Training Facilitator - Sacramento, CA 

THE POSITION

CPS HR Consulting is looking for an outgoing person with excellent interpersonal skills who is able to successfully facilitate the learning and application of skills for groups of public sector supervisors and managers.  The person we are looking for is skilled at reading other people and easily adapts their own style according to what is needed in any given situation.  The successful candidate will champion change almost to the point of obsession, while creating change through training, facilitation, and relationship building. 

 

The incumbent will be assisting leader trainers within a public sector agency in delivering an existing curriculum to the managers and supervisors who report to the leader.  The incumbent will bring energy and enthusiasm to the groups while focusing attention on the leader-trainer.  She or he will be preparing the leader for the training, and assisting during the training by co-facilitating each session. 

 

Frequent travel will be required, and engagements are typically 1 to 3 days in length for a period of at least six weeks.  Work is project-based, and the position is not regular or full-time.  The position is based in Sacramento, but the incumbent can be located anywhere in California.

 

REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES:

• Puts business leader trainer and the client’s needs first.

• Able to learn and teach a set of skills from an established curriculum, going beyond surface level comprehension.

• Highly collaborative, influential, and able to spotlight the attention on the business leader trainers.

• Build a strong relationship with an organization’s executive leader and be seen as an invaluable resource to meet his or her objectives.

• Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with the business leader trainers, and to make them feel safe, supported, and confident, even if the leader has never trained a course before.

• Able to have fun, get everyone involved, and tell an engaging story.

• Coach leader trainers using the change model of Conceptual, Behavioral, Motivational, and Attentional to identify and resolve barriers to changing interpersonal habits.

• Can engage the group in exploration of a topic, yet keep them on course.

• Exhibits excitement to help the organization change its culture, and transmits that enthusiasm to all participants, executives, leader trainers, and trainees.

• Able to adeptly use PowerPoint and multi-media training elements as well as flip charts and large and small group discussions.

• Takes initiative and ownership of all aspects of the program implementation, including scheduling, materials, relationships, inputting and maintaining implementation dashboard, and troubleshooting.

• Keeps all parties fully informed and meets regularly with the organization’s executive and the CPS HR support team.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree required

EXPERIENCE:  Must have at least three years of facilitation and training experience.  A background in change management and leadership development is desirable.  A familiarity with government agency structure and management would be helpful.  Must be a great facilitator, communicator, and champion of change.

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