Training Technical Advisor - Specialist Advisor II
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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We are presently identifying candidates for the following position:
Training Technical Advisor - Specialist Advisor II. This candidate will work with Dept. of State, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (DOS-INL) in Guatemala City, Guatemala on the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) contract.
The CARSI contract, one of the largest and most sophisticated multi-lateral security efforts in the world, provides funding for the US Government to assist the governments of the CARSI countries with police professionalization, justice sector reform, counter narcotics efforts, border security management, crime and violence prevention, and anti-corruption efforts. This initiative will focus on a series of Policing, Specialty, IT and Administrative roles. Requirements and responsibilities for this role are as follows:
Minimum Qualifications—
- RSO Certification.
- Local National (LN).
- Bachelor’s degree in law or another relevant field, ten (10) years professional experience can be substituted.
- FSI level 3/3 Spanish, FSI level 3/3 English.
- Five (5) years of experience in education/trainings regarding justice systems in different countries, especially the adversarial system.
- Experience briefing in Spanish and English.
- At least two (2) years of demonstrated experience with the Guatemalan justice system (police, attorneys, judges) using different methodologies to improve formal education for officials.
- Knowledge and proficiency of various software applications including but not limited to: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint and various social media.
- Superior interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in relations with institutions of the justice sector.
Preferred Qualifications—
- Experience in multidisciplinary research methodologies, training processes and systematization in the legal systems of Guatemala framework.
- Experience in results-oriented work.
- Experience of five (5) years developing and supervising training processes Knowledge and Proficiency of various software applications including but not limited to work, excel, access, publisher, PowerPoint, etc. and as social media.
Responsibilities—
- Provide technical assistance addressing, creating, and executing proposals of training programs for the ROL Program and other INL Programs.
- Propose appropriate training methodologies and tools according to the trainees, including, but not limited to, prosecutors, judges, and public defenders on accusatory system.
- Create mechanisms to institutionalize trainings, which allow institutions make learning continuously, updated and replicable.
- Follow up with institutions on the implementation of the training programs to guarantee the continuity of the trained staff within the institution, verify the sustained increase in the percentage of individuals retaining training-specific knowledge and sharing this information with peers, and accountability of personnel that report implementing techniques used in training.
- Provide training for new appointed personnel and trainers. Training should be in Spanish, without the use of interpretation services. INL will not pay any translation services. Consultant should advise INL in advance if special classroom materials, reproduction of copies or supplies will be required. INL will acquire the materials locally if possible, and also provide computer and projector upon request. Advisor should be present at all sessions.
- Prepare a concise written report (in Spanish) for the Program Manager upon completion of trainings, that indicate the degree of accomplishment of goals, curriculum, list of participants, and any other support of the activity
- Collect successful stories and good practices which may help to demonstrate the effectiveness of the trainings.
- Monitoring and evaluation of completed training programs to report the impact and use of the knowledge on daily work. Completion of training deliveries includes collection of pre-training and post-training subject-matter exams.
- Prepare and administer pre-training and post-training tests and survey, as appropriate to the course.
- Organize the annual training plan coordinated with U.S. Colombian Action Plan (USCAP) on the topics requested by each Program and inform each Program Manager on timely manner the preparation of logistics to deliver or implement the activities requested.
- Provide support on the monitoring and evaluations activities by prepare monthly reports on the progress of the indicators included in the monitoring and evaluation plan, and any other information requested in order to track end-use-monitoring.
- Support knowledge building and sharing activities with counterparts and inside the ROL team if necessary, including pedagogy techniques such as train-the-trainers, virtual platforms and the use of real cases to learn.
- Provide weekly reports on project advances, goals reached, impact of activities, and suggestions of improvement.
- Perform other duties as requested and assigned by INL Rule of Law Program Manager.
*Candidates are encouraged to submit a .doc or .docx resume that explicitly addresses each of the requirements listed above.
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