Engineering Trainer At CTG (Committed To Good)

CTG overview

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.

CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.

Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.

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Overview of position

• Over the past years, the Global Fleet (GF) team has identified critical gaps in technical training available in the logistics sector in West Africa. In response to this, since 2022, GF has started a multi stakeholder capacity strengthening project to contribute to the professionalisation of the transport sector through training. Through the Transport Training Centre (TTC) in Accra, Ghana, the GF unit is capitalising on its expertise & that of its partners, to offer innovative face to face & online training on fleet management, eco driving, mechanics & electronics among others, to a large audience including governments, private transporters, non governmental organizations & employees of our client & other UN agencies involved in the road transport sector. In the first 2 years, the TTC reached over 460 trainees from over 21 countries, but the demand, both internally & externally, keeps growing & additional team members are required to cater to all requests. The Trainer will be a member of the TTC training team & will provide dedicated support to the Saving Lives & Livelihood (SLL) initiative, a partnership between the Africa CDC & the Mastercard foundation dedicated to address gaps in African health systems. Initially focused on scaling up COVID – 19 vaccinations, the initiative was rescoped in July 2023, following WHO’s declaration that COVID – 19 was no longer a public health emergency. Our client, identified as a key logistics partner, received $33 million from Mastercard to support vaccine deployment & strengthen health supply chains across 17 priority African countries.
• The TTC will contribute to the SLL initiative of strengthening identified health supply chains by allocating experienced trainers to develop & conduct respective tailored trainings in at least 5 member states of the African Union (AU).

Role objectives

The objective of this assignment is to develop training material & conduct the respective training sessions, as per requests from different country offices. Expected outputs include but are not limited to:

• Conduct scoping missions in selected member state countries & map training requirements & needs.
• Closely support country teams in the implementation of the capacity strengthening activities while monitoring the impact of training delivered.
• Schedule, plan, prepare & deliver training sessions on fleet management & refrigerated transport. (theoretical & practical (English & French)).
• Contribute to the development of training content closely with relevant stakeholders & support the implementation of TTC activities.
• Prepare & share timely report on the delivery & impact of the training & related activities.
• Support the TTC training team when / where applicable (develop training material, co facilitate training sessions etc).

Project reporting

• This role reports to the line manager.

Key competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, automobile or electrical engineering or related functional areas is required, a master’s degree in the same fields is desirable.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• Countries where our clients fleet operates are mostly member states of the AU.
• Must be fluent in both English & French (fluent).
• Experience in fleet management, specifically in managing large truck fleets in humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in health supply chain / transport sensitive logistics & technical know how in respective cold chain equipment.
• In depth knowledge of industry standards, best practices & regulatory requirements related to fleet operations.
• Proven ability to review & revise technical documents, manuals or guidelines.
• Strong analytical skills & attention to detail.
• Familiarity with humanitarian organizations & their operational challenges is desirable.
• Experience in developing, preparing & delivery training sessions.

Team management

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.