Training and Capacity Building Specialist at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on vulnerable children, agriculture, health and HIV, extractives and governance, and peace building programming.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Training and Capacity Building Specialist

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• CRS is recruiting a Training/capacity building Specialist for an upcoming agriculture project in Nigeria, which is contingent on donor funding.

Responsibilities

• The Training Specialist will be responsible for overall design, roll-out and quality of the training activities under the project.
• He or she will develop and maintain key performance indicators to monitor the effectiveness of training activities to ensuring service delivery is consistent and in line with agreed standards of CRS and private sector partners.
• The specialist will build the capacity of project and private sector staff to assess development needs, perform gap analyses, facilitate learning processes and leadership skills.

Requirements

• The successful candidate will also have a relevant academic Degree
• At least 10 years of experience in capacity building of project staff and beneficiaries, conversant with digital training innovations and excellent interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
29th December, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should download the application form and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document to: ng.recruitment_agriculture@crs.org indicating in the subject line of their application the Job Title (e.g. Training and Capacity Building Specialist).

Click here to download the application form (MS Word)

Note: Applications will be accessed on a rolling basis and interviews conducted until this position is competently filled.