Senior Learning & Development Associate
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BrighterMonday Kenya is hiring a Senior Learning & Development Associate to lead youth skilling and employment initiatives focused on employability and soft skills for young Kenyans, with emphasis on young women, refugees, and persons with disabilities. The role involves designing learning strategies, coordinating training delivery, managing trainers, and overseeing instructional content and LMS activities. The position is full-time, based in Nairobi, and reports to the Head, Youth Engagement and Learning.
- Lead L&D strategy for a youth skilling and employment impact project
- Focus on employability and soft skills for marginalized youth groups
- Coordinate training partners, trainers, and Train the Trainer sessions
- Full-time role based in Nairobi, Kenya
- Requires a Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience
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- Job summary
- The ideal candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that project-specific training needs are met through strategic design and implementation of the project’s skilling activities
- Min Qualification:
- Bachelors
Experience
- Level:
- Senior level
- Length:
- 4 years
- Language Requirement:
- English
- Working Hours:
- Full Time - 8 to 5
- Applicant
- Location:
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Job descriptions &
- in managing Learning and Development activities preferably in project-based or cross-functional teams, youth skilling programs, or workforce development initiatives, with a focus on designing and delivering training programs.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Education, Organizational Development, or a related field. A Master’s degree or relevant certifications is a plus.
- Extensive
- designing and developing engaging learning content and curricula for youth development and employability programs.
- Strong instructional design skills, including developing facilitator guides, participant workbooks, assessments and digital learning resources.
- Proven
- creating engaging learning content across multiple channels, including WhatsApp learning communities, webinar-based training, and short self-paced digital learning modules.
- designing microlearning content such as short videos, quizzes, infographics, and other mobile-friendly learning resources that promote learner engagement and knowledge retention.
- adapting content for in-person, virtual, and blended learning environments.
- A solid understanding of adult learning principles and learner-centered methodologies.
- Ability to use learner feedback, engagement data, and learning analytics to continuously improve content quality and learner outcomes.
- working with diverse youth populations, including young women and persons with disabilities, is an added advantage.
- Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to co-create learning solutions with internal teams, employers, and partners.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple learning initiatives while maintaining high standards of quality and timely delivery.
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Job Summary
BrighterMonday Kenya is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Learning and Development Associate to support a youth skilling and employment impact project that aims to improve employability of Kenyan youth and transition them into dignified employment. The Associate will manage learning and development aspects of the project, ensuring strategy development and implementation to meet project objectives on youth skilling in employability and soft skills, with special focus on young women, refugees and persons with disabilities. The ideal candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that project-specific training needs are met through strategic design and implementation of the project’s skilling activities. The role will lead and optimize training and instructional content initiatives, while coordinating training workplan delivery ensuring execution to achieve all learning and development milestones.
Reporting into
Head, Youth Engagement and Learning
Key
for diverse youth groups, including marginalized populations.
Ensure learning approaches and activities accommodate diverse learner needs, including assistive techniques and accessibility.
Support with the Community Engagement Content Calendar and ensure that learning is happening, track learning outcomes and their is use of various content format
Training Design, Coordination and Delivery:
Program implementation, Learning and Development, ideation and implementation of best in class pedagogical approaches to soft skills training across learner segments
Develop and oversee the creation of instructional materials, training modules, and curricula focused on employability and soft skills ensuring training content is inclusive, culturally appropriate, and accessible to underrepresented groups.
Coordination of training scheduling and management of training partners across the country
Manage the recruitment, onboarding, and capacity-building of trainers and facilitators, ensuring high-quality training outcomes.
Plan and coordinate ‘Train the Trainer’ sessions, instructional design and LMS coordination to reach all learner segments.
Oversee the implementation of training plans to ensure timely and efficient delivery meeting project targets and indicators
Provide technical inputs to/ during planning, organising and coordination of project monitoring processes, assessments, surveys, research and evaluations
Develop and submit activity plans in time for review and prior to implementation.
Lead the creation and delivery of training programs, including workshops, e-learning modules, seminars, and hands-on training sessions.
Develop and manage training delivery schedules, budgets, and resource allocations to achieve milestones efficiently.
Identify and mitigate risks in training delivery to ensure objectives are met on time and within scope.
Performance Evaluation & Feedback:
Design and implement systems to assess the effectiveness of training programs, including post-training evaluations, feedback mechanisms, and performance tracking.
Collaborate with M&E teams to track training outcomes, gather participant feedback, and ensure continuous program improvement.
Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to training and development, such as engagement, completion rates, and skill improvements.
Regularly evaluate and refine learning programs based on feedback and evolving project needs.
Ensure that training outcomes are met and that the learning interventions contribute to the success of the project.
Prepare detailed progress reports and present updates to project stakeholders, donors, and leadership teams.
Stakeholder Management:
Maintain strong communication with internal project stakeholders to ensure alignment between training objectives and project deliverables.
Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders in public and private sector institutions, community-based organizations, and other collaborating partners.
Facilitate partnerships to expand training reach and efficacy of delivery to contribute to smooth transition pathways for project participants into employment.
Key Relationships
Head, Youth Engagement and Learning
Youth Engagement and Learning Team
Partnerships Team
Marketing Team
Product Team
Finance Team
Training Partners
KPIs to measure success
Training reach and completion rate
Training Effectiveness (Post-Training Evaluation Score)
Training budget adherence
Feedback Implementation Rate
Project participants engagement
High stakeholder satisfaction
Completion of training activities within established timelines.
Training content revision
Key Skills &
Competencies
At least 4-6 years of
Responsibilities
- Learning Strategy Development:
- Design and execute comprehensive learning and development strategies aligned with project objectives and target outcomes while enhancing team performance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders and department leaders to identify learning needs specific to the project.
- Support regular needs assessments to determine the skills gaps and identify specific training