TRAINING ADVISORY BOARD: ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS

DESCRIPTION OF THE TRAINING ADVISORY BOARD (TAB)

  1. This is a group of multidisciplinary subject matter experts who will advise the Horizon of Excellence in addressing current issues and setting a strategic direction for its MEL Professional Training program. The committee will guide the development and maintenance of the training program, ensuring its content is accurate, relevant and timely.
  2. An advisory committee has no power to make decisions and generally approaches its advisory role by identifying certain issues, investigating and discussing them, and proposing solutions and recommendations.
  3. To be effective, an advisory committee should consist of qualified, knowledgeable members who are intrinsically motivated.

SELECTION PROCESS AND THE TERM OF THE TRAINING ADVISORY BOARD

  • Through a headhunting strategy, the selection of TAB members is informed by the need to have a competent team with a diversity of knowledge, experience and skills: applied statistics, MEL, Economic Sciences, Public health, GIS, IT, Data science, Qualitative analysis, Survey and sampling, social sciences, Project management, and Education sciences.  
  • Once nominated, TAB members serve a two-year term which can be renewed based on the past performance(s) and HOREX appreciation of their contributions to the achievement of objectives.  
  • TAB member cannot be a member of the Curriculum & Exam Development Team, or have served it in the past two years. He/she should not either be an Authorized Training Consultant (ATC).

EXPECTATIONS

  • TAB members will meet annually. They may also meet extraordinarily when deemed necessary.
  • They will attend and participate in approximately two-hour video conference call meeting.
  • They will keep information shared with them confidential. All accepted TAB members will be expected to sign a confidentiality agreement that extends one year beyond the two-year term.
  • They will act with integrity and professionalism in advisory board duties
  • They will identify, contribute and review content for training products, including instructor-lead and online training programs, textbooks and test questions
  • They will support the training team function by providing guidance and insights
  • They will advocate for the HOREX training program.
  • They will not be agents or employees of HOREX and will not act on HOREX’s behalf or enter into any binding agreement.

BENEFITS

  1. The names of the TAB members will be published in the HOREX Website and they will make a pool of the consultants that will carry out assignments commissioned by HOREX clients/partners.
  2.  A sitting allowance fee per active participant, i.e., a TAB member who will have attended the meeting.  
  3. Being a TAB member will enhance his/her profile and visibility while being seen as a leader in MEL Professional Training program.