Training Specialist

Overview

The Training Specialist creates meaningful learning experiences that improve employee performance, strengthen organizational capability, and support strategic goals. This role focuses on designing, delivering, and evaluating training solutions that lead to measurable outcomes across the business.

Core Responsibilities

• Deliver learning solutions that measurably improve capability, technical proficiency, and operational performance, reflecting best practices in instructional design and adult-learning theory.

• Build engaging courses, materials, and tools that meet instructional design standards and reflect SME-validated accuracy.

• Maintain training content so that it stays current with evolving business processes and system updates.

• Partner with leaders and SMEs to identify performance gaps and create training solutions that directly address them.

• Use data—evaluations, assessments, and operational metrics—to measure learning effectiveness and recommend improvements.

• Facilitate learning sessions (virtual and in-person) that are interactive, clear, and aligned with adult learning principles.

• Ensure learners have the resources, support, and follow-up materials needed to apply skills on the job.

• Build relationships with SMEs, HR, managers, and other business partners to ensure training aligns with organizational needs.

• Act as a trusted partner who communicates proactively, gathers context, and collaborates to produce the right learning solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 2 years of curriculum design and development, training or relevant technical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Learning Management System experience

Other Requirements

• Project Management - Ability to manage multiple priorities and programs

• Experience using learning technologies and authoring tools

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

Pay

Salary range: $64,060 – $78,465

Schedule

Hybrid working environment for positions that are eligible

Benefits

• Competitive and transparent pay with bonus opportunities

• Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance

• Relocation bonus (if applicable)

• Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a pension (defined benefit plan) fully funded by SPP

Compensation Information

Please note: SPP is not able to sponsor employment visas or student-work authorizations (STEM OPT) for this position. Please ensure you are eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship prior to applying.

Training Specialist

SPP is an equal opportunity employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Further, SPP makes good faith efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact us at HR@spp.org and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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