[Overall Job Responsibility]
Through the power of learning, Enabling Academy seeks to foster an inclusive society for persons with disabilities to live, learn and work. As a disability learning hub, we rally partners from the education, business and disability sectors to provide responsive and quality learning opportunities for persons with disabilities, and to enable their network of support through training.
Enabling Academy aims to bring fresh ideas and build capabilities in the training space to:
- Provide diverse lifelong learning opportunities for persons with disabilities that support them in their personal growth and professional development
- Upskill the network of support – including employers, sector professionals such as job coaches and caregivers – around persons with disabilities
- Facilitate the practice of accessibility and inclusion among training providers
[Duties and Responsibilities]
- Develop, refresh and contextualize training curriculum and content and learning materials, incorporating adult learning principles, best practices in disability support and innovative instructional methods such as e-learning, microlearning to support the training programmes.
- Organise and/or conduct training programmes for person with disabilities and other stakeholders (such as employers, caregivers, sector professionals), as required, to build up capabilities to better support the lifelong learning, employment and integration into the community for persons with disabilities.
- Conduct skills gap analyses to identify gaps for various stakeholders including persons with disabilities, and to tailor training to address the gaps.
- Monitor trends in the disability sector learning and development and incorporate best practices into training programmes.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of training programmes including but not limited to training partners’ programmes and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Engage and manage adjunct trainers and training partners to ensure effective and efficient delivery of training to all stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the disability sector, gathering feedback and ensuring that training programmes meet the evolving needs of the sector.
- Support the administration of training programmes, which includes marketing and awareness raising, reporting, logistics co-ordination and other tasks.
- Setup and management of Enabling Academy’s learning management system and integration with in-house systems to enhance customer journey.
- Undertake other roles and responsibilities as and when required.
[Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience]
- Degree or diploma holder in any discipline
- Possess at least 5 years of experience
- Applicants who are familiar with the disability sector and training industry; or have experience in facilitation, and/or programme design would have an added advantage
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Good command of English, able to write and present well
- Ability to work under tight deadlines, adaptable to changing circumstances and resourceful in problem solving
- Proficient in Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint