Humanitarian Learning Advisor at Indepth Research Services (IRES)

Key Roles / Responsibilities

Training and curriculum Development

• Identify the Humanitarian training needs, plan and implement training that meets these needs.
• Coach, train, and mentor Humanitarian Officers with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the Humanitarian team and providing professional development guidance in conjunction with the Training Manager.
• Facilitation of international trainings workshops in Humanitarian and Disaster to our corporate and NGOs clients.
• Establish a publishable Statistics and Humanitarian and Disaster Management course catalog to include target audiences, learning objectives, and maintenance. ​
• Develop consistent curriculum framework for all trainings in alignment with strategic goals, and education credits where applicable. ​
• Utilize a variety of media to maximize training effectiveness. ​
• Develop and maintain training compliance database to track course completion for target audiences, as dictated by regulatory requirements. ​
• Complete pre- and post-course work that includes, but is not limited to: pre-course assessments, grading and processing final exams, updating attendance records, and reporting course or student issues. ​
• Provide feedback and suggestions on course design and materials to support any areas that need improvement. ​
• Review all course curriculums on a regular basis to be prepared to conduct any course assigned on short-notice. ​

Business Development

• Preparing proposal and responding to related EOI and RFPs
• Following up new business opportunities and setting up meetings
• Planning and preparing presentations
• Communicating new product developments to prospective clients
• Overseeing the development of marketing literature
• Writing reports
• Providing management with feedback

Requirements

• Masters degree in Public Health, Bachelor degree in Sociology, Social Work, Public Health, International Development, or another relevant field,
• Sound knowledge and field experience of humanitarian relief issues and a commitment to humanitarian relief.
• Good computer literacy and knowledge of multiple statistical and/or qualitative software packages such as SPSS, SAS, STATA, R Studio, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word.
• Professional Certificate in Project Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Demonstrable competence in and enthusiasm for practical training methods.
• A sound appreciation of the range of personal and technical issues facing relief workers such as health, International law, quality standard, gender etc.
• GIS experience is an added advantage.
• Computer literacy in MS Office is essential
• At least 2 years’ M&E experience in a busy environment.
• The logical framework approach and other strategic planning approaches;
• Humanitarian Disaster Management methods and approaches including quantitative, qualitative and participatory;
• Planning and implementation of Humanitarian and Disaster management systems;
• Facilitating learning-oriented analysis sessions of Humanitarian and Disaster management data with multiple stakeholders;
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a humanitarian training environment with a focus on Adult Learning.
• Knowledge of statistics is highly preferred.
• Must be able to deliver under strict deadlines and handle pressure effectively.