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Scope of Work

Training Management Specialist

Background

The Feed the Future Bangladesh Trade Activity aims to improve economic growth in Bangladesh through the following objectives:

• Improving Trade Facilitation;
• Improving Business Enabling Environment; and
• Promoting Best Practices in Economic Growth Activities and their Application.

This include facilitating an improved policy environment to promote sustainable economic growth and prosperity, improved regional economic cooperation, sound management of institutions, and good governance while also expanding markets for U.S. goods and services in the Indo Pacific. This activity will also address efficiency and transparency in the business enabling environment.

The Feed the Future Bangladesh Trade Activity currently assists the Government of Bangladesh to improve trade facilitation and simplify business startup procedures, while providing technical support to exporters of food products subject to food safety controls.

Specific Tasks

The Training Management Specialist will collaborate with the Trade Activity’s three components to ensure that the Activity’s capacity building efforts are both effective and sustainable. He/she will engage the Activity’s counterparts to strengthen their capacity to deliver training, including the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies (RJSC).

He/she will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Review and revise all training materials produced by the Trade Activity for quality and clarity and add appropriate exercises to the training materials to enhance learning retention.
• Co-deliver key trainings with subject matter experts.
• Partner with subject-matter experts to deliver Training of Trainer (ToT) trainings focused on adult learning topics.
• Oversee and coach trained trainers developed by the Trade Activity.
• Strengthen counterparts’ capacity to deliver training, including their capacity to assess needs, create materials, deliver effective training, and measure outcomes.
• Work with NBR and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency to establish an effective e-learning program.
• Oversee partnerships with local universities on Supply Chain Management to ensure that graduates are equipped with the skills to work in the modern world of trade facilitation
• Edit training and workshop/training reports to assure strong writing, grammatical correctness and conformity with USAID guidelines and expectations.
• Provide technical and management support to the COP.
• Work with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist to develop and implement the M&E plan and the project M&E system.
• Other duties as requested.

Deliverables

The Training Management Specialist shall be responsible for working with each of the three components, the M&E Specialist, and the Gender Specialist in support of the following deliverables:

• All training materials
• Training needs assessments
• Training evaluations
• Contributions to Annual Workplans
• Contributions to Quarterly Progress Reports
• Weekly reports
• Other reports/documents as requested by the COP.

All deliverables must be presented in a timely manner and prior to any deadlines set by the COP, Home Office Project Management Unit, or USAID.

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution is required. A master’s degree is highly desirable.
• A minimum of 10 years of demonstrated capacity to lead training systems and programs is required.
• An in depth understanding of international best practices of adult learning principles, training systems management, and e-learning is required. A thorough understanding of modern technology solutions including best practices in e-learning software is highly desired
• A basic understanding of topics such as trade, food safety, company registration, and/or trade facilitation is desired.
• An understanding of customs procedures, the World Trade Organization, and the Trade Facilitation Agreement is desirable.
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Bengali is required.

Reporting Requirements

The Training Management Specialist will report to the COP.

Place of Work

The Training Management Specialist will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh with regular travel (20%) to Chattogram.