Nal’ibali New Position – Apply Now!

Nal’ibali (isiXhosa for “here’s the story”) is a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign. It seeks to spark and embed a culture of reading across South Africa, so that reading, writing, and sharing stories – in all South African languages – is part of everyday life.

Job Title: Master Trainer
Job Location: Johannesburg

The successful candidate will support the Training Manager in the execution of the training and mentorship strategy for Nal’ibali as per the strategic direction of the campaign.

Responsibilities:

• Activate and coordinate training cycle phases (pre-during-post training activities) according to scheduled training logs from internal departments (administrators) and external interested parties.
• Lead and coordinate pre-training/mentorship sessions, including necessary training material and logistics, with provincial support coordinators (and partners) as guided by the Training Manager
• Assemble Training team combinations for training events as guided by the Training Manager for scheduled (internal) and responsive (external) training events.
• Fulfil full training facilitation role at selected training sessions and special projects as guided by the Training manager
• Assist and contribute to curriculum design, development and orientation processes as guided by the Training Manager
• Coordinate, facilitate and guide interactive learning at own LM spaces designed to improve literacy practice (reading and story play clubs – including media platforms)
• Conduct preliminary analysis of training/mentorship evaluations/reflections/feedback and share key recommendations with Training Manager for further consideration and action.
• Monitor and track training programme activities, to handle any issues arising, including escalating these to the training manager
• Facilitate training reflective platform discussions across social media platforms, working with the communication Team.
• Drive supplement activation process through the scheduled authoring of the supplement spark guide, including tracking supplement usage trends emerging from data collected.
• Lead and respond to on-site mentorship requests from both internal departments and external partners.
• Maintaining and integration of plans, schedules and resources, working with other programme departments to ensure administrative synergy.
• Ensure record keeping as prescribed by the Training manager

Requirements:

• Related tertiary qualification a necessity, particularly in the fields of education, project management, and/or social development
• Speak more than one South African languages; fluency in English, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana and/or Xitsonga strongly preferred
• Proven work experience as Training coordinator
• Track record in facilitation of successful training programs
• Track record in coordinating diverse training teams
• Familiarity with training cycle activities
• Have valid driver’s license
• Willingness to travel

Skills:

• Facilitation, presentation, coaching and mentorship skills.
• Communication and Leadership skills.
• Multi-tasking and Time-management skills.

To apply, submit your motivational letter and CV to [email protected] with your name and surname, position title on the subject line.

Note that feedback will be provided to shortlisted candidates only.

Application Deadline: 20th July, 2018