What are the responsibilities and job description for the Training Specialist/Learning & Development Specialist position at MALDONADO NURSERY AND LANDSCAPING INC?
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Job Description
Maldonado Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. is the landscape partner of choice. We’re devoted to providing top-quality landscape services to both commercial and residential clients at competitive prices.
We service San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and Dallas/Fort Worth. We are one of the largest family-owned landscape and irrigation contractors in the South Texas region as well as one of the largest privately held Hispanic businesses in the United States.
Keeping our mission statement and core values at the forefront of our daily operations is our commitment to our clients and employees. Check out our website to learn more about our mission and team: https://mnlsa.com/
We're thrilled to share that we've ranked on the Lawn & Landscape Top 100 list for 2024! This recognition speaks to the hard work, dedication, and passion our team brings to every project. Join our team and be a part of a 37-year legacy that continues to serve the Southern Region of Texas!
Job Summary:
We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Training Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of environmentally sustainable practices within the landscaping industry. As a Training Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in developing and delivering training programs that align with our commitment to green industry standards.
Training Specialist responsibilities include communicating with managers to identify training needs and mapping out development plans for teams and individuals. Training Specialists are responsible for managing, designing, developing, coordinating, and conducting all training programs.
Our ideal candidate has experience with various training methods, including on-the-job coaching, various training programs/software, and e-learning. Experience with different projects, like management training and soft-skills development, is also essential.
You should also be familiar with the instructors, equipment, and educational material requirements for each project. If you can think of and design engaging ways to train our employees (e.g. client role-playing exercises or outdoor activities), we’d like to meet you.
Ultimately, the role of the Training Specialist is to oversee all professional development at our company.
Essential Functions:
- Map out annual training plans for management
- Design and develop training programs (outsourced and/or in-house)
- Select appropriate training methods or activities (e.g. simulations, mentoring, on-the-job training, professional development classes)
- Market available training to employees and provide necessary information about sessions
- Conduct organization-wide training needs assessment and identify skills or knowledge gaps that need to be addressed
- Use known education principles and stay up-to-date on new training methods and techniques
- Design, and prepare educational aids and materials
- Coordinates, secures, facilitates, and forecasts internal class scheduling, enrollments, and other related functions through the various training programs
- Creates reports and communicates findings to Operational Vice Presidents and other key stakeholders
- Host train-the-trainer sessions for internal subject matter experts
- Research and recommend new training methods, like gamification
Qualifications
Experience Required:
- 3 years of experience as a Corporate Training Specialist, Corporate Trainer, Training Facilitator, Learning & Development, or a similar role
- 1 years of experience in the landscaping, hardscaping, irrigation, agriculture, or horticulture industry is heavily preferred but not required
- Hands-on experience coordinating multiple training events
- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English is a huge PLUS
- Adequate knowledge of learning management systems and web delivery tools
- High proficiency in MS Office
-Experience with LMS Greenius is a huge plus
