Shimmy Upskill Technical Trainer

Job Description

Title: Shimmy Upskill Technical Trainer

Company Name: Shimmy Technologies Group, Inc.

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The role of the Shimmy Upskill Technical Trainer is to conduct in-person trainings utilizing our tablet-based program. Upskill Trainers provide guidance and support to onboard RMG workers into the app and ensure trainings are conducted according to customer agreements. This is a great opportunity to utilize your expertise in technical machine training and passion for an equitable future of work.
∎ Length of contract:
∎ 6 months (15 June - 31 Dec 2023)
∎ Based on performance, the length of contract can be extended.
∎ This position is a full-time contract in-person in Dhaka. Additional perks include: Flexible schedules, Summer Fridays, professional development (even for contractors), all local federal holidays off.
∎ Equal opportunity is at the core of Shimmy and our hiring practices are no different. We encourage anyone to apply who is excited by a culture where accountability, reciprocity, beauty, joy, and impact guide the way we work and treat each other.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ A Typical Day:
∎ Collaborating as a part of our training team to rally around a common vision and achieve project goals to train garment workers and to understand the impact of Shimmy's approach.
∎ Fostering trust between users and Shimmy through providing quality support in-person in factories and reporting user feedback.
∎ Learning the ins-and-outs of Shimmy's product in order to provide the most knowledgable support to users.
∎ Conducting surveys before and after trainings to understand user backgrounds and the immediate impact of the product.

Additional Requirements:
∎ You Are:
∎ An experienced machine skills trainer or advanced machine operator in the garment sector.
∎ Accountable and respectful of boundaries.
∎ Honest and a clear communicator.
∎ Known for getting things done with tenacity, creativity, and grace.
∎ Excited by the opportunity to help take a small, fast-growing organization to a position of impact and leadership.
∎ Motivated by doing work that matters.
∎ Eager to learn and to coach others.
∎ Comfortable with digital products and e-learning.
∎ You Have:
∎ 3+ years of experience in training sewing machine operators or 5+ years of experience as a multi-skilled machine operator in RMG.
∎ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
∎ Experience working with factories in RMG.
∎ Excellent follow-through.
∎ Digital skills - Microsoft Office, online surveying
∎ Bonus points for:
∎ Experience collaborating with global, distributed teams
∎ Experience working with international development organizations or in local training centers.

Salary:
∎ $ 290/month Eid festival bonus equal to 60% of monthly pay All public holidays off (paid)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 11 Jun 2023

Company Information:
∎ 30 May 2023
∎ Shimmy Technologies Group, Inc.
∎ Business : Shimmy Technologies was founded in 2016 and is a women-owned Industry 4.0 company preparing the apparel industry for the future of work by developing upskilling and reskilling applications.

Shimmy is a graduate of MIT SOLVE Workforce of the Future Cohort, Acumen Fund’s CivicX Future of Work Accelerator, New Lab, and the New York Fashion Tech Lab (Springboard).

Shimmy serves on the Urban Manufacturing Alliance’s Advisory Board for Diversity & Inclusion and the NYC Department of Education’s Media Technology & Design Commission.

Our products have won numerous awards including the IEEE Retail Grand Challenge for Digital Transformation, Most Potential to Scale (Acumen), RSA Future of Work Awards (One to Watch), and was a finalist in the Tommy Hilfiger (PVH) Social Innovation Challenge.

Shimmy will invest a majority of our profits in becoming a sustainable enterprise that can support our mission to get to gender equity and decent work for the 75 million people in the apparel supply chain.

Category: IT/Telecommunication

: Please share your CV and a short paragraph explaining your interest in this role. The CV and paragraph should be shared with the Bangladesh Operations & Training Lead, Mr. Rudro Rahman, at [email protected]