Training Manager

1. BACKGROUND

Passerelles Numériques (PN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling highly disadvantaged youths, through their abilities and their commitment, to access education and technical and vocational training in the sector of Information Technology. We work to build strong employability which will allow them and their families to escape poverty in a sustainable way, and contribute to the social and economic development of their countries.

Established in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Madagascar, Passerelles Numériques currently trains more than 600 students and employs around 100 people based in these three countries including a small team in France. Since 2005, PN has produced more than 2 600 graduates.

In the Philippines, Passerelles Numériques started its mission in 2009, with a training center based in Cebu City. PN Philippines offers a two and a half year vocational training program for underserved young people belonging to base of the pyramid families. Today, PN Philippines (PNPh) trains 159 students and has graduated 646 young disadvantaged people since 2009.

Website: https://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/en

https://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/en/our-actions/philippines/

2. CONTEXT AND MISSION

Passerelles Numériques Philippines (PNPh) provides a jointly managed vocational training program, with the academic partner providing the Software Development Associate degree reinforced with relevant IT and professional development courses provided by PNPh.

PNPh is looking for a Training Manager who will:

• manage PNPh teachers and lead the relationship with our academic partner teachers;
• ensure a close follow-up and monitoring of each student, following PN holistic approach;
• ensure that the training program provided complies with the criteria set for sustainable employability;
• implement PN pedagogical approaches, which ensures a high-quality education for all its students.

This position will require someone who is very dedicated to support the development of underprivileged youths. S/he reports to the Country Representative of PNPh and has a strong collaboration with our PN Pedagogical Advisor.

3. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic direction

• Provide inspiring and purposeful leadership for the staff and students;
• Promote better engagement with partner education institutes for evaluation and benchmarking purposes;
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the students in close coordination with in-center and university/school trainers. Respond and report to the country director as required;
• Ensure that courses offered are aligned to local and global learning competencies and skills standards as well as respond to current industry requirements.

Partnerships & Linkages

• Be in charge of the academic relationship with the academic partners;
• Be in charge of the relationship between PNPh and governmental line agencies in the regional and/or national level;
• Initiate and establish networks and linkages with ICT and other related industries;
• Represent PNPh in any ICT event, meeting, conferences as maybe required.

Staff Lead & management

• Plan, allocate, support and evaluate work undertaken by the Training Team (in-center), ensuring clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities;
• Implement and sustain effective systems for the management of the training staff performance, incorporating performance management and target setting. As such, perform annual 360-degree performance appraisal of training staff;
• Promote and monitor the continuing professional development of training staff, including the on-boarding of newly qualified trainers;
• In collaboration with the PN pedagogical advisor, identify and organize internal or external workshops to continuously keep the training team up-to-date on the latest educational trends, and promote best practices in education.

Staff & resource Deployment

Human resources

• Work closely with the HR Department/office in Teacher management, recruitment, retention, deployment of staff in order to maintain and improve the quality of education provided.

Finance

• Plan the Training Team budgets each year;
• Set appropriate priorities for expenditure and allocation of funds;
• Monitor budget variances and control the department’s expenditure.

Resources

• Plan the operational management of Training & Education activities outside academic hours: timetable, classrooms, IT labs, class materials and supplies, etc.
• If necessary, coordinate closely with the academic partner in the area of resource planning and implementation in and off campus.

Training and pedagogy management

Ensure that the PN Learning model is fully implemented with both the PNPh and academic partner’s training teams, as follows:

For academic partners

• Review and validate the ICT course offering under the associate degree on Software Development;
• Meet regularly the trainers to monitor student academic performance and identify needed IT reinforcement courses;
• Propose and conduct pedagogical workshops to the academic trainers (if they are interested).

For PNPh

• Analyze, design and implement the ICT reinforcement courses, which are dedicated to reinforce students’ ICT level;
• Develop assessment strategies to evaluate students’ progress on ICT reinforcement and Professional Development courses;
• Provide workshops to PNPh trainers to promote effective teaching practices.

Other non-academic, non-curricular programs

Following the PN learning model, implement programs and strategies to manage other non-academic and non-curricular programs, as follows:

• Plan (including human, material and financial resources), as well as execute and evaluate the conduct of the following activities:

Summer Camp: 6 weeks during summer vacation(1st & 2nd yr students)

Pre-training: 4 weeks before the start of the first semester (New entrants)

Students’ academic level follow up

• Conduct data analytics based on results of tests provided by the university to evaluate students’ growth and progress;
• Ensure that students develop study skills in order to learn more effectively and with increasing independence. Organize remedial classes when necessary;
• Meet with students, particularly those who are struggling, to identify their individual learning needs and develop strategies to support their academic success;
• Lead class counsels.

Life Skills management

Following PN learning model, implement strategies and programs with Education department:

• To develop student’s life skills;
• To ensure student well-being and good behavior.

Internship management

Manage internship program in collaboration with the External Relations department:

• Together with the academic and industry partner, create the training plan that stipulates required learning competencies vis-à-vis industry standards and ensure close collaboration with the partners throughout the internship program;
• Address issues and concerns that may surface concerning the conduct of the internship program;
• Ensure each internship job description matches with students’ technical skills;
• Follow up students’ performances and tasks during the internships.

PN Global and cross-country collaboration

• Participate in PN learning model training workshops;
• Play an active role towards the other Passerelles Numériques teams;
• Participate or lead cross-country projects;
• Implement decisions and policies given by the Country Representative and Global Codir.

Training reports

• Produce semester training reports (twice a year) to submit to the university and PNPh;
• Submit training reports for donors as required by the PN Fundraising Team;
• Submit training reports for the PN Global and local annual report as required by the External Relations Office Team;
• Produce YR-end training report for Board of Directors as required by the Finance and Admin Team and Country Representative.

Others

• Continue to develop an organization in which all the staff recognize that they are important and accountable for the success of the school
• Carry out any such duties as may be reasonably required by the Country Representative
• Organize and take part in school events, workshops, trainings, outings and activities which may take place at weekends or in the evening
• Meet with other professionals if required.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in Software Development or equivalent
• Teaching experience a must
• Management experience or assumed leadership roles preferred
• Good English and communication skills required