Team Leader/Capacity Development Specialist

Team Leader/Capacity Development Specialist

The American University of Nigeria - Mubi, Adamawa

Posted: Nov 6th, 2019

The goal of AUN is to train the future leaders of Africa and to serve as both a stimulus and agent of economic development throughout the region. All students, regardless of academic specialization, receive high-level training in information technology, entrepreneurship and in arts and sciences.

Responsibilities

Lead the efficiency and management of Office Operations and timely delivery of program support.
Ensures compliance with all work ethics, resources management and provides exemplary leadership.
Coordinate timely programs reporting working with officers and other specialists.
Organize and oversee the implementation of the project training/capacity building, in line with the priorities identified by the project and partner institutions.
Ensure the inclusion and consistency of capacity development plans in the overall project work plan and deliverables.
Identify and organize collaborative partnership with trainers/consultant or capacity development experts, including professionals from GIZ programs, to meet the demand and objectives of the project.
Facilitate the network of capacity-building experts on training and mentoring, in consultation with the Project Director.
Ensure coherence and synergies of the project’s intervention with the overall strategy of JSR in terms of capacity building and high performance.
Initiate, lead and follow relevant partnerships with the Ministry of Agriculture, AADP and GIZ, in order to support and pursue sustainable training for the targeted departments/units.
Ensure the sharing of experiences and dissemination of good practice in capacity development.
Design and develop training modules to support and respond to project needs.
Develop a range of specific sustainable training on Agricultural produce value addition and emerging markets approaches and strategies.
Coordinate/align training modules to direct beneficiaries of the project "learning by doing";
Organize, implement and monitor other capacity utilization programs especially coaching and mentoring.

Minimum: HND
Experience: 3-5 year(s)

Location: Mubi, Adamawa
Job Type: Temporary

Salary: Negotiable
Expires: 18-11-2019

General Requirements

MA/MS in Pure and or Social Sciences and years’ experience in project management,
3 years’ experience in managing the office and people management.
Great communication and report writing skills.
Have experience in the development of training materials and delivering training.
Average knowledge of project finance and procurement processes.
Excellent knowledge of the agriculture value chain.
High level of computer literacy (primarily in Microsoft Office packages).
Fluent in Local languages and English.