Specialist Talent Development - Houston, United States - Houston Community College

Houston Community College

Verified Company

Houston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

We are currently seeking a Specialist on the Talent Learning and Development team to serve in a Trainer capacity who will advance the institution's proud tradition of excellence in academics, student life and community service.

SUMMARY

Responsible for designing and delivering training content geared toward specific areas of learning that may be part of a larger curriculum or educational project.

Under supervision utilizes instructional systems design (lSD) to develop content, facilitates training and monitors educational programs for adult learners; to ensure employees in department/office areas and business functions have the knowledge to proficiently perform their jobs and achieve business objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Deliver educational programs in college and office settings via formal and informal methods such as: Handson, instructorled, virtual classroom, simulations, eLearning, mobile, audio/video, embedded/onthejob (OJT) learning, leaders as teachers, social learning, ondemand/selfled, and partnering with educational institutions;
Program responsibilities could include: COPP, CLP, Onboarding and/or ETAP;
Develop and maintain course content utilizing adult learner methodology for the intended audience;
Utilize instructional systems design (lSD) to author and update educational materials and programs;
Remain current on learning development and instructional design topics; including emerging technologies, techniques and methodologies to develop new knowledge and share information with colleagues to ensure ongoing improvement of educational programs geared toward increasing employee proficiency; and
Travel between HCC campus locations.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. The qualifications listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution is required.

Degrees in adult learning, instructional or technology design preferred.

EXPERIENCE
Four (4) years of experience related to training, including two (2) years of experience developing and delivering training programs.

PeopleSoft and managerial experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES- Must possess working knowledge of adult learning theory and instructional systems design methodology, and higher-level learning evaluation models (I.e. Kirkpatrick's five levels of evaluation); Must possess a senior working-practitioner skill level in employee training, instructional design, survey design, and learning evaluation;Accountability:_- Takes responsibility for own actions and accepts responsibility for decisions, actions, mistakes and for "making it right"- Motivation to perform one's job in a careful, thorough way, using prescribed procedures to meet commitments;

5. _Communication & Information Sharing (ALL):_- Comprehends written materials;- Presents ideas, thoughts, and concepts clearly and concisely when writing or speaking;- Ability to actively listen, understands, and then responds when interacting with individuals and groups;

6.

_Community & Good Neighbor Orientation:
_- Demonstrates actions that support the community and the environment;

7.

_Continuous Improvement:
_- Motivated to add value by finding and implementing better, more efficient and more cost-effective ways of completing work; is proactive;

8.

_Initiative:
_- Ability to be proactive; having the energy, aptitude and motivation to begin an activity relating to personal and work objectives;

9.

_Learning Orientation:
_- Desire to constantly learn new skills and develop competencies that will improve performance and effectiveness; desire to build deep understanding of one's work, business and role within the organization; and

10.

_Teamwork & Collaboration:
_- The ability to participate and work with others as part of a team to accomplish common goals.

_This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor._

_ This job description may be revised upon development of other duties and changes in responsibilities._

The Organization

Houston Community College (HCC) is an open-admission, public institution of higher education offering a high-quality, affordable education for academic advancement, workforce training, career development and lifelong learning to prepare individuals in our diverse communities for life and work in a global and technological society.

We're proud to say that 98 percent of our graduates step into a job in their field of study immediately upon graduation.

One of the largest