"Corporate Trainer, Leadership / Management / Supervisory Training"

The Opportunity

You: You’re an innovative instructor who’s comfortable in either classroom or corporate settings.

HCC’s Corporate College: HCC is responsive to community needs and driving local economic development. A chief component of this is providing customized business/industry instruction with on-site workforce training. HCC’s Corporate College provides solutions that are high-quality, competitively priced and relevant. Classes can be scheduled during the day, at night or on the weekend; at the clients worksite, online or at one of our world-class facilities.

Your mission: Well count on you to provide soft-skills training to corporate clients on an on-call basis, particularly in the areas of leadership, management and supervisory skills, diversity and other human resource issues.

Your work: First, you’ll assess the clients business training needs in conjunction with Corporate College staff. Second, based on the information gleaned, you’ll develop and deliver the training in one- to three-day classroom formats, using texts, handouts, class exercises and/or assessment tools.

In this role, you’ll actively seek ways to improve instruction as you continue to update and revise course content and teaching methodology to maintain relevancy.

Next steps: If you’re excited about contributing to Houston’s business development and fostering positive working relationships between HCC and the community through teaching, submit your application today!

SUMMARY

Provide soft skills training to corporate clients on an on-call basis, particularly in the areas of leadership, management, supervisory, and customer service skills, diversity and other human resource issues. Deliver training based on clients needs and objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide training and/or consulting to corporate clients as needed.

Assess training needs for clients in conjunction with Corporate College staff.

Customize training content and format to fit clients objectives.

Provide instruction to clients in the areas of soft skills, such as leadership, supervisory skills, diversity, human resource issues, etc.

Deliver training in 1 day to 3 day classroom formats, using relevant training materials such as texts, handouts, class exercises or assessment tools.

Continue to update and revise course content and teaching methodology in order to maintain currency and relevance.

Maintain familiarity with current texts, materials, teaching aids and techniques relative to courses within the discipline and recommend their adoption when appropriate.

Actively seek ways to improve instruction.

Attend scheduled meetings with client and Corporate College as requested including Adjunct Faculty Orientation.

Maintain accurate records, including class schedules, student rosters, 3-day attendance and grade rosters. Strict observance of these procedures is required for on-going consideration for other training assignments.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. The qualifications listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION

Bachelors degree in a specialized area.

Level 1 - Certifications in courses (Leadership, Customer Service, etc.) is preferred. Non-certified candidates must be willing to be trained / certified upon employment.

EXPERIENCE

Community college, university teaching, or corporate training experience is highly desired.

Level 1 - A minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated, corporate training / subject-related industry/technical experience is required. Up to 3 years of experience working in HCC, conducting corporate training preferred. Industry training, community college or university teaching experience is highly desired.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge and experience in the discipline of management, human resources, curriculum development, etc. with the ability to encourage clients to use critical thinking and problem solving skills

Knowledge of learning theory-motivational, perceptual, and emotional forces present in the learning process and the conditions which affect individual learning and change

Knowledge of theories of leadership-alternative techniques and styles for guiding, motivation, and directing individuals under various situational conditions to achieve effective performance

Knowledge of current developments in related fields of specialization with the ability to keep up-to-date on changes in policies and procedures to maintain current working knowledge

Ability to use current technology

Ability to contribute and present innovative ideas for new curricula and programs that combine traditional schedules with new demands from industry schedules

Ability to demonstrate consideration of others

Ability to speak, read and write the English language effectively

Ability to clearly and effectively present ideas in discussion and oral presentations

Ability to meet deadlines for reports and other required paper work

Ability to customize training content and format to fit clients objectives

Ability to produce professional quality handouts and presentations

Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated proficiency in both oral and written communication

Must be comfortable training in a corporate environment with the ability to interact professionally with corporate clients