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At TRG, we believe in actively promoting social equity and inclusion. We strive to cultivate a community of passionate, talented, and diverse staff who embody the values our company was built on over 35 years ago. Our strong workplace culture along with our employee ownership and governance structure allows us to do our best work. Our supportive environment encourages participation, collaboration, and transparency at every level. Additionally, our collaborative work processes provide our staff everything they need to be successful at TRG and work with confidence. Your experience at TRG will benefit your future personal and professional endeavors.

Position Summary:

TRG is seeking an experienced and innovative Learning and Organizational Development Advisor to help shape the future of USAID’s work with the environment sector. As part of the USAID-funded Advancing the Capacity for the Environment (ACE) program, this unique leadership role requires a mix of expertise in adult learning, facilitation and program management skills to provide comprehensive support across the Center for the Environment, Energy and Infrastructure.

In the Advisor role, you will collaborate with a variety of USAID activity managers to identify their specific learning and organizational development needs. Based on those needs, Advisors will work with USAID and ACE team members to create, plan and implement diverse range of activities to support their needs and objectives, such as in-person training events, development of learning product, eLearning, conferences and workshops, learning communities, webinars, retreats, and strategic planning meetings. Advisors are expected to employ a wide range of cutting-edge methods to ensure participants are highly engaged and that all efforts support knowledge acquisition and application to USAID programming. Advisors will lead and coordinate the work with a range of Adult Learning Specialists, Organizational Development consultants, Training Specialists, Learning Technology and Multimedia creators, and Project Associates as well a project partners working on communications and knowledge management initiative with the ACE program. Advisors will also be a core part of developing systems and approaches to practice and implement collaboration, learning and adaptation both within the ACE team as well as with clients. This includes, but is not limited to, developing and implementing comprehensive monitoring, evaluation and learning systems, regular after-action reviews and investing in time to pause and reflect to identify next steps.

Given the wide range of USAID partners and ACE staff working on training and organizational development, Advisors will be expected to manage small teams in a matrixed structure, providing mentoring and professional development support for their direct reports and collaborating the ACE Director to resource staff appropriate based on interest, needs and skills. Advisor will also be responsible for providing inputs into and helping to maintain systems for project management across ACE training and organizational development activities. Given the dynamics of ACE, Advisors will work across a variety of clients and will need to be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously. This requires effective planning, time management, and self-discipline to be successful. This position will report to and serve as a deep-thinking partner to the ACE Director of Training, Facilitation and Organizational Development and ACE leadership team.

All new hires must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. Reasonable medical and religious accommodations can be discussed.

Primary Role and Responsibilities:

• Learning
  • Plan, develop, and provide or facilitate learning programs, incorporating latest adult learning theories and expertise, and help determine best delivery modalities including microlearning, face to face events, e-learning, etc.
  • Oversee and coordinate learning team members and other ACE adult learning specialists to develop and deliver training and facilitations including all materials, delivery, and final deliverables ensuring quality and efficiency of resources.
  • Develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
  • Collaboration with KM team members to ensure integration of KM and learning
• Organizational development
  • Design and facilitate retreat, team building programs, knowledge-sharing fora, partner meetings and strategic planning initiatives
  • Oversee and coordinate organizational development specialists, project associates and others to develop and deliver meetings, conferences, and/or workshops including all materials, delivery, and final deliverables ensuring quality and efficiency of resources.
  • Apply organizational development, facilitation, systemic change, and related skills as part of large-scale international development and technical assistance projects throughout the world
• Project Management:
  • Provide input and draft content for work planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting.
  • Lead or support activity coordination (e.g., activity start-up tasks, establish project plans, monitor timelines, draft monthly design progress reports for clients)
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
  • Set up systems and approaches for MEL
  • Collect and analyze data to identify needs for training and organizational development interventions
  • Work closely with client counterparts to continuously identify training and learning needs and analyze results to develop new learning programs or modify and improve the effectiveness of existing programs.

Qualifications, Abilities, and Education Requirements:

• Education - Master’s degree or equivalent education/work experience in a related field (i.e., organizational learning, adult education, international development, international or multicultural communication, international business, or management).
• Experience: Organizational learning practitioner with at least 10 years of developing and delivering training and learning experiences for adults. Experience should include organizational learning, KM, management, training needs assessment, and/or related activities. Experience in environmental issues and environmental projects is a plus.

Key Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to design and facilitate state of the art adult learning programs and provide this expertise to the client.
• Skilled in applying and appropriately adapting organizational learning models and frameworks, particularly within a variety of cultural and cross-cultural contexts.
• Experience coordinating and managing a training portfolio and with Learning Management Systems.
• Understanding or familiarity with the concept of Learning Agendas and Collaborating Learning and Adapting.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, including technical experts, other adult learning and OD specialists and different client systems.
• Ability to listen, absorb, and synthesize, orally and in writing, the key themes from data gathered in interviews, background documents, and group discussions.
• Flexibility to craft a customized approach that is entirely focused on the client’s needs.
• Demonstrated comfort, confidence, and effectiveness providing training and OD a services in a broad variety of settings in the US and internationally. Proven ability to provide these services virtually.
• Interest in and ability to quickly learn the technical language, key issues, and culture of the clients with which we work.
• Genuine and demonstrated curiosity about effective approaches to individual, team, and organizational development and learning and how they can contribute to our clients’ success.
• Interest and ability in building lasting relationships with clients and colleagues – a natural connector who sustains work opportunities for themselves and others.
• Excellent facilitation skills.
• Experience with a variety of virtual platforms and tools including such as Google Meet, Zoom, MS Teams, WebEx, virtual whiteboards, polling, etc.
• Strong attention-to-detail.

Preferred Skills:

• Strong coordination and writing skills.
• Knowledge and experience working with USAID, particularly in the Environment sector areas.
• Life and/or work experience in developing countries.
• Familiarity with the international development sector.
• Interest in coaching and mentoring.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Occasionally may have to lift up to 15 pounds.

Our Perks

We value our staff, and we offer a host of benefits to thank them for their continued dedication to our work.

• Premium medical, dental, vision, & life insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Three months paid parental leave
• Paid sick and vacation leave
• Paid parking or a monthly subsidy toward your mass transportation expenses
• Robust retirement savings plan options
• Profit Sharing after 1 year of employment
• Professional development opportunities
• Casual attire
• 11 paid holidays
• Stock grants after three years of employment
• Staff rewards and recognition
• Free access to Fitness Center
• TRG Swag

TRG is an equal opportunity employer. We adhere to a policy of making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age or disability. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.