Leadership Training Manager

Job Description

Title: Leadership Training Manager

Hiring Manager: Director of Training

Location: Boston

Position Overview
The Boston-based Leadership Training Manager delivers and evaluates leadership and management trainings across sites; leads the development and revision of curricula and tools for training PIH’s managers across sites in leadership and management skills; collaborates with various teams to support the development and implementation of mentoring in leadership and management; participates in the development and improvement of Boston Training Team internal processes, tools, and structures; and collaborates with PIH teams to align the Training Team’s work with PIH’s strategic plan and priorities.

Responsibilities

Develop and train PIH managers across sites in leadership and management skills (60%)

• Plan, develop, deliver, and evaluate training initiatives to develop leaders at PIH in collaboration with PIH teams, across PIH sites. This includes collaborating with teams across sites to develop training plans and timelines, identify training participants and stakeholders, plan, implement, evaluate, and revise trainings; and offer refresher trainings.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate training of trainers (TOT) for leadership and management skills, in order to develop a cadre of leadership and management trainers across sites.
• Lead the process of ensuring ongoing uptake and transfer of leadership and management skills and best practices to the job.
• Expand PIH’s current efforts to develop and support a mentoring program for leadership and management skills, including training in mentoring.

Create training curricula and other capacity building tools for leadership and management skill building (30%)

• Create and revise training curricula and other capacity building tools for leadership and management skills in collaboration with various PIH teams. This involves assessing needs, defining learning objectives, writing and editing content, tailoring content to the local context, conceptualizing content into the appropriate medium, and developing methods of assessment. Outputs include facilitator manuals, participant handbooks, slide presentations, flip charts, job aids, pre- and post-tests, and other materials.
• Review and edit curricula and other tools created by consultants and external partners to ensure consistent quality, content, methodologies, approach, and style.
• Develop and manage surveys and other tools and processes to assess ongoing needs for leadership development.
• Disseminate PIH capacity building materials and approaches by collaborating with the PIH Communications team, other PIH teams, funding partners, and other organizations to make PIH capacity building materials available online.

Develop and improve internal training team processes, tools, and structures (10%)

• Research funding opportunities for leadership development in coordination with the Boston Training, Human Resources, Finance, Development teams and site-based teams.
• Participate in the development and improvement of various Boston Training Team internal processes, tools, and structures in order to improve the team’s ability to work effectively to meet PIH’s strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• A degree in education, health education, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 5- 8 years of experience planning, implementing, and evaluating training programs for leadership and management development.
• 5- 8 years of experience designing, developing, and editing professional-level training materials for adults, preferably in resource-poor settings.
• Experience delivering training to a range of audiences (lower and higher-level professionals, training of trainers, etc.).
• Demonstrated understanding of adult learning theory, interactive skill building, and appropriate participatory methodologies for culturally diverse communities and a variety of literacy levels.
• Demonstrated possession of excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability managing complexity and prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Ability to work productively in highly collaborative settings while also able to function independently.
• Demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants.
• Experience with computer applications and Internet research.
• Proficiency in English required; proficiency in French and Haitian Creole preferred.
• Ability to travel to PIH sites as needed.
• Commitment to social justice and health care issues.

About the Organization

Partners In Health (PIH), headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Through its service delivery, training, advocacy, and research, PIH works globally to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need and to serve as an antidote to despair. PIH has had major programs in Haiti, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Kazakhstan, the Dominican Republic, and Boston for many years, working tirelessly to lessen the joint burden of disease and poverty.

PIH is now leading an effort to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, working alongside two outstanding grassroots organizations—Last Mile Health in Liberia (LMH) and Wellbody Alliance (WBA) in Sierra Leone. PIH is supporting these groups, collaborating with the Ministries of Health and other partners, and providing comprehensive prevention, care, and treatment.