CPD Facilitator, New Cairo, Egypt

CPD Facilitator Role Overview

Excelon Associates is partnering with an institution to recruit a CPD Facilitator responsible for the delivery, facilitation, and learner support of Continuing Professional Development programs in New Cairo, Egypt. This role focuses on high-quality, engaging, practice-based learning for professionals, executives, and organizations, ensuring an excellent participant experience and strong learning outcomes.

This is a delivery-focused role designed for a skilled facilitator who thrives in professional and executive learning environments. The successful candidate brings energy, adaptability, and subject-matter credibility to every session, working across a range of CPD formats and learner groups in a fast-paced, employer-connected hub setting. Continuing Professional Development of this kind is shaped by standards from bodies such as the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training, the Association for Talent Development, and the CPD Certification Service.

Key Responsibilities

Learning Facilitation and Delivery

• Facilitate high-quality CPD sessions using in-person, blended, and online delivery formats appropriate to each program and learner group.
• Deliver learner-centered, interactive, and practice-based sessions aligned with program learning outcomes.
• Support guest speakers, academics, and industry experts in effective CPD delivery and session integration.
• Adapt facilitation approaches to suit diverse professional learner groups and organizational contexts across the region.

Learner Experience and Support

• Act as a key point of contact for CPD participants during program delivery, ensuring a positive and productive experience.
• Support learner engagement, participation, and progression throughout CPD activities and programs.
• Provide guidance and constructive feedback in line with program requirements and learning standards.
• Foster a professional, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for all participants.

Program Support and Quality Assurance

• Support program leads with learning materials, session planning, and delivery schedules.
• Contribute to evaluation and continuous improvement of CPD provision through feedback collection and reflective practice.
• Ensure program delivery aligns with quality assurance processes and relevant professional standards.

Employer and Industry Engagement

• Engage professionally with employer clients, sponsors, and external partners during program delivery.
• Support bespoke and in-company CPD programs, responding flexibly to employer needs and organizational contexts.
• Represent the institution positively in all external interactions with partners and stakeholders.

Digital and Learning Technologies

• Use digital platforms and learning technologies effectively to support CPD delivery and learner engagement.
• Facilitate virtual learning sessions using approved tools and platforms to a high standard.
• Support learners in navigating online and blended learning environments, troubleshooting where needed.

General and Professional Responsibilities

• Engage in ongoing professional development to maintain facilitation skills and subject expertise.
• Support CPD-related recruitment, marketing, or showcase activities where required.
• Work in accordance with organizational policies including equality, diversity, and inclusion, data protection, and health and safety.
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the level and scope of the role.

Candidate Profile

Education and Qualifications

• Required: a degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field.
• Preferred: a postgraduate qualification or professional certification related to CPD, training, or education.
• Preferred: a teaching, training, or facilitation qualification such as a PGCert, Train-the-Trainer accreditation, or coaching certification.

Required Experience

• Experience facilitating training, workshops, or professional learning for adult learners.
• Experience delivering learner-centered, interactive sessions in professional or organizational contexts.
• Experience working with professionals or industry-based learners.
• Understanding of inclusive learning practices for diverse professional audiences.

Preferred Experience

• Experience delivering CPD, executive education, or employer-funded programs.
• Experience facilitating online or blended learning using digital platforms.
• Experience working within higher education or professional education environments.

Skills, Abilities, and Personal Attributes

• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage, motivate, and support adult learners across different levels and backgrounds.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to adapt delivery approaches to different learning styles and professional contexts.
• Confident use of digital learning platforms, collaboration tools, and virtual facilitation technologies.
• Professional, approachable, and learner-focused approach to all interactions.
• Flexible, adaptable, and solution-oriented, particularly in evolving program contexts.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of professional practice.
• Willingness to work flexibly, including evenings or weekends where program delivery requires it.

Who Thrives as a CPD Facilitator

This is a delivery role at heart, and the strongest candidates are facilitators first. They walk into a room, virtual or in-person, and make professional learning land: interactive, practice-based, and tied to clear outcomes. Subject credibility matters, but so does the energy and adaptability to read a group of executives or industry professionals and adjust on the fly.

The participant experience is the product. People who do well here act as a steady point of contact through a program, support engagement and progression, give feedback that helps, and hold an inclusive, supportive learning environment together across diverse professional audiences.

Finally, this is a hub role connected to employers. The best fit works comfortably with sponsors and in-company clients, flexes delivery to bespoke organizational needs, uses digital learning platforms confidently, and is willing to work flexibly, including evenings or weekends, when program delivery calls for it.

About Excelon Associates

Excelon Associates is a retained executive search firm founded in 2007, headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, with offices in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, Florida. The firm specializes in leadership and operational appointments across higher education and professional training sectors worldwide, identifying individuals who combine facilitation excellence, subject credibility, and a genuine commitment to learner success.

This CPD Facilitator search is being conducted by Excelon Associates, with a recruiter as the single point of contact through screening, interviews, and offer. You can explore the firm’s higher education recruitment practice, browse current open roles, or review recent campaigns to see the kinds of searches Excelon runs.

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The institution is an equal opportunity employer. Excelon Associates does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, marital or veteran status, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.