Dean, Specialized Banking School at First Bank

Job ID: 1900005U
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Organization: Managing Director

Duties & Responsibilities

• Contribute towards the visioning, and anchor the strategic planning, development and rollout of the Specialised Banking and Management Schools.
• Spearhead proactive consultations/engagements with Business Units on issues around Management development with a view to translating requirements into learning needs and preparing periodic Training Schedules/Plans
• Oversee the day-to-day running (academic and administrative) of the Specialised Banking and Management schools bank-wide, which includes BIC (Congo) and other FirstBank offshore locations.
• Anchor competency assessments exercises necessary for identifying competency gaps relative to programmes within the Specialised Banking and Management Schools
• Preside over periodic course review and new course development processes, with a view to ensure the inclusion of quality learning and teaching methods in the various course/programme structures.
• Lead Vendor Assessment/Engagement processes and actively manage/maintain relationships with External Faculty/Partners for the Specialised Banking Schools and the Management School.
• Broker strategic alliances and partnerships with best-in-class Global and Professional Institutions for the purpose of acquiring necessary accreditations and certifications for various Faculty programmes/courses
• Champion the design/development of best-suited training evaluation methods necessary to drive the achievement of the desired learning outcomes (i.e. individual and business outcomes) for programmes within the Faculty II
• Prepare periodic reports to Management on the business impact of training programmes – i.e. reports showing the measure of training effectiveness/ROI
• Suggest necessary improvements/updates to Policies especially on learning/teaching for consideration by the Head, FirstAcademy
• Represent FirstAcademy Faculty II to various internal constituencies including FirstBank Management, Internal Faculty as well as the cross-section of FirstBank Staff
• As part of the Bank’s Information Security requirements, maintain the security of all Information entrusted to the staff and comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook

Job Requirements
Qualifications (Education)

• Minimum Education: First Degree in Social Sciences or Human Resources
• Higher qualification and/or professional certifications in Training and Development and/or Human Resource Management

Experience:

• Minimum experience – 10 years relevant experience with hands-on experience in  Course Design and Development and Programme Facilitation (stand-up training delivery)