Learning & Development Specialist

Created on 04-06-2019

Location Nashville

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Description

We’re a Family

At Houzz, we strive to create and promote a strong family environment within our workspace. Professionally, we collaborate with each other to accomplish our goals, always working together as a team. Interpersonally, we strive to build a culture of inclusion, celebrating and leveraging our differences for the betterment of our products and our community.

Our Houzzers come from many backgrounds and experiences. We take pride in making every single one of them feel at home here.

We’re Building the Future

Join Houzz in revolutionizing the home and remodeling industry and have an impact on over 40 million homeowners and 2.3 million professionals around the world. Frequently ranked as one of the top 10 most disruptive companies in the world and backed by marquee venture capitalists, Houzz will allow you to drive the future of an industry worth $1.2 trillion in the US and Europe alone.

Our Learning & Development Specialists Make Things Happen

Houzz has an immediate opening for a proven Learning & Development Specialist to join our Training Team supporting Houzz Sales & Service channels. The ideal candidate will feel equally at home in facilitating instructor-led classroom training as well as partnering with leadership to drive performance with their representatives when not in a class. The role requires a dynamic individual who thrives in a changing environment, is self-driven, and proactively seeks cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Classroom facilitation of new hire and continuing education curriculum leveraging both paper-based and eLearning delivery formats

Capturing and assessing detailed learner observations for employee handoff to channel leadership and collaborating to build a robust development plan tailored to the individual

Analyzing performance trends and behaviors to recommend specific employee development plans and continued refinement of training curriculum

Establishing feedback loop to continually monitor progress and assess opportunities

Partnering with internal Instructional Design resources to develop and enhance training content

Ad hoc responsibilities as needed

At a Minimum We'd Like You to Have:

Passion for developing talent and elevating performance standards

APTD or CPLP certification a plus, but not required

Occasional travel may be required depending on business needs

Ideally, You'll Also Have:

3-5 years of corporate classroom facilitation experience preferred

2-3 years of experience developing high-performing sales teams highly preferred

Experience in multimodal facilitation and adult learning theory preferred