Senior Performance and Learning Expert(Top Urgent)

Kerchanshe Trading Company

Full time Posted: Jul 11, 2026

Career Level

Mid Level(3-5 years)

Location

Addis Ababa

Deadline

Jul 17, 2026

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About This Role

This role sits at the intersection of strategy execution and people development within a fast-growing Ethiopian agricultural company. Kerchanshe is a major player in the coffee and commodity export sector, which means performance and learning systems here must be practical, results-oriented, and aligned with business growth rather than academic theory. The role suits a professional who can bridge the gap between high-level company goals and day-to-day employee performance — someone comfortable designing frameworks, not just administering processes.

What the Requirements Say About This Role

The emphasis on “supervising performance review” and leading learning needs analysis signals that this is not a junior administrative position. Kerchanshe is looking for someone who can independently diagnose organizational skill gaps and translate them into actionable training interventions. The “mid-level” designation suggests they want a doer who can also think strategically — likely someone with prior experience rolling out performance management systems in a structured environment, possibly in manufacturing, logistics, or export-oriented firms.

How to Approach This Application

Your application should demonstrate that you understand how performance management drives business outcomes in a commodity export context. Highlight any experience you have with competency mapping, training ROI measurement, or designing performance dashboards. Kerchanshe will prioritize candidates who can show specific examples of improving employee productivity through learning interventions — not just listing training courses delivered. Mentioning familiarity with Ethiopian labor law and performance appraisal regulations would be a plus.

Best Fit

Who This Role Suits

This role is ideal for a mid-career HR or learning & development professional who thrives in a hands-on, high-expectation environment. It is likely to be moderately competitive, as Kerchanshe is a well-known employer, but the combination of “senior” title and “mid-level” experience requirement narrows the pool.

Job Purpose: - To support the company in the implementation of its strategy by development, implementation, administration, and communication of Performance Management Framework and enhancing the productivity and competency of employees at all levels through robust and efficient learning and development processes and programs.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Designs, implements and monitors Performance Management to enable employees and teams understand the goals of the company and to identify how individual and team outputs contribute to the achievement of the overall objectives.
Coordinates organization-wide skill and competencies (Learning Needs Analysis) analysis to identify gaps, and to identify and evaluate alternative training program options.
Supervises the performance review and learning process by ensuring proper implementation of the system, advising managers, and providing coaching sessions when necessary.
Works with key stakeholders e.g. strategy to establish and support the link between strategic business objectives and employee’s day-to-day actions and tasks by implementing a process for tracking progression from goal setting, mid-year reviews and end of year evaluations to support individual, team and organizational performance.
Develops and implements effective learning and development strategies that will support the overall objectives.
Conducts leadership assessments, and designs and implements appropriate leadership development programs.
Ensures targeted communication and capacity building programs in the performance management process to enable managers to effectively evaluate and measure individual and team performance and to optimize performance and productivity.
Develops and reviews competency mapping framework and ensures the appropriate application of competency dictionaries in performance management, career development and other talent programs.
Oversees the implementation of key performance measures, core competencies and core values into performance appraisal system.
Contributes to the design, implementation, and management of effective recognition programs, in liaison with the Compensation and Benefit Experts, to reward staff contributions.
Maintains data integrity for all aspects of performance management as needed to support automated applications used in implementing performance programs and processes.
Responsible for succession planning including, successors selection for all key positions, identifying talent gaps and ensuring development of successors to close these gaps.
Collaborates with functions to coordinate the orderly delivery of in-house training and development activities as well as external seminars and conferences, in line with the training and development plan and budget.
Evaluates training by conducting survey to receive feedback from the participants regarding the training curriculum/ modules and training effectiveness.
Drives company-wide processes for sharing best practice, tools/materials and on-going communication activities for performance improvement.
Performs other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Qualification and Skills

Education:

BA or MA Degree in Human Resource Management/Business Administration/Management/ Public Administration Development Management or related fields.

Experience:

5 years of relevant experience

Skills:

Knowledge of employment and labor laws and regulations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience with interpreting performance data and statistics.
Excellent knowledge of employment legislation.
Excellent training and Coaching Skills.
Computer literacy, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel
Time management skills.

How To Apply

Applicants who meet the required qualifications and are interested in the Senior Performance and Learning Expert position are invited to submit your application using the link below:

https://forms.gle/xApPkKg7kfYXDfMe7

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