Starting Salary: $83,941 annually, plus excellent benefits
Hours: Full Time, Exempt
Position Closes: July 7

The YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap County offers a competitive salary and benefits package as well as the opportunity to impact the lives of the people we serve.

Ignite your Passion, Live the Y Cause

The YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties places the greatest importance on the development of its employees. It is core to our mission of investing in people, and it is vital to our strategic plan of building a dynamic organization that will make a significant contribution to the communities we serve. We strive to draw the most talented leaders to make an impact each day in Pierce and Kitsap Counties. With our growth and commitment to building capacity and sharing leadership, we have an exciting new opportunity available as the Learning and Development Director. We invite individuals who are motivated servant leaders to apply to be an active, inspiring part of the team.

If hired for this position you will play a critical role in leading the effort to retain quality employees, and become the employer of choice for a mission-driven organizations like the Y. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of all programs and processes that facilitate the professional development of our employees. This position is an integral part of our organization’s success.

In this position you will be able to use your skills for:

Learning Systems and Curriculum:

• Create and evaluate policies, systems and tools for education, tracking and monitoring of success.
• Supervise and direct the functions of the Learning and Development department.
• Effectively communicate with local and regional YMCAs, and attend Regional Training Events.
• Conduct effective training.
• Plan, direct and implement learning strategies, programs, and processes to support organizational goals, onboarding through retirement.
• Use data to maximize learner participation, and take a blended approach to learning that incorporates the 70/20/10 model.
• Regularly analyze training needs and identify new approaches, systems, and curriculum to eliminate gaps and improve the efficiency and success of learning.
• Create metrics and other tools to measure the effectiveness of learning opportunities, and use to influence the continuous improvement and effectiveness of the Learning and Development department.
• Evaluate feedback from staff to ensure learning, course materials, and communications are relevant, and effectively communicate the desired message.
• Plan, organize, and direct a wide range of training initiatives and projects. Including such things as:
• A comprehensive member service training program.
• Testing and evaluation procedures.
• The creation of an electronic training plan.
• Conduct high quality effective training to support a variety of organizational initiatives and business needs.
• Design training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
• Manage and direct the Training Specialist and Learning Management Systems.

Staff Development:

• Build career paths for staff, offering a clear picture of growth and development.
• Develop a mentorship program.
• Develop and implement a program for recruiting and training well equipped, quality trainers.
• Provide leadership to Learning and Development Team.

Fiscal Management:

• Provide direction, oversight, and support to the TPY training budget and meet or exceed budgeted targets.
• Review and inform branch leadership regarding branch training and conference expenditures.

Are you a good fit?
This position should have a track record of leading staff and departments to achieve set goals.

• You are committed to valuing and promoting diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business or related field, OR equivalent, skills, knowledge and experience.
• You have 3 – 5 years or more of Learning and Development experience.
• You are an expert in developing, planning, implementing and assessing training.
• You have demonstrated experience building strong partnership across organizational lines.
• You have proven experience building curriculum, designing and implementing highly effective, results-driven programs, e-courses and development strategies.
• You have a positive attitude and previous experience with diverse populations and learning styles.
• You have excellent coordination, coaching, and facilitation skills.
• You are proficient in Excel, Word, and Power Point.