Training Manager (Nairobi Candidates)
Reports to: Senior Program Manager
Direct Reports: Program Assistant, Regional Coordinators & Programs Interns
She’s the First is a global girls’ rights organization that fights for a world where every girl can choose her own future. We team up with grassroots leaders to make sure girls everywhere are educated, respected, and heard. Over the past 13 years, we’ve created transformational outcomes for 226,500 girls by working alongside 285 community organizations in 42 countries.
To support mentors, our biggest program is the Girls First Institute: a skills-building, outcomes-improving hub for women who uplift girls in their communities. It includes our annual conference, fellowship programs, widely distributed toolkits, a collaborative network of 700+ members, and a tight-knit Partner Coalition.
Our innovative Training Manager will be responsible for growing engagement and outcomes within the Girls First Institute. Our perfect match is someone who is looking to step into a transformative role, who considers themselves a builder of pipelines, projects, and teams. This position is meant for a mid-career professional (minimum 4 years with an advanced degree). We seek someone with proven experience developing curricula/resources and in leading trainings across different global contexts. We prefer someone who has worked directly with girls and/or women in prior roles. This person must be willing to travel approximately 3 times a year.
- Start date: August 1st, 2023
- Starting Salary: Kshs 460,000 monthly
- Hybrid; must have proximity to Nairobi
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACTING AS LEAD TRAINER ON STAFF
- Liaise with the Senior Programs Manager to determine training needs and schedule training sessions
- Prepare a quarterly briefing on the training program’s effectiveness, success, and testimonials
- Design effective training programs and curricula for new and existing projects of the Girls First Institute
- Select and book venues, staying on budget
- Prepare presentations, handouts, and learning materials
- Deliver training and respond to participants’ queries
- Onboard and support external facilitators for various projects in the Girls First Institute
- Support the Director of Programs & Impact in conducting evaluations to identify areas of improvement
INCREASING ENGAGEMENT
- Proactively work to promote the Girls First Institute and its services.
- Ensure the dissemination of current toolkits, assess their effectiveness, and engage with stakeholders to understand their impact.
- Keep accurate records, produce quarterly reports, and provide statistical data for analysis on the Girls First Institute’s growth, membership, and trends.
- Coordinate online engagements, networking, and training for CBO leaders throughout the year.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with partners, leaders, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Assist the communications team in coordinating & gathering stories of change from within the network.
STEWARDSHIP
- Supervise the Programs Assistant, regional coordinators, and the Programs intern(s).
- Collaborate with the Programs leadership team in providing coaching support and in conducting partner learning visits and site visits where required.
- Support in writing grant proposals and reports where required.
- Actively participate in STF’s commitment to anti-oppression and anti-racism through your leadership decisions and the example you set
REQUIREMENTS:
- 4+ years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree in Pedagogy, Social Sciences, or a related field.
- Located in Nairobi
- Proven and highly effective written and oral communication skills, with an ability to develop training content, resources, and curricula.
- A skillful and engaging facilitator that creates safe spaces for participants across diverse populations.
- Experience managing direct reports and consultants as well as skill in “managing up” to ensure your supervisor is well informed
- Impeccable project management skills to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and ensure no follow-up falls through the cracks
- Ability to work independently, with a commitment to clear honest verbal and written communication
- A personal connection and a deep passion for our mission of fighting for a world where every girl is educated, respected, and heard; experience centering the voices of girls and young people
- Fluency in Swahili and/or other languages is an added advantage
CULTURE OF STF:
The She’s the First staff has a strong work ethic, but we value flexibility in our workplace. We enjoy flexible hours and make accommodations that set us up for maximum success, individually and as a team. However, this requires excellent communication, trust, and prioritization skills to work well, so we seek a teammate who would enjoy and respect this work culture.
BENEFITS:
- Kshs 460,000 monthly, with opportunity for annual merit raises and pathway for promotion
- Medical insurance inclusive of dental and vision.
- 21 days of PTO and 13 holidays.
- Flexible working hours.
- Laptop and communications stipend.
TO APPLY:
Submit your resume, a cover letter telling a story of why you love being a trainer, and a sample of a resource, toolkits or training agenda that you have created in the past here (and embedded below). Applications will be closed on June 16th and reviewed on a rolling basis. STF is unable to respond to follow-up inquiries.
