Reporting to: Head of People and Culture, Kenya

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Role type: Full Time

About SunCulture:

Founded in 2012, SunCulture’s Vision is to build a world where people take control of their environment in rewarding and sustainable ways. SunCulture does this by developing and commercialising life changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. We are the largest distributor of solar water pumps / solar irrigation for smallholder farmers in Africa and were selected by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2021. Here is a good explainer video recently made by CNBC. Over the last 5 years the company has grown significantly and now employs 400+ people around the world.

About the role:

The Learning and Development (L&D) Manager will play a critical role in the day-to-day L&D activities that will ensure teammates enhance their skills and knowledge. This role will coordinate all L&D activities in partnership with business managers and HRBPs. The role will focus on implementing learning strategies and programs that are aligned with the organization’s professional development objectives. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are mandatory for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage effective learning and development programs: Implement a learning strategy and learning programs that are aligned with the organization’s objectives. Collaborate with business leaders and HRBPs to identify training needs, create learning objectives, and design engaging and interactive training programs that will close gaps.
Implement learning and development initiatives: Plan, coordinate, and deliver L&D initiatives which may include training sessions, workshops, and offsites to teammates at various levels and departments.
Evaluate learning and development effectiveness: Manage the L&D data analysis and determine the effectiveness of L&D initiatives. Conduct thorough assessments and evaluations of L&D programs, collecting feedback from participants and stakeholders to measure the impact and effectiveness of the initiatives. Make improvements based on the data outcomes.
Reporting: Generate reports and metrics to track and measure the effectiveness of learning and development initiatives. Make improvements based on the data outcomes to help teammates make the most of learning opportunities.
Utilize technology for learning: Leverage learning management systems (LMS) and other e-learning platforms to deliver online training modules and track employee progress and completion.
Develop learning materials and resources: Create and update training materials, including presentations, handouts, online modules, and multimedia content, ensuring they are up-to-date, relevant, and engaging. A full understanding of the various business units and their specific training requirements is required.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends: Continuously research and stay informed about the latest learning and development trends, changes in learning theory, methodologies, and technologies to ensure training programs are innovative and effective. Make recommendations to the business on keeping abreast of industry changes and trends.
Budget Coordination: Oversee the learning and development budget, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and efficiently. Align with the internal BvA processes for budget allocation and management.

Does this sound like you?

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
4+ years’ of related work experience; e.g. as an L&D Manager, Training Manager or other relevant position
Significant experience with effective learning and development methods
Good knowledge of e-learning platforms and practices. Demonstrate affinity with employee learning and learning technologies.
Current knowledge of effective learning and development methods
Ability to design and produce relevant training materials including e-learning courses
Ability to effectively present information to broad audiences
Experience in project management
Strong communication skills with demonstrable ability to build relations and influence
Strong organizational skills with business-oriented thinking
Analytical skills

Interested?

Please apply online via this link. We respond to all candidates; however only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

Please Note

SunCulture is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Reporting to:  Field Training Manager

Role type: Full time

About SunCulture

Founded in 2012, SunCulture’s Vision is to build a world where people take control of their environment in rewarding and sustainable ways. SunCulture does this by developing and commercializing life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. We are the largest distributor of solar water pumps / solar irrigation for smallholder farmers in Africa and were selected by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2021. Here is a good explainer video recently made by CNBC. Over the last 5 years the company has grown significantly and now employs 400+ people around the world.

About the Role

As the Regional Training Officer (RTO) you will be responsible for training and empowering the sales team with the knowledge and skills required to meet their sales targets. To prosper in this role coaching will be your daily role and your passion should be in training and working with diverse teams.

This role requires 80% travel. You will be based in your respective region with frequent travel to other regions to support the sales teams as and when required.

Key Responsibilities

Actively participate in the recruitment and selection process of new sales agents in the region
Onboard all new sales agents by scheduling the orientation process, training the agents on the sales process,
Assist in the development of a training curriculum and ensuring the training conducted is as per the training curriculum
Developing the individual coaching plan for each sales agent and ensuring all resources needed by the agent are provided,
Coaching each agent by observing what they are doing and providing guidance whenever needed,
Identifying the knowledge gap among the sales agents by spending more time with them in the field and giving a necessary recommendation in filling the gaps,
Developing training materials, conducting training sessions, evaluating and recommending areas for improvement,
Supporting the training financial objective by ensuring training activities are within budgets allocated and controlling costs.
Ensuring all training done is towards achieving the sales strategy in place and reporting on the impact of the training program.

Does this sound like you?

Passionate about developing others’ capabilities and empowering those around you.
Willing to gain experience in ‘doing’ what is being asked of others before learning how to train it.
Effective communicator in front of small-medium-sized groups of people.
Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment.
Have discretion in using budgetary allocations for the region and/or department
Experience in solar/ off-grid pump systems would be an advantage.
Experience working in a start-up would be an advantage.
Experience training experientially would be an advantage
Work experience as a sales agent is an added advantage

Interested?

Please apply online via this link. We respond to all candidates; however, only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

Please Note

SunCulture is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Please Note
SunCulture is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Moringa’s vision is a world in which anyone can create their future.  To make that world a reality we are committed to closing the skills gap in Africa’s job markets through our market-aligned tech-focused programs for both students and corporations.   As the premier provider of high-quality technical education in Kenya, we train exceptional Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Cybersecurity specialists, and other tech professionals.  We also work with some of Kenya’s biggest and fastest-growing organizations to upskill their workforce.  We are currently expanding and are looking for top talent to accelerate our growth.

Working at Moringa Moringa is an established and respected part of Kenya’s tech and education eco-system yet we retain a fast-paced and dynamic culture that is reminiscent of a start-up. We are all mission-driven professionals with a passion for providing the best student experience possible. And we know that is only possible if our team is highly motivated. We value action, results, hustle, collaboration and a customer-focused mindset and offer a healthy dose of fun along with a hybrid working environment.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
You will have the overall responsibility of leading the Curriculum Development & Assessment Strategy for both our B2C and B2B products. In this role, you will ensure that our course offerings remain best-in-class across the globe, delivering cutting-edge, high-quality content tailored to meet the evolving needs of diverse learners. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams, including classroom, marketing, and admissions, to ensure curriculum alignment with the broader business goals.

Lead Curriculum Development & Assessment Strategy
• Plan, review and implement Moringa’s technical curriculum in line with industry best practice
• Develop an end-to-end curriculum review process with all relevant stakeholders to maintain quality and effectiveness
• Lead implementation of standards-based grading, designed to ensure that grades are closely aligned with mastery of learning targets
• Designing robust projects and assessments strategies that accurately measure learner progress and course effectiveness.
• Plan, review and implement technical mock interviews for both instructors and students
• Manage curriculum/content quality assurance
• Support scoping & needs assessment and delivery process for our corporate training programs

Maintain Curriculum Relevance and Best-practice
• Ensure the performance of all new and existing content is reviewed, and issues and improvements are resolved promptly
• Collaborate with industry and education field to deliver a quality curriculum/content
• Develop & maintain policies and procedures related to curriculum guidelines and standards
• Collaborate with classroom on instructional strategies, lesson planning, effective classroom management/delivery, troubleshooting, assessments and giving/receiving/actioning feedback
• Observe in-class instruction, analyze test data, assess education standards, recommend best practice instructional techniques

Team Management
• Lead recruitment of specialist curriculum engineers
• Supervise and mentor the curriculum team including setting performance objectives, and establishing a supportive environment while emphasizing accountability
• Ensure the consistent performance and development of curriculum engineers

WHO YOU ARE
• An experienced software engineer with a desire to learn and remain on the bleeding edge of the field
• An educator who can recall when they were a beginner in the field, and use that to determine best how to teach beginner-level students
• A creative problem solver who can cooperate with peers to solve challenges and seek new opportunities for Moringa technical programs
• A great verbal and nonverbal communicator; you listen to understand then respond
• A knowledge base; you teach, guide and mentor the students
• Self-aware; you are in tune with your feelings and emotions and understand how they impact other people

WHAT YOU HAVE
• 5+ years working experience in technical software development roles
• Led the development of enterprise products in use in the market
• 3+ years experience in technical educational content curation and implementation
• Demonstrated experience with Java (Android), Python (Flask & Django), Dev Ops
• Nice to have experience in Data Science, Cloud, UX/UI
• A degree in Computer Science/Software or any other relevant degree

Career Growth and Development
We do not believe that an organization can grow without the growth & development of its staff. At Moringa, we are consistently building systems to invest in the growth of our employees. We are deeply invested in offering career growth within Moringa, providing actionable feedback through “weekly check-ins” & through regular performance reviews. We will work together with you to craft roles that both support the needs of the organization and that you can be passionate about.

We are reviewing submissions on an ongoing basis.

Please submit your Application via this link https://forms.gle/B5Ee53HMv23o8FDL7

Admissions Assistant

Aga Khan Academies

The position

The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is an International Baccalaureate World School. It is the first in the network of Aga Khan Academies established by His Highness the Aga Khan.

The Academy features state-of-the-art facilities, a multicultural student body, and an experienced team of educators and staff. We provide students with education of the highest standard in order to prepare them for lives characterised by leadership and service. Admission to the Academy is means-blind and is based on merit. We consider all eligible students regardless of socio-economic status.

The Admission Assistant will be responsible for managing student records and supporting the admissions process to promote the academy’s programs.

Duties And Responsibility

• Organize and administer the student records, including applications, academic performance, as well as behaviour related incidents.
• Ensure that all student files are physically updated, and each file has a check list. Follow up on any missing documents needed for the files.
• Compile all the required immigration paperwork for all international students are submitted to HR office for processing.
• Assist in the Academy admissions processes in accordance with the Academy policy.
• Conduct student assessments and school tours for prospective parents and other visitors as required.
• Assist the management and development of the Academy’s marketing activities.

The requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Business-related field.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in an educational institution.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong knowledge of information and communication systems.
• Experience with Open Apply or any other admissions software is an added advantage.

Sector

Social Development

About The Agency

The Aga Khan Academies is an integrated network of residential schools dedicated to expanding access to education of an international standard of excellence to exceptional young men and women regardless of their ability to pay. The Aga Khan Academies’ foundational values include pluralism, meritocracy and civil society. Housed in spacious and attractive campuses with beautiful facilities, the Academies offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum from the Primary Years Programme to the Diploma Programme and provide a rich opportunity for both teachers and students alike to grow both professionally and personally. The first Aga Khan Academy opened in Mombasa, Kenya in 2003. This was followed by an Academy in Hyderabad, India in 2011, Maputo, Mozambique in 2013 and Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2022. More information…

Region

Eastern Africa

Location

Kenya

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Job Expires

11-Mar-2025