About This Role
This role is about more than just delivering off-the-shelf training sessions. You will be expected to diagnose performance gaps across a manufacturing workforce and design tailored learning interventions that directly improve on-the-job skills. It suits a professional who enjoys moving between strategic planning and hands-on facilitation, especially within a fast-paced production environment where operational efficiency depends on employee capability.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The employer is looking for someone who can translate business needs into learning solutions, not just a presenter. The emphasis on needs analysis—through surveys, interviews, and manager consultations—indicates they value diagnostic skills over flashy presentation techniques. They want a specialist who can build programs from scratch, adapt to different learning styles, and track measurable outcomes, which suggests a role that requires both creativity and analytical discipline.
How to Approach This Application
Focus your application on specific examples where you identified a training gap and designed a program that led to measurable improvements—such as reduced errors, faster onboarding, or increased productivity. Highlight any experience in manufacturing or industrial settings, even if indirect, because understanding the operational context is critical. Emphasize your ability to work with frontline managers to align training with real workflow demands rather than generic topics.
Who This Role Suits
This role is ideal for a mid-career training professional who thrives in a structured, results-driven environment and can manage multiple stakeholders. It is likely moderately competitive, as it offers solid career growth within a major manufacturing group.
Job Summary:
- The training and development Specialist will create, develop, implement, and conduct training and development programs for employees
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identify training and development needs through surveys, interviews focus groups and communication with managers and instructors/trainers
- Identify training needs by evaluating strengths and weaknesses of employee and recommend learning solutions.
- Develop unique training programs to fulfill workers specific needs to maintain or improve job skills
- Create and/or acquire training procedure manuals, guides, and course materials
- Present/ Communicate training and development programs using various forms and formats including group discussion, lecture, simulations and videos
- Maintain records of training and development activities, attendance, results of tests and assessments, and retraining requirements.
- Develop or oversee the production of classroom handouts, instructional materials, aids and manuals.
- Collaborate with a trainer to assess, update, and revise training materials.
- Direct structured learning experiences and evaluate the program effectiveness through assessments, surveys and feedbacks.
- Acclimate new hires (employees) to the company and conduct orientation sessions.
- Facilitate virtual classroom sessions
- Evaluate learner progress through academic assessments, hands on practice, and on-the-job training.
- Maintain knowledge of the latest trends in training and development
- Prepare and implement training budget: maintains records and reports of expenses
- Perform other related duties as required.
Qualification:
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Knowledge of training strategies and principles, including adult learning theory, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects
- Ability to design and implement effective training and development
- Training room management skills including organization, time management, recognizing learner accomplishments, and correcting inappropriate behavior.
- Emotional intelligence: The ability to perceive the emotional state of individuals and groups; the ability to modify one’s own verbal and non-verbal mannerisms to engage and build trust.
- Adept with a variety of multimedia training platforms and methods: proficiency with virtual training room software such as Zoom, Microsoft applications such PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Communication skills: excellent verbal and written communication skill
- Strong presentation skill
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, management and other related fields
How To Apply
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria are invited to send their CV and copies of relevant documents along with application letter through email address transsionfactory6@gmail.com
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