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Capacity building officer

Y-PEER is a global network of more than 2,000 non-profit organizations, governmental institutions, CBOs, institutions, youth activists, young peer educators and trainers. It has over 33,000 young members from 59 countries including Libya – from 2010 – who work in promoting young people’s sexual and reproductive health, including physical and mental health related to HIV/AIDS, maternal health, gender-based violence, youth participation, civic engagement and development of a culture of citizenship.

Background:

Y-PEER is recruiting a Capacity building officer for a project designed to promote peace and reconciliation. The project will incorporate a people-to-people approach and empower youth to advance peace, stability, and dialogue through organized groups, civic participation, positive media, and localized peace projects.  The project will enable youth groups of each city to work with municipal councils and other relevant actors to promote peace processes, reconciliation, and peaceful co-existence. Activities will mitigate conflicts from escalating by providing targeted support to peace actors, community-level leaders/groups and influencers, and constituent-responsive authorities who are engaged in, or wish to be engaged in, peace-building, conflict mitigation, and reconciliation.

Position Summary:

The Y-PEER is seeking a qualified Capacity building officer that will include identifying training needs based on skills gap analyses, developing group and individual learning courses, and managing the training budget. To be successful in this role, you should have solid experience organizing interactive training and designing educational manuals.
Ultimately, he/she will help to develop the trainer’s skills in order to improve the quality of work and productivity.

Main Responsibilities:

• Oversee the successful delivery of the project within the target cities.
• Supervise workshops and training which are held within Y-PEER ‘s venue;
• Defining criteria for selecting trainers in the TOT;
• Supervising the preparation of the training material;
• Preparing the training manual for trainers;
• Organize and orientate project trainers to implement basic training and building capacity sessions in the targeted cities;
• Preparing pre- and post-evaluation forms for training;
• Accrediting project trainers with the project coordinator;
• Supervising the training agenda and receiving final narrative reports;

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Learning and Development, Organizational Psychology or relevant field.
• Work experience as a trainer, Capacity building or similar role
• In-depth understanding of traditional and modern training methods (including workshops, simulations, e-learning and coaching)
• Experience organizing training activities in a corporate environment
• Hands-on experience with project management and budgeting
• Proficiency in Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Strong presentation skills and writing ability.
• Strong computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook);
• Fluency in Arabic and preference for strong verbal and written communication skills in English

APPLICATION :

Please send your CV and cover letter by email, with the subject reference “Capacity Building Officer – your name” to: [email protected] .