Volunteer
Opportunity description
Job summary
A training and development
officer handles the learning and professional development of an organisation’s
workforce. Trainers equip staff with the knowledge, practical skills and
motivation to carry out work-related tasks. Training and development officers
help with the ongoing, long-term improvement of employees’ skills, enabling
them to fulfill their potential within their organization.
1) Responsibilities
Activities are likely to include
some or all of the following:
-Participate in identifying
training and development needs within the organization.
-Design and expand training and
development programs based on both the organisation’s and the individual’s
needs.
-Consider the costs of planned
programs and keep within budgets.
-Devise individual learning
plans.
-Produce training materials for
in-house courses.
-Manage the delivery of training
and development programs.
-Monitor and review the progress
of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managers.
-Evaluate training and development
programs and amend and revise them as necessary
-Help line managers and trainers
solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups.
-Have an understanding of
e-learning techniques, and where relevant, being involved in the creation
and/or delivery of e-learning packages.
-Research new technologies and
methodologies in workplace learning and present this research.
2) Requirements
-Critical Thinking: Corporate
trainers will have to develop or assess materials that will help employees
understand the subjects being taught. Trainers will have to understand the
needs of the employees and judge what will work.
-Decision Making: Corporate
trainers will have to decide the best programs to train their employees and
meet the needs of the organization.
-Communication Skills: they must
be friendly, clear, strong speakers.
-Management: Trainers might be in
charge of training staff, or need to motivate and train large groups of
employees
There are many fields that a
trainer can come from and it depends on their training specialty. Examples are
human resources, business administration, organizational management,
educational psychology, information technology, or many more. Regardless of
education background, trainers must have experience in their field.
How to apply
Kindly visit
www.eloiministries.org or email us at info@eloiministries.org or clara.rusoke@eloiministries.org