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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Talent, Learning and Development Officer at Amref Health Africa

Amref Health Africa is looking for a Talent, Learning and Development Officer to provide a professional, business focused organizational development and human resource support service, delivering a proactive-solutions-based approach for resolving issues and ensuring that staff are effectively managed and developed to deliver organizational results, which are focused on developing capacity and expertise to meet Amref Health Africa vision and mission.


Amref Health Africa is the largest international health development organization based in Africa. Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, Amref Health Africa’s vision is for lasting health change in Africa and is committed to improving the health of people in Africa by partnering with and empowering communities, and strengthening health systems. With headquarters in Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Southern Africa and West Africa providing services to over 30 countries. Employing over 700 staff and with an annual operating budget of approximately $90 million, Amref Health Africa is a knowledge resource for donors and partners. For more information visit our website www.amref.org

Team Purpose:

To provide a professional, business focused organizational development and human resource support service, delivering a proactive-solutions-based approach for resolving issues and ensuring that staff are effectively managed and developed to deliver organizational results, which are focused on developing capacity and expertise to meet Amref Health Africa vision and mission.

Main Purpose of the Role

Reporting to the Head of Talent, the Talent, Learning & Development Officer will provide expertise and support in the design, development and implementation of the Global Talent, Learning and Development initiatives; encompassing leadership development, learning and training programs.

Main Responsibilities

  • Global T,L&D programmes implementation: Under guidance of the Head of Talent, support development and implementation of the global and regional Talent, L&D initiatives.
  • Learning Needs: Understand, assess and report Countries/Programmes/Units/Functions Learning needs and priorities, based on the organizational and people strategies
  • L&D solutions: Support in the identification, design and implementation of solutions and interventions to learning needs
  • Talent and Learning Data: Collect, analyse and maintain data gathered to inform targeted leadership development.
  • Organizational Needs and Learning Impact: Proactively provide input and continuous feedback to the Head of Talent about: 1) Organizational needs and development priorities; 2) impact of the L&D within the countries by leveraging analytics
  • Resourcing and On-boarding: Support Talent Acquisition in the delivery of local Induction and on- boarding programs
  • Budget: Provide support in preparation and consolidation of Talent, Learning and Development budgets for HO and Countries
  • Development Partnership: Apply coaching principles and concept in engaging and supporting stakeholders in the process of building and execution of the People development plans
  • Career Development programs: support execution of employee promotion and career-pathing initiatives.
  • Networking and Sharing: Be part of the L&D community, actively collaborating with ideas on new solutions, external benchmarks and learning technologies.

Required Qualification

Education, Knowledge and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in HRM/Learning & Development or another relevant subject or equivalent experience within the area of Expertise.
  • Experience in a complex matrixed organization.
  • At least 3 years’ experience in HR and leadership development
  • In-depth knowledge of Learning and development principles and practices
  • Exposure to leadership development principles and practice
  • Demonstrable commitment to the promotion of diversity
  • Certification in Coaching is an added advantage
  • Experience in the use of Learning Management Systems.

Competencies and Skills


  • Demonstrated commitment to continuous personal development, excellence and impact
  • Flexibility and pragmatism and the ability to deal with Ambiguity
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills,
  • The ability to build good relationships and partnerships
  • The ability to make logical, well-balanced and reasoned decisions
  • Able to proactively develop team dynamics and performance, ensuring quality standards are consistently achieved.
  • A commitment to people development and the organizational values and behaviours that underpins the Amref culture
  • Excellent organizational skills Ability to deliver projects to plan, and cost and quality.
  • Emotional resilience.
  • Excellent problem solving skills.
  • Energy, enthusiasm and confidence.
  • A willingness to work flexibly and travel as and when required.

Desirable

An individual with a high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility, and an ability to adapt to changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.

How to apply:

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a Cover letter in PDF expressing your interest and clearly outlining your qualifications for the position (Not exceeding 2 pages); and an updated CV in PDF (Not exceeding 3 pages) highlighting all relevant educational and employment experience to recruitment@amref.org . The subject line for your email should read: REF: Amref/HR/Talent, Learning and Development Officer/08-2020 by 7 August 2020.

For more information, visit: https://bit.ly/3fteF1x