JOB TITLE: TRAINING LEAD

DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC FINANCE

REPORTING TO: PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGER

BASED AT: SOMALIA

ABOUT FARSIGHT GROUP:

Farsight Africa Group is a leading full-service Pan-African communications company that delivers public finance management services and impactful solutions to companies, governments, development organizations and individuals across East Africa.

Farsight Africa Group has established a reputation in the marketplace for working in complex and challenging environments that demand a comprehensive understanding of local cultures, indigenous communication practices and relationships with stakeholders at both the grassroots and national level.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyses training needs to develop comprehensive quality training programs
• Plans, develops and delivers QS and RA trainings and educational forums, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the job training, meetings, conferences and or workshops, such as cGMP, on-boarding, product training
• Responsible to monitor and track external commitments or observations related to the training programs
• Develop a scalable approach to change management and training on projects, assessing needs, budgeting resources, and coaching IT and business resources on change management deliverables
• Engage in the earliest phases of project planning and execution to define project impacts, change management scope, training requirements, and required resources
• Develop systems/business transformation change management plans, ensuring that engagement and reinforcement strategies are embedded in project plans
• Conduct change impact assessments to identify detailed impacts on people, processes, and technology resulting from projects
• Create targeted communications to drive business readiness of individual stakeholder groups with technical content on impacted areas
• Develop training and toolkits for managers to help coach through the various emotional reactions to the change initiative, to raise awareness of what to expect in terms of resistance, and guidelines on how to address for maximum impact
• Partner with management/leadership on an on-going basis to ensure proactively addressing employee resistance, communicating transparently, soliciting feedback, and responding to concerns timely

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• The training expert should have at-least a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Organisational Design and Management, ICT or any related field;
• A minimum of ten (10) years’ training experience in public sector organizations in a country setting;
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in IT Systems Training in a tax administration or at least Public Financial Management;
• Solid experience working in organisational development, capacity building, in the public sector reform environments;
• Position largely based in Somalia

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent writing and communication skills in English;
• Knowledge of Somali language is a plus; and
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work well with diverse cultures.
• Experience which is particular to Fragile, Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries will be an added advantage.