- Location
- Oak Brook, IL, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Position Overview
Greater Purpose and Core Values: Athletico’s Greater Purpose is to empower people, inspire hope and transform lives. We accomplish this by providing exceptional, progressive, and cost-effective fitness, performance and rehabilitative services through personalized care that emphasizes education and prevention of future injury. This is accomplished through building on our Core Values of one team, understanding our business, recognition, people-focused, accountability, continuous innovation and trust and integrity, which are the foundation for our unique culture.
Position Summary:
The Learning & Development (L&D) Specialist will be responsible for the implementation and execution of the Talent Development and employee engagement strategy including successful execution of leadership development and enterprise-wide onboarding training programs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supports the execution and management of enterprise-wide talent development programs and initiatives including leadership training, onboarding and mentoring programs.
- Creates and designs training materials (including eLearning courses) in Microsoft Office, Canva, and eLearning tools (e.g., Articulate 360).
- Supports change management and employee engagement process enhancements to assist with employee retention and engagement.
- Plans and executes employee engagement initiatives including in-person training, and employee onboarding and new hire orientation programs utilizing best practice research and technology that drives connectivity and cohesion within the Athletico culture.
- Facilitate and supports ongoing education sessions through employee focus groups at various organization levels to gather input and socialize feedback.
- Serve as a facilitator for training and onboarding programs.
- Leverage Microsoft Teams to develop and manage pre- and ongoing post-training learning, the learning impact and overall training program completion and effectiveness.
- Assist with the planning and implementation of training programs within the Company’s Learning Management System (MedBridge), including annual compliance and recurring business training initiatives
- Ongoing interaction with management and employees to evaluate success of training methods and employee performance while continuously improving training the content development process.
- Support other talent development initiatives as needed including managing the Talent Development shared inbox.
Qualifications:
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Education or fields related to training and development
- Work Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Org Development or Human Resources
- 5 years of administrative and/or training program planning experience preferred.
- Knowledge and Technical Skills:
- Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Demonstrated training coordination, design and delivery skills
- Experience working with learning management systems and eLearning tools
- Ability to prioritize workload, manage competing priorities while meeting deadlines
- Ability to work independently and on cross-functional project teams
- Excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization, persuade and influence to build enthusiasm and commitment
- Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
- Ability to influence, lead and manage projects in a matrix environment.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional relationship building skills
- Process and results-oriented problem-solver focused on inspiring the organization towards continuous improvements that positively impact the organization
Language Skills:
- Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to fulfill office activities including but not limited to remain stationary for extended periods of time (i.e. while working at a desk), stoop/kneel/crouch, travel around the office, communicate with others (verbal and written), and use fine motor skills including fine hand manipulation and keyboarding.
- Ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Work Environment:
- Consistent with a standard office environment, noise level is low with little to no extraordinary environmental factors.
Athletico provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
