Manager of Training

Asilia Africa is one of East Africa’s long-standing safari companies. Meaning ‘genuine’ or ‘authentic’ in Swahili, we’ve built a reputation for incredible safari experiences and our unwavering commitment to empowering both people and nature alike in the region. Founded in 2004, Asilia has a leading presence in the main safari destinations in Tanzania and Kenya as well as a driving role in several pioneering projects. Asilia’s goal is to turn crucial and fragile natural habitats into lasting conservation economies, benefitting both the environment and local communities. At present, the company owns and operates 18 lodges and camps as well as a ground handling operation. Asilia is the first sustainable safari/lodge company in Africa to receive a 5-star rating for sustainability from GIIRS, was recognized as one of the “Best Companies for the World” in 2013 and was awarded the 2014 Tourism for Tomorrow Business Award.

We believe that world-class travel can go hand in hand with improving livelihoods and conservation of nature. Our luxury camps and lodges are in some of the most special places on earth. Places we want to safeguard for the future. We strive to transform whole areas, from crucial fragile natural habitats with often impoverished communities into lasting conservation economies; effectively protecting wildlife whilst providing opportunities for local people to prosper. Whichever department you work in, your efforts will be crucial in achieving our conservation goal.

The Manager of Training is responsible for designing and delivering comprehensive training interventions to the Sales and Operations teams. Training interventions will include Asilia systems, separate team processes, as well as service offering content (such as destination training). The Manager of Training will train new starters as well as existing staff and provide maintenance and remedial training to existing employees. The Manager of Training will be responsible for continuously assessing training needs and adjusting training delivery methods and content accordingly. This position will also be responsible for the formalisation of all training materials – designing new materials from scratch, and reworking and maintaining existing materials.

This position will report to the Performance and Development Manager. In addition, there will be close collaboration with Sales Directors, Operations Managers, and HR.

It is noted that this position may require training for companies within the Nawiri Group on a variety of topics, including soft and technical skills, as well as destination training.

• Conduct regular training needs and skills gap analyses to assess training requirements within the Sales and Operations teams this will be done in conjunction with the Head of Training and the HR Team, according to the training policy.

• Design training interventions for Sales and Operations positions, according to the ‘content areas’ below

• Review and re-work existing training interventions, where necessary

• Coordinate and facilitate Sales and Operations training sessions for new starters and existing employees

• Continuously monitor and review the effectiveness of training content and delivery methods to ensure excellent service delivery and transfer of knowledge to trainees

• Ensure that training interventions, inclusive of training materials, are continuously adapted to include new system features or pertinent updates.

• Monitor training status of the Sales and Operations teams, ensuring that employees are up to date with required knowledge standards in the business

• Work with Line Managers to identify employees in need of remedial training. Take accountability for designing and executing remedial training plans, customized to individual employee needs

• Develop and continuously maintain comprehensive training materials in a range of formats that are easily adjustable to employee learning styles

• Over time, work towards the digitization of all training materials, including videos.

• Bazaruto, including End-to-End with Asilia

• HubSpot

• Flywire or any other pay gate system

• 3CX phone system

• Office 365, Teams, and Outlook file management

• Charter flight booking system (AeroCRS)

• Ilios online system

• With time, it is envisaged that the Manager of Training Manager will take over the total process training for all Operations roles. The high-level processes are listed below and may be subject to change and development.

• Provisional, Confirmation, Audit processes

• Travel Preparation Pack and sending invoices to Accounts

• Rate query investigations and rate sheets

• Reconfirmation processes

• Client Travel Documentation

• Supplier services tab in Bazaruto

• Arrival Instructions and Itinerary blurbs

• Car rental vouchers

• Customer Process Map & CRM mailer training

• Emergency phone (after-hours support) training

• Visa, vaccination, and general on-trip preparation training 

• Pre-qualification training

• Bazaruto: Itinerary building, cancellations, deferrals & audit changes

• Process flow from consulting to confirming or closing an enquiry

• Process flow from consulting to confirming or closing an enquiry

• Bazaruto: Itinerary building

• Design and deliver regular destination training, in collaboration with the Product team, Operations Managers and Nawiri Head of Training

• Regularly update destination training materials, ensuring the information is accurate and staff members are trained accordingly

• Utilise The Learning Centre materials and videos, encouraging and monitoring employee participation

• Review current destination assessments, updating or redesigning where necessary to ensure relevancy

• Mark all destination assessments, ensuring fair and comprehensive feedback is provided to employees

• Part of this role will require the manager of Training to train other companies in the Group when the requirement arises, and will also be required to work in conjunction with the Nawiri Head of Training to establish group training requirements.

• This training involves product & destination training, soft skills training, as

• well as systems and process training.