the learning styles of our target participants
• Ability to design and develop training curriculum and materials, working with subject matter experts
• Outstanding facilitation and coaching skills at a senior level
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Ability to build relationships with stakeholders at an executive level, and to write concise and engaging design briefs and proposals
• Outstanding Project/Programme Management skills at a senior level
• People management skills ability to identify, train and motivate a network of freelance facilitators, to mentor and support junior staff in the office and to work laterally across AMI’s various functional departments in different locations
• A commitment to AMI’s values of excellence, innovation and accountability
• Willingness to engage in robust debate while maintaining deep respect for others
• Thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Absolutely rock-solid integrity

Qualifications for the Learning and Talent Manager Job

• Minimum of 5 years experience in company training or management education (essential)
• Experience designing and implementing learning programmes (essential)
• Experience developing and implementing talent/HR strategies, ideally in Kenya (preferred)
• Experience working in entrepreneurial or high-growth environment (essential)
• Postgraduate degree or equivalent experience