Global Learning Manager at WaterAid

WaterAid is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping people break free from poverty and disease, unlock their potential and change their lives for good through improved access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid started its operation in Nigeria in 1995. Since then it has successfully executed several intervention programmes as outlined by its objectives and has made impact in the lives of the very poor. WaterAid with the country office in Abuja currently works in Bauchi, Enugu and Plateau States with funding from various donors and partners.

Job Title: Global Learning Manager

Vacancy No: VN1060

Location: Abuja

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

• As our strong learning thinking partner and designer you will analyse global learning needs and design excellent initiatives to equip us with the skills needed to achieve our global strategy.
• In this role, you will design and develop our global management development programme and approach as well as support the design and development of new global learning initiatives.

You’ll also

• Manage our global induction approach, creating and updating guidance and resources to support a consistent induction experience for all WaterAiders at a local level.
• Manage the design, guidance and resources of our senior leadership induction to ensure a consistency of experience and expectation across the global whole.
• Support the development and design of WaterAid’s performance management approach and principles ensuring guidance and learning resources are available and shared with the global people network.
• Provide oversight of our e-learning provision, working with the Learning Hub manager and WAUK Learning Manager to ensure content is aligned to our strategic priorities and meeting the needs of the global whole.
• Provide tailored leadership, management and learning development approaches and senior team development initiatives to address identified priorities as agreed with the relevant stakeholder/business partner.
• Pro-actively maintain expert knowledge about latest trends in learning and management development and use this to support the creation of impactful programmes and approaches aligned to organisational priorities.

About You

• Be a credible advisor able to build trusting relationships and be a thinking partner
• Be an excellent designer with an ability to design creative and engaging learning solutions that deliver on the defined need and desired outcomes.
• Be skilled at identifying and analysing needs, developing relevant approaches and evaluating effectiveness.
• Have expert knowledge and experience of learning and management development approaches and practice.
• Have experience of partnering with third parties to design and deliver learning interventions.
• Have experience of working globally, with an appreciation of cultural differences and of the difference this makes to learning styles and ways of working
• Have strong coaching and mentoring skills with an approach that builds capacity rather than dependency.
• Have project management experience, managing learning projects from end to end.
• Be a team player, able to work in a collaborative way, with flexibility and resourcefulness.

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Experience of learning management systems
• The ability to facilitate and/or coach in other languages, particularly French, Spanish or Portuguese would be an advantage.
• HR or Learning and development qualifications, Coaching & Mentoring certification, psychometric assessments, etc.

Application Closing Date
13th October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online