Planning

·         Develop the overall framework for technical, vocational and life skills trainings in accordance to the design document and donor requirements

·         Support the identification of relevant local partners and assessment of existing technical capacities and training needs to achieve program objectives. 

·         Identify the core information needs of grant management, partners, and funding agencies; Participate in development of the annual work plan and budget, ensuring alignment with technical strategy

Pre-Implementation

·         Conduct readiness assessment: the incentives at the system level, the beneficiaries and existing capacity

·         Gather and document evidence-informed training content, approaches and pedagogical models for training delivery according to capacity/needs identified

·         Keep abreast of developments in grant/program changes and progress in order to advise and recommend tools and strategies to increase program performances and results.

·         Identify the requirement for collecting baseline data, prepare terms-of-reference for and arrange the conduct of a baseline survey, as required.

Implementation/Execution

·         Oversee and execute technical training activities with particular focus on results and impacts as well as in lesson learnt

·         Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of technical training activities and to identify where adaptations might be needed

·         Provide ongoing as-needed technical assistance to trainees and partners in implementation.

·         Clarify and/or facilitate process for monitoring and evaluations of sub-grantees

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Reporting

·         Guide staff and executing partners in preparing their progress reports in accordance with approved reporting formats and ensure their timely submission.  This includes quarterly progress reports, annual project reports, inception reports, and ad-hoc technical reports.

·         Prepare consolidation progress reports for grant management including identification of problems, causes of potential bottlenecks in the project implementation, and providing specific recommendations

·         Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing training and management systems and propose solutions to improve related activities.

·         Draft tools and their revisions as well as training materials

Capacity Building/Continuous Learning

·         Design and implement a system to identify, analyze, document and disseminate lessons learned

·         Analyze monitoring data regularly to make real-time adjustments to training content, delivery, and frequency as indicated by trainees/partners.

·         Monitor the follow up on evaluation recommendations

·         Support project/program staff on ways to properly document, organize and capture program progress

·         Facilitate, act as resource person, and join, if required any external supervision and evaluation missions

·         Network with external and WV internal partners to promote learning and achieve training excellence.