PRINCIPAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER - COMMERCIAL

Safaricom Limited is the leading mobile telecommunications company in Kenya. We are at the forefront of the industry and always seek to attract and retain talented, creative and innovative team players who are excited by the opportunity of pushing the frontiers of this evolving technology, growing our services, exciting our customers and contributing to our community. At Safaricom, we take pride in our talent and develop them to realize their maximum potential!

PRINCIPAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER - COMMERCIAL

R –PLDOC -AUGUST 2013
We are pleased to announce the following vacancy within the Resources Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:
Reporting to the Senior Manager-Learning and Development, the job holder will be responsible for researching, designing, developing, facilitating and evaluating learning and development programs/initiatives for the Commercial functions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for;

• Managing the process of identifying learning and development needs based on current and future skills & competencies requirements within the commercial functions.
• Develop and coordinate the end to end delivery of all learning and development initiatives for the commercial functions.
• Development of training curriculum and content for staff on new products and services, refreshers and other need based programs as stipulated by the competency framework and business needs.
• Carrying out training evaluation, training Impact analysis and determination of ROI for all training initiatives delivered.
• Providing accurate periodic reports to the stakeholders.
• Coordinating the delivery of training by internal and external facilitators.
• In liaison with supply chain sourcing, maintaining and managing the external training vendor data base.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Degree in HR/ Education or any business related discipline from a recognized university;
• Post graduate qualification in human resources;
• 5 to 6 years experience in a role involving actual delivery of training in a corporate environment. Two of these years must be in designing and facilitating training programs in commercial functions including new staff induction;
• Proficiency in designing curriculum & module content;
• Savvy in current training & development program designs;
• Good command in training delivery and training evaluation techniques;
• Certified in OPQ;
• Ability to manage projects and programs;
• Ability to coordinate and work in teams;
• Ability to analyzing thematic training needs; designing thematic blended learning and development solutions incorporating third party learning institutions;
• Ability to facilitate career counseling and couching sessions;

If you meet the requirements and are self-driven, proactive and up to the challenge, please send your resume and application letter quoting the job reference number to the address below. All applications must be delivered on or before Wednesday the 28th of August 2013.
Head Of Talent & Resourcing
Safaricom Ltd Nairobi
via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke