Senior Manager, Development and Communications
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
full-time
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Origin: • 🇲🇽 Mexico
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About the role
- Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of effective Knowledge-Sharing and Capacity development solutions.
- Collaborate with Research programs and Regional and Country Offices to ensure that CIMMYT Academy’s programs are coordinated.
- Design and implement technical solutions to effectively support research programs, ensuring the development of relevant guidelines, training materials, and learning resources.
- Develop educational solutions, improving the learning curriculum, manuals, and modules.
- Design, deliver and monitor partner training plans.
- Manage the Student Training Program, including contracting, onboarding, and offboarding processes for students, Visiting Scientists, Adjunct Scientists or Fellows.
- Ensure the content and delivery of CIMMYT Academy meet CIMMYT’s quality standards.
- Document and generate regular reports detailing processes, outputs, and outcomes, based on key metrics and performance indicators.
- Manage and oversee the Academy’s partnerships with universities, develop learning programs in partnership, and increase the volume and adherence of students applying to CIMMYT Academy offerings.
- Develop and monitor indicators on the activities and impact of capacity development services.
- Establish and manage CIMMYT Academy’s fundraising, engagement, communication and marketing strategy, seeking support and guidance from the Engagement Chapter.
- Monitor budget and generate resources and funding.
- Position based at CIMMYT headquarters in Texcoco, near Mexico City.
Requirements
- The selected candidate must have a master´s degree in Education, or related fields are preferred.
- The selected candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in education, capacity development, knowledge-sharing, skills development, agricultural extension, or a related field.
- English is a must and will be tested, and the candidate should score a minimum of C1 of CEFR.
- The selected candidate must have strong expertise in capacity development and knowledge-sharing theories, with proven experience in applying these methodologies effectively.
- The selected candidate must have experience in the organization of formal and informal training programs.
- The selected candidate must exhibit the following competencies: Critical thinking, Teamwork, Client Orientation, Problem Solving decision making, Negotiation and Conflict resolution.
