Associate/Consultant Trainers

Title: Associate Consultants

Introduction:

Indepth Research Services -IRES is an international training / capacity building and consultancy organization offering technical training and education services designed for individuals, and organizations working in the Agriculture, Climate change and Environment; Disaster management; Education; Food and Nutrition; Health; Humanitarian relief; Logistics and Telecommunication; Recovery and Reconstruction; Safety and Security; Water sanitation and hygiene sectors .

Since commencing our operations in 2003, we have continued to provide high quality, cost effective service to our clients in Africa and around the Globe. we run a number of training and capacity building events for our clients ranging scheduled courses to tailor-made training programs and consultancies in the in the areas of Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation; Research, Data Management & Statistics; Agriculture , Food Security and Livelihoods; Geospatial Information Systems & Earth Management; Governance , Leadership and Management; ICT4D & Mobile Technologies andInternational Development and Policy Analysis.

We are currently seeking suitable candidates to fill in position(s) as Associate / Consultants Trainers to work on a partnership/Revenue sharing or needs/consultancy basics.

For detailed explanation, see:

http://indepthresearch.org/aboutus/consultantstrainers

We are looking for skilled and committed trainers and facilitators with passion about capacity building at all levels of a humanitarian/development organization, delivering innovative learning and development activities, with varied backgrounds, profiles and experience, able to integrate into a dynamic team and have a strong eye for detail.

The categories of Training are detailed below.

Category 1: Projects & Programmes Management

1. Advanced Project Management
2. Advanced Ms Project and other Project Management Software
3. PRINCE certification Training
4. PMI certification Training

Category 2: Monitoring & Development Evaluation

1. Monitoring and Evaluation of Programmes
2. Performance Management
3. Developing Frameworks
4. Value for Money Analysis
5. Developing Theories of change
6. Participatory M&E
7. Measurement and Survey design
8. Quantitative Data analysis for M&E
9. Qualitative Data Analysis for M&E
10. Data Quality, Demand and Use
11. Data Visualisation
12. Impact Evaluation and Impact Assessment
13. Organizational Development
14. Advanced use of STATA, SPSS and R for M&E
15. Advanced use of Advanced Ms Excel for M&E
16. Advanced use of NVIVO, Atlas –ti for M&E
17. Specialized knowledge in M&E for (NGO Sector, Agriculture, Health, Food Security, Governance, Disaster Management, Nutrition)

Category 3: Research, Data Management & Statistics

1. Data Collection & Processing Techniques
2. Mobile data collection
3. Research Methods
4. Qualitative Analysis
5. Quantitative Analysis
6. Mixed Method Analysis
7. Participatory Action Research
8. Research with Children and Young People
9. Research with PWD
10. Biostatistics
11. Epidemiology
12. Econometrics
13. Advanced use of STATA, SPSS, E-Views, OS Metrics, and R
14. Advanced use of Advanced Ms Excel
15. Advanced use of NVIVO, Atlas –ti
16. Advanced use of CsPro, ODK

Category 4: Public Sector Statistics

1. Labour Force Statistics
2. Education Statistics
3. Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics
4. Tourism Statistics
5. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Statistics
6. Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics
7. Energy statistics
8. Crime statistics
9. Public Finance Statistics
10. National Accounts
11. Building and construction statistics
12. Transport and Communication Statistics
13. Index Numbers and Economic Statistics
14. Prices Statistics and Index Numbers
15. Gender Statistics
16. Population, Demography and Vital Statistics

Category 5:Agriculture, Development, Food Security and Livelihoods

1. Agriculture Extension
2. Agribusiness, Agricultural markets and market facilitations
3. Farmer organization support
4. Farm inputs
5. Gender and Agriculture
6. Irrigated agriculture
7. Livestock Production
8. Monitoring and evaluation of agriculture programmes
9. Policy and advocacy
10. Post harvest management
11. Pest and Disease Management
12. Precision agriculture (PA)
13. Soil Health
14. Land Tenure
15. Small holder farming
16. Water policy and Climate Change
17. Research for Agriculture
18. Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods
19. Research in Food and Nutrition Security
20. Livelihoods Analysis
21. Food Security and Nutrition Survey and Assessment
22. Climate Change Disaster Risk Management

Category 6: Geospatial Information Systems & Earth Observation

1. Geographical Information Systems
2. Remote Sensing
3. Advanced Geo-Database Development, Web GIS and Google Maps API
4. Advanced use of Open Source GIS and Remote Sensing Software (Quantum GIS, SAGA, CartoDB)
5. Advanced use of Enterprise GIS and Remote Sensing Software (ArccGIS, ENVI)
6. Advanced PostgreSQL and Post GIS
7. Application of GIS and Remote Sensing for one area or a combination of area (Governance, Health, Disaster Risk Management, WASH, Transportation, Logistics and Distributions , Populations, Economics and Business , Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Food Security, Education, Governance, Environmental Impact Assessment, Mining and Geology, Environment, Natural Resources Management and Energy)

Category 7: ICT4D & Modern Technologies

1. Applied Computer Literacy and Office Management
2. Computer and Information Security
3. System and Network Administration
4. Database Design, Development & Management
5. Web Web Design, Publishing and Development
6. Software Development and Customization
7. Mobile Applications Development
8. Microsoft Office Applications (Advanced Excel, VBA, Advanced Access, Advanced PowerPoint and others)
9. Software Development & Customization
10. e-Learning Platform Development (Moodle and Others)
11. E-Learning Content Development
12. Advanced Linux for System and Network Administration
13. Advanced knowledge of MySQL, Javascript, PHP, CSS and other tools
14. Graphic Design (Photoshop, Illustrator, 3-D Graphics, Animations and others)
15. Content Management Systems (Drupal, Joomla, Typo3 and others)
16. Dreamweaver
17. ICT4D for (Research and data management, Agriculture and Rural Development, Trade, Micro-Finance, Local Broadcasting, Governance, Health, Education)

Category 8: Governance, Leadership and Management

1. Leadership & Management
2. Financial Management
3. Public Participation and Engagement
4. Public Service Management
5. Health Systems Management

Category 9: Humanitarian work

1. Knowledge Management
2. Organization Development and design
3. Disaster Management
4. Protection and human rights
5. Gender Equality and women empowerment
6. Post conflict reconstruction and development
7. Advocacy

Associate trainers are expected toDevelop in-depth knowledge about business development practices, marketing activities, prospective clients and industry trends.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Development of Training programmes and facilitation materials for the training area preferred

· Facilitation of training

· Developing Technical proposal for consultancies

Academic Qualifications:

Skills Required

· Ability to use own initiative and pay close attention to detail.

· Efficient, highly effective work-ethic: ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ability to learn quickly.

· Ability to proactively seek out new business opportunities with clients as well as other potential companies and agencies to expand IRES’s leadership and impact throughout the region. Lead the writing of proposals with the business development team for recommended advisory support.

· Ability to write concept papers, technical proposals, marketing materials, presentations, and relevant materials

· Ability to work well individually, within a team, and leading a team to deliver exceptional results

· Idealistic, Hands on and high problem solving abilities

· Showcase enthusiasm and a passion for Training and capacity building in the preferred area

Qualification and experience:

• A Minimum of a master degree in the preferred area
• Experience working in the NGO sector
• Above 30 years of Age
• At least four years’ experience in design, implementation and evaluation of trainings
• Demonstrated experience in designing, and facilitating individual and group trainings
• Experience in using a variety of training methods based on adult learning principles
• Oral and Written fluency in English. Knowledge of French will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Adult Learning Cycle
• Previous experience working with NGOs/institutions of learning desirable
• Previous consultancy experience
• Ability to compile professional and high quality training materials with minimum supervision
• Be citizens of any of the following countries Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Rwanda, Ghana, Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria, and Senegal.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested parties must submit their applications by email referenced under title

Associate trainers and facilitators tohr@indepthresearch.org