Curriculum Development Manager, Global Entrepreneurship Practice (Short Term, 9-12 months)

About TechnoServe:

At TechnoServe , we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better life. For over 50 years, we have given smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs the skills, connections, and confidence to lift themselves out of poverty. We leverage the power of markets and the private sector to create sustainable economic growth to benefit people and the planet. Our unique mix of business solutions, deep knowledge of local contexts, and data-driven insights is helping to fight poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

TechnoServe staff are local–95% are from the countries in which they work. We put a high premium on collaboration and entrepreneurship. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards of integrity and transparency. And we focus on delivering lasting impact for our mission.

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for managing the design and development of TechnoServe’s Enterprise Development (ED) Academy, a packaged toolkit of TechnoServe’s best practices to strengthen the performance and sustainability of local Enterprise Support Organizations across middle and low income countries.

The Manager will work under the supervision of the Global Entrepreneurship Senior Manager and in partnership with the global entrepreneurship practice team and associated project teams.

Success in the role requires strong project management and capacity building skills, an ability to build and manage remote relationships with senior staff, strategic thinking and passion for entrepreneurship development.

This position is estimated to last between 9 and 12 months.

Project overview:

Since 2012, TechnoServe and the Argidius Foundation have contributed to inclusive economic development globally through our business acceleration programs and the development of the Entrepreneurship Practice. With support from the Argidius Foundation, we have innovated, tested, and iterated on our training curriculum, business advisory services, and delivery models to maximize impact for participating Micro and Small Growing Businesses (MSGBs), while gaining great experience designing “toolkits” and processes to document, disseminate, and promote the adoption of key knowledge and practices. These knowledge products have been instrumental in achieving our objective and broad impact through TechnoServe’s work, including an increase of our financial impact by 7.8x (2013 vs 2017), increased ROI from 3 to 12.65 (baseline 2017), funds raised for entrepreneurship programming multiplied by 3 ($10M in 2015 vs $32M avg. 2021-2023) and increased influence in the global economic development sector, including ANDE, Small Firm Diaries and the Global Future Council for Jobs at WEF.

Our success in creating lasting impact in the entrepreneurship and development sectors has positioned TechnoServe as a thought leader in the industry, and donors are inviting TechnoServe to address a key gap in the enterprise development ecosystem in the countries where we operate that limits MSGBs growth: Local Enterprise Development Organizations (ESOs) that provide business development services (BDS) frequently lack the technical knowledge and capacity to support MSGBs to reach their full potential. Building on our experience, TechnoServe will package our toolkits and entrepreneurship sector expertise into one comprehensive and cohesive digital training package, the TechnoServe Enterprise Development (ED) Academy.

TechnoServe’s ED Academy will allow TechnoServe staff, ESOs and sector practitioners a one-stop-shop to access TechnoServe and enterprise development sector’s latest knowledge and tools. It will consist of a global e-learning platform with free access to training modules in 4 languages (English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese).

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

The Manager is responsible for completing the following deliverables on time.

• Collect and combine expertise from project’s staff, including success stories of ESOs that have improved their effectiveness and efficiency, as well TechnoServe practice areas and sector experts
• Design and develop learner-centered blended learning training materials, in line with the initial assessment findings, and following a build-measure-learn process, while ensuring compliance with TechnoServe’s adult learning and digital learning quality standards
• Coordinate with external service providers on component deliverables (video production, graphic design, narrators, etc.)
• Pilot the modules in coordination with TechnoServe projects: assess engagement, knowledge gained and adoption of the key practices by the ESOs, and identify areas for improvement, in order to adjust the development of the modules accordingly
• Work closely with the Global Impact Team to develop a piloting and impact measurement approach
• Coordinate the dissemination of the Academy among internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to reports on accelerating the learning including how to build capacity of ESOs, managing the learning agenda and developing learning products

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in related fields (entrepreneurship development, curriculum development, international development consulting, etc.) plus a Master’s degree OR a Bachelor’s Degree plus 7 years of experience.
• Experience developing in-person and digital training curriculums

Required Languages:

• English, excellent writing and oral skills
• Portuguese, Spanish and/of French desired

Travel: The work can be performed remotely in Latin America / Africa working hours. Occasional travel might be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferably, experience in consulting
• Preferably, experience providing training or advisory to medium-low literacy people in middle and low income countries

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Extraordinary listening and cross-cultural skills, to identify and document key lessons and best practices across different parts of the organization and our beneficiaries
• Great capacity to understand, analyze and structure qualitative information, as well as explaining complex concepts in an easy and digestible ways
• Strong project management skills, structuring a plan to deliver multiple parallel tasks that require revision and approval
• Strong capacity to work with autonomy and remotely, in coordination with people with diverse levels of seniority
• Strong client-oriented skills
• Understanding of core Business and Entrepreneurship skills
• Excellent computer skills using Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides), preferred skills in using Rise 360, LMS software, Canva
• Passion for capacity building of people and organizations

This is a remote position, with a preference for hiring in one of the countries where TechnoServe has operations. Candidates must have work authorization in the country from which they are applying. TechnoServe will not provide sponsorship for this position. For further consideration, please include your CV along with a motivation letter describing why you’re applying to this position.

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

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