Role Description The Senior Associate, Training Coordination plays a critical role in advancing the U.S. Resilience work of Americares by supporting the design, delivery, and evaluation of training initiatives for safety-net clinics and health centers. The Americares training approach emphasizes adult learning principles, peer exchange, and practical application in real-world clinic settings. The role ensures alignment of training programs with Americares’ U.S. Resilience Theory of Change, emphasizing preparedness, resilience-building, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and health communication. This position will collaborate closely with technical specialists in climate resilience, MHPSS, and health communications, as well as with external partners such as state associations, national health networks, and academic institutions, to deliver high-quality, impactful training opportunities. Key Outcomes - In the first 90 days, the Senior Associate will: - Learn and live the Americares values - Complete all required new hire onboarding trainings - Gain a strong understanding of Americares’ U.S. Resilience portfolio, including preparedness, recovery, and resilience initiatives - Review existing training curricula, ECHO series, and toolkits to become familiar with program content and methodology - Create a SharePoint repository of trainings and make recommendations on an external-facing repository - Build working relationships with Associate Director, Preparedness/Long-Term Recovery, Technical Unit staff, and external partners supporting training - Training Coordination Foundations: - Support at least one training event (workshop, ECHO session, or ToT), assisting with logistics, materials preparation, and participant engagement - Establish a system for tracking training participation, feedback, and outputs using agreed MERL tools - Planning: - Develop a draft annual training calendar in collaboration with program and technical leads - In the first 6 months, the Senior Associate will: - Independently coordinate at least 2–3 major training initiatives (virtual or in-person) for clinics and partners, ensuring alignment with program goals - Incorporate feedback from participants and technical advisors into revised training content - Communicate with training participants, via email and online platforms to ensure clarity around training opportunities - Cross-Team Collaboration: - Demonstrate consistent collaboration with MHPSS, climate resilience, and health communication experts to integrate technical content into trainings - Actively participate in cross-functional planning meetings, contributing training insights to project design - Monitoring & Learning: - Produce a summary report of training activities to date, highlighting participation rates, feedback, and early lessons learned - Begin drafting case studies or documentation of promising practices from training efforts - In the first year, the Senior Associate will: - Serve as the primary coordinator for the U.S. Resilience training portfolio, managing the full cycle of training events (design, coordination, facilitation support, evaluation) - Develop reports that describe the impact of the trainings, utilizing participant surveys and evaluation data - Continuous Improvement: - Support the refinement and updating of training content and toolkits based on evaluation findings, clinic feedback, and alignment with updated hazard-specific action plans - Establish and maintain a repository of training resources, ensuring accessibility for internal and external stakeholders - Sustainability & Partnership: - Support the promotion of and engagement with training opportunities among partners - Document and disseminate at least 2 case studies or practice briefs on training-supported resilience outcomes for clinics Qualifications - 3+ years of experience in training coordination, program support, and/or capacity-building initiatives, preferably within a health, humanitarian, or nonprofit context Requirements - Demonstrated ability to coordinate the full lifecycle of training initiatives across virtual and in-person formats - Proven capacity to manage multiple training initiatives simultaneously - Ability to work closely and productively with technical experts - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and virtual training platforms (Zoom, Teams, etc.) - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Experience collecting and organizing participation data, feedback, and evaluation results - Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and trauma-informed principles - Ability to work independently and solve problems while remaining accountable - Capacity to organize, maintain, and update training resources Benefits - Visit our Careers page to learn more about our benefits!