BOND TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES ADVISER APPLICATION PACK

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1 BOND TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES ADVISER APPLICATION PACK

2 Letter to candidates from Michael Ashe, Head of Effectiveness & Learning Thank you for your interest in our Training and Consultancy Services Adviser position (maternity cover) within Bond s Effectiveness and Learning team. The post-holder will work alongside Bond s Learning & Training Adviser, and report to the Head of Effectiveness and Learning. These posts are supported by an Effectiveness Assistant. Bond has entered an exciting period of expansion to help us take forward our ambitious agenda for a more effective UK development sector, delivering ever greater impact for people in the poorest countries of the world. We are supported in driving this forward by a DfID grant to scale up our support to the NGO sector in the areas of effectiveness and transparency. Over the last year, Bond has recruited a number of outstanding individuals to join the team. We are currently seeking to appoint a Training and Consultancy Services Adviser (maternity cover), for a fixed period, to maintain and develop our successful bespoke services programme (incorporating bespoke training and consultancy) and to support our open training programme along with our growing range of other learning and effectiveness services. The global context for aid and development is changing all the time. Bond has a critical role to play in anticipating trends, providing thought leadership and helping organisations and the people who work in them to equip themselves for the future. It aims to harness the extraordinary power of our 420 members working together to secure tangible outcomes to help in defeating global poverty. The collective knowledge and experience of that membership body is a huge force for positive change in generating learning, increasing transparency and accountability and improving practice. Join the team and help us to drive this agenda forward by providing high quality bespoke learning, training and consultancy events to our members and more widely. We have a strong and dedicated team in place and we look forward to adding to it through this recruitment. If you have the necessary skills, experience, knowledge and commitment that we are looking for, please submit an application. Good luck! Michael Ashe

3 The Role: Training and Consultancy Services Adviser (Maternity Cover, Full Time) Based: London (N1) Salary: 34,820 per annum, pro rata About Bond Bond is the UK membership body for organisations working in international development. Established in 1993, we now have around 420 members ranging from large agencies with a world-wide presence to smaller, specialist organisations working in certain regions or with specific groups of people. All Bond members share a common goal to eradicate global poverty and we work to influence both policy makers and governments to build organisational capacity, to develop skills of those in the sector and to provide opportunities to exchange information, knowledge and expertise. We do this through the co-ordination of collective actions by members, by providing a central point for advocacy and campaigning on development policy issues, by supporting collaboration and exchange by members through channels such as working groups and by helping organisations to prove and improve their effectiveness. Main purpose of the job You will be responsible for promoting, coordinating and evaluating the delivery of our successful bespoke services programme (incorporating our in-house training and consultancy services), which aims to build the skills and knowledge of professionals working in international development. Reporting to our Head of Effectiveness and Learning, you will work closely with the Membership and Communications team, the Effectiveness Assistant and our group of expert Associates to promote and deliver our existing bespoke services, whilst securing new training and consultancy business and developing new and revised marketing and training materials. What we offer A competitive salary and benefits package including (pro rata): 25 days leave as standard for all employees Additional leave of 5 staff privilege days per annum Flexible working hours How to apply We will only accept applications by with Word attachments. s should be sent to: recruitment@bond.org.uk In the subject box of your please state: Application for the post of Training and Consultancy Services Adviser Your application must consist of: a tailored CV that is a maximum length of 2 sides of A4 a statement that is a maximum length of 3 sides of A4. It should: o address each point in the order set out in the person specification and provide specific evidence demonstrating how you meet each requirement; o confirm that, if shortlisted, you are available for interview on the relevant date.

4 Closing date 9am Monday 24 November 2014 We will not be able to consider applications which arrive after this time. Interview date Monday 1 December 2014 at Bond s office at Regent s Wharf, London N1. Training and Consultancy Services Adviser, Effectiveness and Learning Team Reporting to: Head of Effectiveness and Learning Job description: Job purpose To increase the effectiveness of non-governmental organisations and other international development organisations by: Leading on winning, coordinating and evaluating delivery of high quality bespoke workshops and training courses, consultancy assignments and other learning events tailored to the needs of the client Supporting the delivery and evaluation of other Bond effectiveness services, chiefly, off the shelf training and bespoke consultancy Contributing to the strategy for Bond s effectiveness services as a whole Job description Develop and respond to opportunities to provide tailored training and other learning events that support organisational and professional effectiveness within the international development sector in the UK and occasionally overseas, including submitting high quality responses to invitations to tender Contribute to meeting financial targets through planning, monitoring and reporting on bespoke training and consultancy income & expenditure In conjunction with the Marketing and Communications team, contribute to the success of the bespoke training and consultancy services by continually developing and implementing a proactive marketing programme Design packages of bespoke training and consultancy that can be customised for

5 different clients. Promote these to Bond members and more widely Provide support to off the shelf training during temporary absences Work with the Learning and Training Adviser leading on off the shelf training to coordinate, manage, motivate and develop the team of Bond Associates, recruiting new Associates as necessary to replenish and expand the team Lead on evaluating the quality and impact of Bond s bespoke training and consultancy services by capturing, analysing and reporting on feedback and outcomes data from those who have received the service Lead on increasing the range and quality of Bond s bespoke services in response to trends within the international development sector and feedback from our users Person specification: Key competencies: Entrepreneurial, with proven ability to develop opportunities Strong customer care / client management focus Well organised with strong project planning and management skills A collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills Ability to act on own initiative to set and achieve goals Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to write promotional materials Excellent presentation and negotiation skills Fully competent in using MS Word, MS Excel, databases, and internet. Experience: Substantial experience of identifying target markets for specific products and selling products successfully Experience of income generation and achieving financial targets Experience of designing, coordinating and evaluating training and learning programmes delivered to external clients Experience of creating and developing training courses and other learning events for external clients Experience of assessing the quality of training courses and trainers Experience of monitoring and evaluating services Experience of undertaking new initiatives Experience of writing and editing written marketing materials Experience of managing staff (desirable) Experience of membership-based organisations such as networks and coalitions, ideally within the charity/ngo sector (desirable) Experience of developing online and/or blended learning services (desirable)

6 Experience of managing freelance associates (desirable) Experience of the international development sector (desirable) Qualifications: Educated to degree level.