Training Coordinator

Position – Training Coordinator

Company: Aflatoun

Location :Remote/Amsterdam

Job type :Full time

Remuneration :To be discussed based on the type of contract

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The Organization

Aflatoun International is a non-profit organisation, which offers social, financial & entrepreneurial education to children and young people worldwide, empowering them to make a positive change for a more equitable world. Aflatoun creates high-quality curricula, for different age groups, which are contextualised to local needs and specific circumstances, and are implemented by over 300 partner organisations in 101 countries, reaching 10.5 million children (2019).

Aflatoun programmes inspire children to discover their talents and put them to use, to stand up for their rights and those of their communities, to play games and to solve problems. They learn how to save, how to budget and how to set up social and financial enterprises that benefit themselves, their families and their neighbourhoods.

Aflatoun has been recognised globally (Brookings, Harvard, HundrEd, Million Lives Club) for its high-impact, low-cost model, which has demonstrated to be effective in changing behaviors of its participants across the globe. By using a social franchise model, Aflatoun transfers curricular content, monitoring and evaluation tools, and training capacity to partner organizations, helping them to enhance their existing expertise and to create an efficient learning ecosystem. Aflatoun’s programmes follow an active-learning, participant-centered methodology, which combines social and financial education to transform the lives of their participants, educators, civil society organizations and other NGOs.

Aflatoun has a multidisciplinary team of professionals. We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Training Coordinator to join the Aflatoun Team.

Position

The training coordinator will support Aflatoun’s programmatic work by managing the training activities within Aflatoun. The training coordinator will create the necessary database to compile all trainings material and data regarding trainings delivered by Aflatoun.

Specific tasks and responsibilities

Training Coordination and Implementation

· Coordinate with a team of master trainers for effective delivery of trainings.

· Organize the Delivery of Training for Global and Regional Master trainers.

· Work on compiling all data related to trainings offered by Aflatoun (participants, partners, trainers’ data etc)

· Work on compiling all resources developed for trainings by thematic and region to allow easier accessibility for the Aflatoun team and Master trainers

· Recruit, onboard and train additional master trainers from across the regions in coordination with the programme managers.

· Develop trainer certification standards and launch the cascade model of certification for trainers and teachers.

· Initiate and support the use of the partner platform to manage the training for trainers and teachers

· Coordinate the workflow of internal and external training development and delivery work by coordinating with the education team and program managers.

Training Development

• Review and develop Aflatoun training frameworks and conduct comprehensive reviews of training products, including consultation with academics, consultants, donors and partners to embed best practices and learnings from research and M&E into training revision. This includes engaging expert working groups and advisory boards

• Develop and maintain Aflatoun’s training guides, including review and improvement of existing training products and development of new / adapted training products tailored for specific purposes, including distance learning;

• Provide technical support to the education department on training development.

• Design trainings for multiple formats of delivery, specifically adapting trainings to digital platforms and the development of new digital training products;

• Keep abreast of latest thinking & Innovations in training and facilitation around social and financial education and 21st century skills;

Non-technical responsibilities as Aflatoun staff

• Positively contribute to team discussions, and the effective running of the organization;

• Cross-departmental collaboration, compliance with organizational policies and procedures including submitting monthly timesheets;

• Keep relevant sections of the website up to date and contribute to organizational communications materials in relation to curriculum development;

• Maintain contacts’ details and key communications in the organization’s relationship management system, Salesforce;

• Promote Aflatoun’s work on social media;

• Perform other duties and tasks, consistent with the skills and expertise, as required in non-routine circumstances;

• Be willing to adapt to different tasks and different cross-organisational tasks, this includes but is not limited to helping deliver Aflatoun events such as the International Conferences and staff retreats.

Professional Qualifications & Experience

• 3+ years’ work experience in the areas of child/youth teaching & learning and educator professional development

• Academic degree in related subject (e.g. Masters in Education or Child Development);

• Experience in delivering trainings using active learning methodologies, facilitating learning spaces.

• Experience in project management, including project planning, status reporting and budget management;

• Experience producing and publishing high quality written materials in English.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of the international education sector, pedagogy, learning, and training;

• Independently develop high quality training materials;

• Understanding of different knowledge/skill delivery models (classroom-based, online, blended, experiential);

• Experience in development and delivery of trainings and skilled using active-learning methodologies.

• Ability to work effectively in an international environment;

• Ability and willingness to travel internationally;

• Fluent written and spoken English (required). Knowledge of additional languages such as Dutch, Spanish, French, Russian or Arabic would be an advantage;

• Understanding and willingness to conduct work and demonstrate behaviors in line with Aflatoun International’s values and policies.

Due to the nature of Aflatoun’s work with children around the world, specific attention is drawn towards Aflatoun’s Child Protection Policy and its Policy on the Protection of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). These two policies are required to be signed by new employees and forms part of the employment documents related to the employment contract. The applicant commits to zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse.