Training Coordinator at the American University of Nigeria (AUN)

The American University of Nigeria was founded in response to the need for a world-class university in sub-Saharan Africa. The University’s mission is to provide quality education to Nigeria and Africa’s future leaders in order to equip them with the skills needed to solve development issues on the continent, and give them the knowledge needed to create solutions that will benefit their community, their country and, ultimately, the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Training Coordinator 

Location: Mubi, Adamawa
Department:  Program.
Employment Status: Full Time (Project)
Report to (Supervisor): Project Director
Supervises: None.

Position Background

• The Training Coordinator will be responsible for managing, designing, developing, coordinating, and conducting all training for the youth program so as to improve the potentials and create awareness to the beneficiaries and project staff alike.

Primary Responsibilities

• Organize and oversee the implementation of the project training/capacity building, in line with the priorities identified by the project and the donor.
• Ensure the inclusion and consistency of capacity development plans in the overall project work plan and deliverables.
• Identify and organize collaborative partnerships with trainers/consultants or capacity development experts.
• Ensure coherence and synergies of the project’s intervention with the overall strategy of AUN/GIZ-MDYR in terms of capacity building and high performance.
• Initiate, lead and follow relevant partnerships with relevant stakeholders on youth-related issues
• Ensure the sharing of experiences and dissemination of good practice in capacity development.
• Design and develop training modules to support and respond to project needs.
• Coordinate/align training modules to direct beneficiaries of the project "learning by doing";
• Any other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.

Position Requirements

• MA or B.Sc in Social Sciences, project management, or related field.
• At least 2-3 years of work experience in designing and conducting youth-related training.
• Great communication and report writing skills.
• Previous work experience with INGO as a Training Coordinator (An added advantage).
• Good experience in the development of training materials and delivering training.
• High level of computer literacy (primarily in Microsoft Office packages).
• Fluent in Hausa Local language and English.

Description of Benefits

• Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as per AIDIs - AUN salary scale.

Application Closing Date
22nd October, 2021.