Type of contract: Consultant
Start Date: ASAP; Jan–Feb 2024, with possibility to extend
Duration: Up to 30 days, with possibility to extend
Location: El Salvador, or remote in Central America but available to travel to El Salvador for 1-2 weeks in January
About Acceso:
Acceso (www.acceso.org) is a social enterprise that is revolutionizing food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean to put smallholder farmers first. Acceso’s mission is to create fundamental and lasting positive economic change in the lives of rural smallholder farming families. Our entrepreneurial model provides smallholder farmers with a sustainable way to participate in formalized markets, enabling them to work themselves out of poverty with dignity and to prosper. Acceso currently operates a portfolio of three social businesses in Colombia, Haiti and El Salvador and an agtech tool (Extensio) founded in Mexico. Across our agribusinesses, we have impacted nearly 35,000 smallholder farmers and farm workers, generating more than $60m in farmer income to date.
About this role:
Acceso is hiring a consultant to provide targeted support to the Training Manager and Field Teams in preparation for launching farmer training programs across a variety of value chains in mid-February. All training programs will be based on a learning-by-doing teaching methodology that prioritizes effective teaching strategies for adults.
Key Responsibilities:
- (70%) Help refine materials for Acceso’s producer training programs in horticulture, basic grains (maize and beans), artisanal fishing, seafood, and peanuts. Specifically:
- Provide feedback on draft lesson plans and identify opportunities to incorporate additional interactive exercises and adult learning strategies to improve the quality of the training modules
- Help transform material provided by technical teams into tools that can be used in the field, such as reference guides, handouts, worksheets, images, workbooks, etc.
- (30%) Help prepare the Acceso field team to implement training programs, including but not limited to:
- Introductory training for technicians on effective facilitation techniques
- Training for field supervisors on effective strategies for the quality of technicians’ training sessions and providing feedback
- Training for technical team on other topics, based on Acceso’s needs and consultant’s experience
Qualifications:
- Significant experience designing and leading training programs for technical teams in Central America
- Significant experience creating agriculture training programs in Central America (experience creating programs targeted at small farmers is a plus)
- Experience applying train-the-trainer methodologies and strategies for adult learning
- Extremely effective at providing feedback and ensuring that participants are learning and improving
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to meet critical deadlines
- Creative, out-of-the-box thinker
- Based in El Salvador is a plus, but at a minimum must be available to travel to El Salvador for 1 week in January
How to apply
To apply, please upload your resume and cover letter in the form at: https://acceso.org/jobs/training-support-consultant/
In order to be considered, we ask that you submit your application materials in English.
Acceso is an equal opportunity employer and does 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.