Manager, Training & Development - Financial Aid

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Pay Range: $70,000.00 - $

• Provides training, coaching, and performance feedback to direct reports.
• Works with senior management for personnel development within the Financial Aid organization.
• Collaborates with other University leaders, departments, and teams on training and development best practices.
• Works with Training Team to review all curriculum components regularly with subject matter experts.
• Promotes training programs and supports employee and leader continuing development.
• Uses effective training methods to ensure employees have a suitable understanding of competencies and can demonstrate the proper knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Administers and delivers core training initiatives which may include: the University’s Core Competency Curriculum, Management/Leadership Skills, Myers Briggs, Prosci, Upenn, and other formal or informal program training.
• Tracks and records participation and progress in areas such as Bridge, Linked In Learning, NASFAA credentials, new hire sequences, and leadership and financial aid conferences.
• Helps employees identify specific behaviors that will contribute to service excellence.
• Develops specific training programs to improve service performance.
• Coaches managers, supervisors, and other leaders to enhance their own performance and to improve the performance of employees.
• Designs, develops, and delivers management enhancement and improvement programs to build effective management skills.
• Drives brand values and philosophy in all training and development activities.
• Assists in all phases of the content development cycle, including needs analysis, planning, designing, developing, implementing, editing, and evaluating.
• Manages multiple program development projects simultaneously by prioritizing project deadlines.
• Tracks program development life cycles to ensure any problems are addressed, escalated (when needed), and quickly resolved.
• Develops participant and instructor materials (course manuals, workbooks, handouts, job aids, etc.).
• Develops all types of training including self-paced eLearning, instructor-led, synchronous, asynchronous, and in-person training.
• Aligns current training and development programs to effectively impact key business indicators.
• Ensures all training and development activities are strategically linked to the organization’s mission and vision.
• Tracks key business indicators to determine the effectiveness of current training programs.
• Measures transfer of learning from training courses back to the business.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Attend conferences and professional development training as needed

Some evening or weekend hoursmay be required as business needs dictate

• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
• Strong writing and editing background
• Outstanding communication and relationship management abilities
• Quality content and curriculum development experience
• Instructional design experience and/or portfolio
• Mus…