Training Strategist
- Pay Rate: $55.40/hour, depending on experience
- Contract Length: 1 Year
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
Raise is currently hiring a Training Strategist on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client, is one of North America's leading energy infrastructure companies with operations in natural gas, oil and power industries throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico
Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.
Description
Training Strategist in this role will require knowledge and expertise in implementing end-to-end scalable and sustainable training solutions. This role, will collaborate and partner across business units and functions, ensuring maximum value of buy or build training solutions. The ideal candidate will have advanced diagnostic skills, in-depth knowledge of training needs assessments, methodologies, evaluation criteria, and technologies, along with strong communication and business partnering capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Ensure a consistent and effective training experience for employees through collaboration with business areas, training developers (including external vendors), the Learning Management System team, governance analysts and other training strategists
- Partner and develop in-depth awareness of the needs and goals of the business and translate those needs into training requirements
- Validate and streamline training needs aligned with other business initiatives, leveraging existing training and/or other strategists as appropriate
- Drive effective and efficient training solutions through adherence to training standards, including redirecting non-training needs, and making buy/build decisions
- Monitor the effectiveness of training solutions and adjust as appropriate
- Support business units in the creation and maintenance of effective training profiles aligning training solutions with defined need
- Project manage multiple internal and external training development projects with varying timelines and deliverables; ensure these are completed on time, on target, and on budget
- Coordinate and facilitate ongoing meetings with developers and LMS team to manage and monitor project status
Qualifications
- 5+ years’ experience in a learning role as a designer, consultant, partner or strategist within a corporate environment
- Proven experience in training needs assessment and adult learning principles
- 3+ years’ experience in the Energy/Utility industry or similar technical environment
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence
- Proven track record in problem solving, project management, and implementation of learning solutions
- Proficient organizational skills to manage multiple projects at once
- Adaptable and flexible in response to shifting priorities or demands
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with various learning systems and enablement technologies such as SuccessFactors, Workday Learning
- Understanding of and experience using evaluation models
- Demonstrated experience utilizing customer insights and secondary research to inform organizational decision making of applicable solutions
- Application of critical and systems thinking to propose solutions
- Education and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related
Additional Information
- This position requires candidates to:
- Have current, valid authorization to travel internationally (including but not limited to Canada, US and Mexico)
- Travel to other company locations for temporary assignments, meetings or training (estimated up 25% of work schedule)
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