Consultant Facilitator, East Africa

Position Title: Consultant Facilitator, East Africa
Location: Eastern Africa based 
Reports to: Terry Kigundu, PhD, Senior Facilitator, East Africa 
Hours per week (average): 10-20 hour

Our Vision and Mission –  WomenLift Health envisions a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, North America, and, Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.

Our Work – Established in 2019, we work to advance equality in health leadership through a range of actions at the individual, institutional, and societal levels. This includes “Leadership Journeys,” which focus on equipping mid-career women with tools, along with peer, mentor and coach support, to successfully use their voice, expertise and leadership for impact. It includes pushing conversations and partnerships with senior leaders in health institutions, taking steps to prioritize gender equality. It also includes supporting/ convening global conversations about the importance of women’s leadership, amplifying the voices of national and global health leaders including at the bi-annual WomenLift Health Conference.

Our Culture and Values – We are building a diverse, entrepreneurial team of people who bring unique cultural and technical perspectives and experiences. We welcome results-oriented problem-solvers of any nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability. We are a growing organization that is committed to building a culture with our partners that values:

• Collaborative leadership that celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences and ensures everyone contributes to their full potential.
• Partnership grounded in humility, respect, empathy, and inclusion.
• Transformative change based upon bold, strategic thinking combined with adaptability and pragmatic action.
• Spirit of learning ensures we are open, forward-looking, constructive, and committed to growing collectively and individually.
• Achieving impact by improving global health and gender equality.

Position Summary – Consultant Facilitator, East Africa 

WomenLift Health is seeking a Consultant Facilitator to work under the direction of the East Africa Director and in close collaboration with Leadership Development teammates around the globe. The Consultant Facilitator will be responsible for the facilitation of WomenLift Health’s year-long Leadership Journey for mid-career women in health. Through facilitated discussions, mentoring, coaching, and hands-on exercises, the Leadership Journey imparts contextualized tools & frameworks to address the individual, institutional, and societal challenges that women leaders in health face today. The East Africa-based Leadership Journey is scaling to 2 cohorts of 30 women for a 12-month duration annually and will continue to scale up to 3-4 total concurrent cohorts each year. Cohort members represent a diversity of disciplines, sectors, cultures, and nationalities.  In addition to facilitating the Leadership Journey, this position may also be responsible for facilitating other training modalities offered by WomenLift Health including stand-alone PowerUp workshops, alumnae workshops, programs for institutional partners, and more.  We are looking for a consultant facilitator to provide 10-20 hours of work a week. The intensity may vary in relation to deadlines, especially when associated with events. We can guarantee a minimum of 10 hours a week.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

Mastering WomenLift Health Curriculum  

• Participate in a virtual Training of Trainers, which includes being immersed in the understanding and delivery of curriculum for the Leadership Journey and content for stand-alone workshops like the PowerUp series.
• Complete the certification process for psychometric assessments part of the Leadership Journey curriculum including the Workplace Big 5, Conflict Dynamics Profile, Influence Style Indicator, and a customized Benchmarks 360.
• Develop a solid grasp of WomenLift concepts, contexts, processes, and content. Become well-versed with key facilitation styles.

Facilitation & Community Building  

• As part of the year-long Leadership Journey, facilitate monthly virtual learning touchpoint sessions and 2 in-person 3 to 4-day learning residencies that are focused on key elements of our Leadership Journey for mid-career women in health. In East Africa, we will scale up to having 3-4 concurrent cohorts as well as growing the regional alumnae community. 
• Facilitate additional sessions for the alumnae community and broader audiences including institutional partners, virtually or in person. 
• Facilitate other training modalities for mid-career women in health such as quarterly PowerUp workshops that are open to broader audiences.
• Serve as a reliable, trusted anchor for program participants. 
• If in lead facilitator role, hold 1:1 office hour check-ins and respond to asynchronous communications with cohort members to offer guidance or clarity on learning content or personal/professional leadership challenges that they are facing. 
• Maintain relationships with critical Journey stakeholders, including other facilitators, mentors, guest speakers, and health experts. 

Program Management 

• Ensure program quality, and smooth implementation, and that the needs of the cohort members are addressed. 
• Ensure alignment across Leadership Journey activities, deliverables, and curriculum.
• Support planning of the agenda and experience of the in-person learning residencies as part of the Leadership Journey. 

Content Contextualization & Development 

• Work closely with regional and cross-regional leadership development teams and partner organizations on the continued contextualization of the core curricula of the leadership journey and its delivery, ensuring its relevance to mid-career women leaders representing different global health sectors, cultures, and nationalities in the East Africa region. The content for this Leadership Journey has already been developed by the WomenLift Health team and partners but it continues to evolve with changes in context.
• Contribute to the design and facilitation of alumnae programming and community-building opportunities.  

Scope of Work

• Time Frame for Guaranteed Scope of Work: Nov 2024 to Nov 2025, option to renew for 2026 depending on performance

Guaranteed scope:

• Attend Virtual Train the Trainer sessions up to 30 hours spread over Q4 of 2024 and Q1 of 2025
• Co-facilitate Immersion for the 2025 Leadership Journey (3 days in-person)
• 1 Journey Plus session on Peer Coaching (2 hours virtual)
• 1 Virtual Learning Touchpoint on Lead Change (3 hours virtual)

Potential additional scope (depending on performance):

• Lead Facilitator for the 2026 Leadership Journey (both in-person residencies and virtual components)
• 5 Journey Plus Sessions- Leadership Development topics (virtual)
• 6 Virtual Learning Touchpoints – Leadership Development topics (virtual)
• Certification on all 5 Leadership Assessments (Worklife Indicator, Workplace Big5, 360 Degree Feedback, Influencing Style Indicator, Conflict Dynamics Profile)

2025 Deliverables:

Deliverables Modules Hours Required

• Attend virtual training of trainers Only On the Modules the Consultants will Facilitate 30 hours
• Attend full and facilitate portions of 3 Day Immersion:-8 hours per day x 3 full days = 24 hours 
  •  Explore Identity: Personal and Social Identity 
  • Inform the Narrative
  • Leadership Presence
  • Experience Explorer Activity
• Facilitate 1 Journey Plus session Peer Coaching 90 min
• Facilitate 1 Learning Touchpoint Lead Change 3 hours

Observations/Shadow

• 2 Learning Touchpoint Sessions on Ally & Amplify and Leverage your Power 6 hours total (3 hours each) 
• 1 Journey Plus session on Storytelling 90 mins
• 1 Admin meeting per Quarter 4 hours
• Potential engagement based on performance: Certification in 5 Leadership Assessments through CCL 5 modules to be completed over the span of 2-4 months 25-30 hours total 

For the future: 2026 Deliverables
Deliverables Details Hours Required

• TOT On the Modules the Consultants will Facilitate To be shared 
• 3-Day Immersion 8 hours per day 24 Hours
• 5 Journey Plus sessions 90 mins per session 7.5 Hours
• 6 Learning Touchpoints 3 hours per session 18 Hours
• Meetings 1 Admin meeting per Quarter 4 Hours
• Observation or Dry-Runs Dry run before the sessions they need to take 15 Hours

WomenLift Health’s Ideal Candidate Comes with the Following:

• 15+ years of work experience with a minimum of 5 years of facilitation experience in leadership development training.  
• Demonstrated experience leading trainings in East African countries and with diverse audiences from the region.
• Demonstrated experience working with mid-career and/or high-ranking women leaders either at the national, regional, and/or international levels. 
• Proven ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment that requires initiative, flexibility, ingenuity, resilience, and commitment.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.  
• Outstanding communications skills including the ability to work across cultures and geographies at all levels and for all audiences.
• English fluency (written and spoken). 
• Ability to travel (10% of time).

Facilitation Traits 

• Ability to connect with and build safe spaces for women of a wide range of sociopolitical views and across sectors such as academia, government, NGO, and/or philanthropy. 
• Active listening skills, productive dialogue promotion, and fostering inclusion.
• Ability to lead training and deliver content in a timely manner.
• Strong intuition and leading with confidence.
• Maturity, discretion, and good judgment. 
• Emotional and cultural intelligence. 
• Clear, engaging, and thought-provoking. 
• De-escalates conflict that arises in the classroom as needed.
• Leverages a variety of interactive learning tools (Miro board, polls, etc.) 

Preferred (not required) Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Ability: 

• Background and experience in health and gender equity in East Africa
• Certified to work with assessments and has experience translating them to leader learning and application i.e. the Workplace Big Five, Influence Style Indicator, and Benchmark 360 assessments. If a candidate is selected, they will receive these certifications during the onboarding process if they don’t already have them. 
• Experience with coaching 
• An academic or instructional background in gender, women’s, or minority studies  
• Experience working or participating in gender-centered programs 
• Experience developing and contextualizing leadership training curricula that serve diverse audiences from different cultures 
• Additional languages, especially French or Swahili 

If interested, please submit a proposal and include: 

• Hourly rate or fee
• Availability 
• paragraph or two on why you are interested in working with us and why you are a good fit 
• Two References
• Candidates who pass initial interviews will be asked to participate in a Colloquium where they lead a presentation and facilitate a practice interactive session for the hiring team.