Manager, Learning + Development

at  Swim International Recruiting Inc

Fantastic opportunity for a passionate L&D professional who wants to work for an entrepreneurial and values-based company that is headquartered in Vancouver. Chance for long-term career development as the company continues to grow. Candidates must have experience building from scratch and creating and delivering new L&D content (mostly for corporate employees). Hybrid work schedule.

WHO- THE COMPANY:

Our client is a mid-size organization that was established over 50 years ago. The company makes and sells high quality and award-winning products. Headquartered in Vancouver. The company has a fun-loving yet hard-working corporate culture with down to earth employees. If you are an L&D professional with many years of relevant and progressive work experience who is looking for an exciting company to work for, this could be a great place for you!

WHO- THE CANDIDATE:

We are looking for an individual with at least 3 years of full-cycle Learning & Development related work experience, and ideally 5+ years. Relevant post-secondary education is highly preferred (i.e. in adult learning, education, instructional design, etc.). Ideally candidates will have experience working in a corporate HQ and interacting directly with senior leaders and executives.
Candidates will be systems savvy, and able to determine what tools or systems the business may benefit from in future (doing the research, making a business case, determining the costs and the ROI), such as a new LMS.
We are looking for people who are builders, creators, and visionaries. This is not a good role for someone who wants to maintain the status quo and deliver L&D that was already delivered the last several years with just some slight tweaks. This Manager will be building out the corporate L&D function for the company.

Our client seeking a Manager, Learning & Development. This is a newly created role due to company growth. Reporting into the Vice-President of People & Culture, and working on a P&C team of around 10. The company already has a culture that values learning, education, and continuous personal and professional development… the team is very excited to welcome their new Manager, L&D onboard!
Although managing the L&D function for the company, this is an individual contributor role. In future, as the company continues to grow, there may be headcount added to the L&D team. There is someone else in the business who provides training to clients and outside sales teams from more of a product-oriented perspective (whereas this Manager will focus on corporate/internal).
The new L&D Mgr will be building out training and courses from scratch, with the corporate employees as the learning audience. Topics range from technical training on new tools systems, customer service, HR and interviewing practices, leadership coaching, performance management, succession planning, change management, etc. Additionally, the L&D Mgr will support a major multi-day event held annually with all employees in attendance (contributing to the event from an L&D perspective).
This is a full cycle L&D role- the Manager will have strategic involvement in what areas of the business require L&D support (including the when, how much, budget, communication plan, etc.), then they will create the content, and finally will actually deliver the content (in-person and virtually) and gather feedback afterwards. This is a great role for someone who thrives on variety, who enjoys both creating and giving L&D, and who loves understanding the big picture of the business while still having lots of involvement in the day-to-day execution.