Manager, Training and Coach Development at Grassroot Soccer

Responsibilities:

Provide Technical Assistance to Partners (40%)

• Support deliverables as needed for funded projects on the GRS Partnerships team, including but not limited to:
• Program and product design (curriculum, coach development, M&E, research)
• Coach development planning, implementation, and monitoring
• Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tensure learnings are integrated across the program cycle and integrated intprogram design and coach development initatives
• Other workshops, trainings, or technical assistance as needed

Strengthen and Sustain Technical Assistance (40%)

• Program Design
• Lead internal Program Design initiatives tensure the GRS Technical Assistance package is current and addressing the most in demand area for adolescent health as well as delivery models
• Coach Development
• Create and/or refine tools tscale up trainers and/or deliver components of coach development
• Working closely with the Global Training Manager, scale up trainers whcan be deployed to support coach development
• Work closely with Program Managers tidentify trainers tsupport various programs
• Prepare trainers for upcoming technical assistance
• M&E
• Work closely with Global M&E team tadapt and operationalize tools as needed
• Brainstorm ways toperationalize learnings from data reviews and other analyses
• Research
• Work closely with the Global Research Officer tdesign, improve, and/or operationalize GRS approach tyouth-led research
• General
• Support Program Managers ttroubleshoot project-based needs and identify feasible solutions
• Develop and/or refine templates for internal and external reports on technical assistance
• Develop and/or refine tools tstrengthen technical assistance package

Other (20%)

• Co-lead the GRS Coach Development process (including improving the Coach Development
• Toolkit and the Training Committee)
• Stay informed on best practices in adolescent health program implementation (attend external trainings, workshops, webinars) tgenerate new ideas and ways tstrengthen SKILLZ approaches;
• Identify opportunities tshare information, exchange best practices amongst partners and/or within Grassroot Soccer;
• Support GP Program Manager for Zimbabwe as needed as directed by Director
• Contribute tnew Business Development through support for program design, partner mapping, stakeholder engagement, proposal writing, and networking
• Other support as needed

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience managing, implementing, and monitoring concurrent, large scale international development projects 
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Demonstrated experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance tpartners in donor funded projects valued at least $1 million per year
• Demonstrated experience working with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders (e.g., from young people tglobal headquarters tboards tpartners tfield teams)
• Willingness and ability ttravel domestically and internationally (approximately 30% of time) with active passport