This opportunity is suited to a practical Senior Facilitator who can translate First-Time Manager knowledge into clear business outcomes for assignments linked to Colombo.
Position Summary
The assignment requires a trainer who can structure material clearly, manage professional audiences confidently, and adapt delivery to different sectors, teams, and levels of experience.
Client is seeking an experienced facilitator to deliver First-Time Manager training for people managers, supervisors, and team leads in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and across Asia. The assignment suits a commercially credible facilitator who can help clients build stronger people managers and more effective team leadership.
What Success Looks Like
The expected delivery mode for this brief is Hybrid, and the role should be approached as a Multi-Session Programme requirement.
- Translate complex ideas into practical guidance, examples, and decision-making frameworks that participants can use in the workplace.
- Support participants with examples, clarifications, and implementation guidance that reduce the gap between theory and day-to-day application.
- Refine materials where needed so the programme remains current, usable, and appropriate for the target audience.
- Adapt delivery to the client brief, participant seniority, and the sector context without losing clarity or pace.
- Keep the learning intervention aligned with business priorities, not just topic coverage, so the work delivers visible value to the client.
- Use practical case studies, scenarios, tools, or workflows to make First-Time Manager content easier to apply after the session.
Who This Would Suit
Strong practical expertise in First-Time Manager; prior experience delivering corporate learning or facilitation engagements; credible management experience, facilitation maturity, and strong behavioural coaching capability; able to tailor delivery for adult learners and client stakeholders.
- Good judgement around pacing, audience engagement, and the balance between technical depth and usability.
- Comfort operating in Hybrid settings and handling the logistical realities of live corporate delivery.
- A professional background that supports credibility with enterprise, multinational, or client-facing training audiences.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to explain complex material in a clear and applied way.
Strong fit for consultants, trainers, or practitioners with experience in people management, manager capability, team leadership, or change leadership and a track record of supporting professional capability-building initiatives.
Job Title: Senior Facilitator (Colombo) – First-Time Manager
Category: Leadership & Management
Expertise Area: First-Time Manager
Location Focus: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Delivery Mode: Hybrid
Location Scope: Asia and Remote / Virtual
Experience Level: Senior
Engagement Type: Multi-Session Programme
How To Apply
Professionals with relevant First-Time Manager capability are invited to share their background, availability, and examples of previous delivery in comparable corporate settings.