Senior Trainer at African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC)

About the Opportunity

Inkomoko Kenya seeks a highly talented, organized Senior Trainer who will implement Inkomoko training for a variety of businesses across Ouasin Gishu county. Specific responsibilities include:

Responsibilities

Management (40% time)

• Supervise Training Support Associates staff in Ouasin Gishu county, setting their work plans, contributing to their quarterly performance reviews, and maintaining weekly staff check-ins.
• Be aware at all times of key goals and develop daily strategies to achieve those goals in alignment with budget and culture
• Work with the Training manager to plan and manage the budget, staffing, and other resource needs to deliver program outcomes
• Interpret, apply, and ensure departmental compliance with applicable donors and local policy laws and regulations.
• Lead local staff meetings and other organizational activities to share information with the team
• Ensure all staff under your supervision are compliant with organizational HR policies, and implement disciplinary actions when they are not
• Liaise with the Training manager to ensure smooth operations (i.e. Managing Director, Loan Department, Finance Department, etc.)
• Be a good ambassador in ensuring the organizational culture is understood and followed through by all staff under your supervision
• Represent the company in a highly professional manner in stakeholders’ and government
• meetings and events in the absence of the Regional Director and Training Manager.
• Elevate important trends, risks, and other notable activities to management

Training Implementation (50% Time)

• Develop new and review existing content to match client needs and refugee business
• dynamics in Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia.
• Manage training in all locations for all incoming clients in Ouasin Gishu county 
• Implement training of trainers as part of the ongoing classes schedule for BDAs
• Deploy a wide variety of training methods in several locations
• Conduct the training and shadow all the BDAs during training in all the locations
• Recommend clients that need extra/specific attention to the relevant Business Development Advisors of the location
• Coordinate with BDAs/TSA efforts about the training to clients and partners to ensure full participation
• Draft training reports from assigned locations and update the online report

Operations & Administration (10% Time)

• Record billable hours and activities in organizational tracking systems (Odoo, etc)
• Maintain an updated training schedule on the calendar and the website
• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning department to ensure training is assessed for impact and value to entrepreneurs
• Coordinate and manage the Training Support Associate and other training staff or instructors for smooth logistics
• Attend all Company-wide meetings and maintain organizational values in all situations
• Provide participant or financial reports to funders and partners as needed

Minimum Qualifications

The ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:

• 5+ years of work experience in relevant fields and serving entrepreneurs
• Education requirement: University degree, Project Management, and other relevant academic qualification
• Experience in business training, facilitation, content development, business consulting,
• business planning, and providing business advice
• Strong financial and accounting skills; familiarity with business financial policies
• in Ouasin Gishu county
• Flexible and able to deliver results under pressure
• Experience working and managing teams remotely
• Excellent computer skills, especially with MS Excel, Word, and project management tools(i.e: Trello, etc.)
• Good written and oral communications skills
• Good presentation and training skills
• Shows perseverance, personal integrity, and critical thinking skills
• Outgoing and Social
• Honest and professional
• Must be based in the camp
• Excellent communicator to audiences in Swahili and English.
• Access to a smartphone 24/7
• Candidate should not be employed by any other organization with Camp activities currently

Closing on: Jan 22, 2023