Head - Technology Training/Learning & Development - IT

Head Technology Training - Learning and Development

- The ideal candidate must be proactive, and go beyond expectations to achieve job results and create new opportunities.

- He/she must positively influence the team, motivate high performance, promote a friendly climate, give constructive feedback, provide development opportunities, and manage career aspirations of direct reports.

- Communication skills are key here, to explain organizational objectives, assignments, and the big picture to the team, and to articulate team vision and clear objectives.

Role Technical and Functional Skills:

- Responsible for developing and implementing an organization- wide Learning & Development strategy that facilitates and drives individual development and capacity building in line with institutional requirements.

- Driving and facilitating the implementation of the L&D Plan to ensure smooth execution with effective outcomes; providing thought leadership around program design and delivery.

- Conceptualizing innovative and flexible methods to address the developmental and capacity building needs identified.

- Collaborate with managers to develop their team members through career pathing.

- Design and implement LD programs; produce instructional materials and performance support materials (such as job aids); design evaluation methods to determine impact of program.

- Assist in implementing the annual needs analysis to determine the LD skills needed for stakeholders in the region.

- Tracking L&D related data and generating regular MIS reports as required.

- Maintaining a keen understanding of learning & development trends, developments and best practices.

Technical and Functional Skills:

- The ideal candidate will have at least 8+ years of experience into L&D domain

- Good understanding of software/IT skills.

- Should have experience into arranging IT skills training.

- Program management skills, including managing details, and keeping multiple tasks/projects on track.

- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication abilities.

- Strong analytical skills and experience using and presenting data to make decisions. (Excel)

- Strong instructional design skills, including evaluation methodologies; experience with global design.