Open Positions at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Specific duties:

• Learning Consultation and Needs Diagnosis
• Partner with senior leaders and internal subject matter experts (SMEs) to surface capability gaps using interviews, performance data, and field insights (Regional Offices).
• Convert ambiguous briefs (from C-suite) into structured learning problems and measurable objectives.
• Strategic Partner and Vendor Collaboration
• Engage with top tier global learning vendors and consulting partners to set up master service agreements in each region of operation.
• Provide strong creative direction, content framing, and quality checks so that vendor outputs reflect internal challenges and internal culture, not generic templates.
• Co-own design reviews, run pilots, and manage iterations to ensure the final product meets CIMMYT’s required standards.
• Ensure vendor content, platforms, and facilitation methods can scale across regions.
• Instructional Design and Content Development
• Use the ADDIE model to design and develop high quality learning content that works for CIMMYT’s operating environment culture and internal use cases.
• Create advanced presentations, guides, learning simulations, and digital learning experiences suitable for science, operations, and engagement chapter audiences.
• Partner with internal experts to integrate field knowledge, research data, and examples from real CIMMYT work.
• Program Deployment, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement
• Deliver programs through digital first and blended formats that scale across countries without heavy staff presence.
• Use learner data, feedback, and manager insight to measure impact and maintain dashboards on skills gains and readiness indicators.
• Deploy programs in partnership with regional team members through a self-service model.

Requirements

• 6 to 8 years of global professional experience professional training design role or L&D specialist role. (minimum 4 years as per CIMMYT Institutional Job Level Guidelines)
• Proven ability to design training from ambiguous briefs without hand holding or heavily predefined frameworks.
• Strong experience working with global consulting vendors to build high stakes leadership programs.
• Instructional design mastery grounded in ADDIE.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem framing ability.
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external experts without losing ownership of the final product.

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Specific Duties

Performance Management

• Design and implement CIMMYT’s talent and performance review process in line with CIMMYT talent management strategy, ensuring a unified approach to goal setting, development, and promotion readiness.
• Provide analytics and reports linking performance outcomes with compensation, promotion, and development decisions.

Succession & Organizational Planning

• Maintain a dynamic succession planning framework covering critical and leadership roles across all programs, functions, and countries.
• Collaborate with HR team members, Directors, and Program Leads to identify successors, readiness levels, and development plans.
• Lead annual talent reviews and update succession risk maps to inform workforce planning.
• Support leadership capability assessments, career path mapping, and high-potential development initiatives.
• Monitor the implementation of individual development plans to strengthen readiness pipelines.
• Support organizational design discussions and talent moves that enhance structure, agility, and cross-functional collaboration.

Analytics and Continuous Improvement

• Generate dashboards and insights that integrate performance, succession, and development data for senior management, inc. evaluation of effectiveness.
• Prepare institutional talent management reports and briefings for leadership, governance bodies, and donors as needed.

Advisory and Collaboration

• Provide expert support to HR Business Partners and managers on talent identification, development planning, and career progression.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years work experience in similar roles.
• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field. A Bachelor’s degree with significant additional relevant experience may be accepted.
• Demonstrated experience in designing or implementing performance and succession frameworks, and in talent analytics or reporting.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and advisory skills with proven ability to influence across diverse teams.
• Strong communication skills.
• Advanced English - C1.