Senior Training Specialist - Human Resource Consultant
Listed on 2026-01-01
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HR/Recruitment
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Education / Teaching
Title: Senior Training Specialist
Classification: Human Resource Consultant 4
Job Status: Full-Time - Permanent
WDFW Program: Directors Office – Human Resources Division
Duty Station: Olympia, Washington – Thurston County
Hybrid/Telework: While this position offers a hybrid work arrangement, the successful candidate must be available to report to the Olympia, WA headquarters as needed.
Join the agency’s training team to enhance the knowledge, skills, and leadership of employees, volunteers, and student interns by delivering professional training in soft skills, safety, and technical areas.
This role focuses on developing and implementing high-quality, compliant training programs that promote an efficient and safe workforce while reducing risk and liability.
Serve as a subject matter expert in learning and development by providing consultation, evaluating training outcomes, and contributing to agency performance through data collection, analysis, and reporting.
What to ExpectThe Senior Training Specialist will:
- Deliver required, planned, and just-in-time training on various subjects including human resources management, leadership, communications, conflict resolution, situation awareness, diversity, safety, and team building.
- Maintain agency designated instructor certifications to organize and provide training and/or consultation.
- Research, identify, maintain awareness, and incorporate best practice training for identified subjects.
- Deploy, collect, evaluate, and integrate relevant feedback from course evaluations for continuous improvement.
- Provide individualized and group training consultation to identify training needs and formulate training plans.
- Develop formal written training plans and manage their implementation upon approval.
- Compile reports for Supervisors and Executive Leadership to define and measure the status of training activities, deliverables, compliance, and outcomes.
- Schedule agency trainings, confirm locations, times, and trainers.
- Maintain student rosters, ensuring enrollment and course completion.
- Manage procurement and billing of training materials.
- Schedule and coordinate travel and lodging for agency and contracted trainers.
- Develop, revise, and edit training curriculum for in-person and online classes.
- Use Articulate Storyline or other Department authorized platforms to develop and deploy online courses.
- Develop and maintain employee training communications.
The position is located in WDFW Headquarters in the Natural Resource Building. Telework options may be available, subject to supervisor approval. The position requires statewide travel to facilitate training. Work is performed almost exclusively indoors in an office environment with potential hazards including long periods of data entry and carrying training materials (approximately 25 lbs.).
Schedule: Typically, Monday – Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., 40 hours per week. Work schedule may be adjusted to meet business needs associated with travel, deadlines, stakeholder requests, and training delivery.
Travel Requirements: Statewide and overnight travel is required.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications:
- Four (4) years of experience as an instructor providing training to adults.
- Two (2) years of experience as a human resource consultant or managing personnel.
- Two (2) years of experience as a professional instructor.
- Two (2) years of experience as a human resource consultant or managing personnel.
- Four (4) years of experience as an instructor.
- Two (2) years of experience as a human resource consultant or managing personnel.
In addition to the options above, the following experience is required:
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