Training and Development Specialist

NGO – Nonprofit Training and Development Specialist:

Job Purpose:

The role of the Training & Development Specialist is to deliver, consult, and coach team members in the field of education and child protection as per the target schools or projects. He/she will support the other trainers’ training delivery. The role oversees all training classes and delivers high-quality programming to our beneficiaries in all social classes.

Duties and responsibilities:

 Knowledge Transfer and technical support

• Understanding and cascading the TOC and learning framework of the project to the team
• Sharing learning and experience of training delivery with the team and freelance trainers
• Participate in all project’s TOTs and capacity-building activities
• Reflect on the attendee’s development, feedback, and comments through the agreed-on system.
• Recommend, suggest, and evaluate design curriculum and communicate needs to the team
• Review the M&E assessment tool and its effectiveness. 

Delivery

• The  Training and Development Specialist is primarily responsible for the quality of program delivery in all locations. 
• Ensure Heya Masr’s program runs as planned, including weekly checks and training as needed.
• Coordinate all field activities related to the project, including meetings, training, field visits, and preparations.
• Contribute to the development and/or adaptation of methodologies and to the development of high-complexity technical tools, including complete training packages (training needs assessment tools, training manuals and materials, pre- and post-post training tests), users’ guidelines, etc.
• Delivering professional development to the team.
• Oversee and track training modules in all classes.
• Confirm the team’s input in the M&E system and evaluate it.
• Hand out surveys to all attendees of modules for feedback on the quality of training.
• Interview facilitators, hire them, allocate them to classes, monitor, motivate them, and evaluate them per set criteria.  
• Work closely with team leaders and manage the facilitators.
• Observe, monitor, and evaluate attendees of modules during the program.
• Follow up and sustain good relationships and communication.

Design

• Lead and participate in focus groups or brainstorming before designing new sessions or reorganizing the curriculum.
• Participate in reviewing the training materials and handouts.
• Conducting periodic needs assessments of the project phases and identifying the skills and gaps that must be addressed in the beneficiaries’ technical fields.
• Produce e-learning materials for training and awareness sessions. 
• Document lessons learned and best practices in monitoring and evaluation, and adjust programs accordingly after the director’s approval. 

Internal Reporting and Communication

• Coordinate the training needs with the project team.
• Coordinate with the team leaders on facilitators’ interviews.
• Align with the program manager on the M&E results.
• Attending and organizing meetings internally or with other partners.
• Filling out and submitting direct reports to relevant parties.
• Attending monthly staff meetings and team gatherings.
• Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites, including the conduct of data quality assessments using official tools, overseeing the preparation of monthly reports, and providing supportive supervision.