The Training Specialist focuses on facilitating knowledge, skills and mindsets for Teach For Malaysia Fellows that are required throughout the two-year Fellowship. This includes designing, planning, facilitating and monitoring the delivery of the Fellowship Curriculum in alignment with the overall objectives of the Teach For Malaysia Fellowship, and supporting Fellows in internalizing and realizing our Student and Fellow Vision.
1. DESIGN/PLAN - Continuously crafting and improving the design for TFM Fellowship Curriculum
● Set a culture that is aligned to the TFM’s Theory of Leadership
● Work as Design and Training team to identify Fellow needs in term of knowledge, skills and mindset during the Fellowship
● Design Fellow support cycle that includes different learning structure and experience
● Develop Pedagogical or/and Leadership Development (LD) modules that will support Fellow’s leadership development across different Fellowship pathway to achieve Fellowship outcomes
● Conduct/ Participate in regular in-house training of the content with other Training Specialists and Leadership Development Officers
2. DO - Facilitate delivery of the TFM Fellowship Curriculum
● Deliver in-person or virtual training sessions at Pre-Service Programme and throughout the Fellowship according to Fellowship Curriculum
● Support Fellows on various topics through Professional Learning Community (PLC)
● Collaborate with Leadership Development Officers and external stakeholders to provide bespoke Fellow development support
3. REVIEW - Monitor effectiveness of the TFM Fellowship Curriculum
● Evaluate training based on the Kirkpatrick model, e.g. through surveys and performance based assessments
● Collect on-ground evidences to challenge our bar of excellence towards Fellowship Curriculum
● Analyze data collected from Fellows with the Fellowship team and provide input in improving the Fellowship programme
Requirements
1. Role-Specific Competencies
● Passionate for Fellowship Theory of Change and the movement
● Outcome-oriented, with the ability to adjust on the plan while still achieving the desired impact
● Strong and engaging session facilitation practices
● Basic session or/and curriculum design and development knowledge
● Clear, confident and engaging communicator
● Proactive in deepening understanding of the knowledge, skills and mindset needed for teacher leaders to make impact in the education system
2. Years of experience & qualification
● At least 2 years experience working in education sector, preferably in one of the following areas:
● Classroom practices
● Community outreach and engagement
● Social innovation and entrepreneurship
● Prior experience in designing and facilitating sessions
3. Leadership Experience & Team Adaptability
● Ability to be adaptable in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and dynamic environment
● Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of employees and stakeholders
● Able to think strategically, critically, innovatively, and in a resourceful manner
● Able to build and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders Language & Technical Proficiency
● Strong written and verbal skills and excellent proficiency in English and basic proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia
● Excellent proficiency in MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel
● Willing and able to readily adopt and utilise any TFM database or technological platform / application (i.e. Google Suites, Confluence, Salesforce, Zoom etc.)