Training Specialist Job Description Sample Template
JOB TITLE:
- Training Specialist
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the content area specialist for a functional area of the business including compliance, production, cultivation, and retail.
- Facilitate Train-the-Trainer workshops to equip team trainers/coaches within the company with excellent facilitation strategies to ensure training success.
- Provide continuous coaching and development to internal trainers/coaches for continuous improvement and ongoing success.
- Conduct focus groups and perform needs analyses to determine development needs.
- Collaborate on the creation of training content utilizing multiple formats including PowerPoint, Facilitator and Participant Guides, Video content, Gamification, and other eLearning strategies.
- Effectively measure training interventions for business impact and ROI.
- Facilitate instructor-led training with a dynamic and fun approach to learning for optimal employee engagement.
- Operate cross-functionally to address development needs throughout the national organization.
EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Training, and Development, Instructional Design/Technology, or related field preferred, but not required with equivalent work experience.
- 3 years of professional training experience.
- Proven experience in designing and delivering a variety of training content.
- Proven experience in working as a partner with the business to evaluate, understand, and develop solutions to training needs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Detail-oriented with strong time management skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to work effectively in a constantly changing, fast-paced environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Able to use a computer for an extended period of time.
- Able to move about a typical office, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, and cultivation environment.
- Ability to present/facilitate for multiple hours at a time.
- Ability to lift and move up to 25 pounds.