The role of the Manager, Customer Care Training is to build a best in class training team designed to ensure needs identification, content development and delivery result in an engaging and effective training experience for Customer Care teams.
Essential Functions:
- Deliver new hire and ongoing training with emphasis on corporate culture, subject matter expertise, soft skills, tool usage, operational processes and policies and procedures
- Utilize adult learning principles to build and iterate upon New Hire, Upskill and Ongoing training needs
- Partner with Contact Center Leadership and communities of practice across all customer engagement channels (Sales, Retention, CS, Tech, Chat, Email) on training activities
- Coach, and grow a team of frontline “Functional Facilitators” who assist with training delivery
- Work with members of the Contact Center Training team (Instructional Design) to recommend, design, and implement learning paths tied back to measurable business objectives
- Maintain a high rate of successful training graduates as demonstrated by high ratings on new hire evaluations and KPI performance
- Collaborate with Operations Managers in curriculum design and modification as well as develop associated supporting materials
- Develop trainers to deliver world class training in a virtual training environment
- Conduct proficiency evaluations and certify trainees for the programs to which they are assigned
- Maintain awareness of contact center ramps and peaks and flex required training activities, skills, and priorities to meet fast paced environment
- Provide accurate reporting and records regarding training performance and day over day needs
- Perform any other job-related tasks, as requested
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Adult Education, Human Resources, or equivalent years of relevant work experience in adult education is required
- Minimum of five (5) years training and development experience working with all levels of organization is required
- Minimum of three (3) years curriculum development is required
- Previous leadership experience is required
- Previous performance consulting experience preferred is preferred
Competencies, Knowledge and Skills:
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Capable of utilizing technology and Audio video equipment and familiarity with social media
- Able to create online learning options
- Communication skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment
- Attention to detail
- Critical listening and thinking skills
- Training/teaching skills
- Uses proper grammar
- Time management skills
- Customer service orientated
- Decision making/problem solving skills
- Leadership experience and skills
- Able to think systematically
- Understanding of Adult Learning Theory
- Facilitation skills
- Curriculum Development
- Internal consulting skills
Licensure and Certification:
- Industry training certification such as, Development Dimensions International, Achieve Global/Zenger-Miller, The Center for Creative Leadership, ASTD Training is preferred
Working Conditions:
- General office environment; may be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time