DESCRIPTION OF THE TRAINING ADVISORY BOARD (TAB)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- A sitting allowance fee per active participant, i.e., a TAB member who will have attended the meeting.
- Being a TAB member will enhance his/her profile and visibility while being seen as a leader in MEL Professional Training program.