Technical Writer - Culver City, CA
Duration : 6+ Months Contract
Job Description / Expectations An excellent opportunity for a Technical Writer interested in contributing to a dynamic company in our Culver City office. High level responsibilities include create and update documentation, including online help files and pdf files to support the legal billing software. This is a three to six month contract which is renewable upon completion of initial contract. Description • Partner with Technical Writers, Product Managers and other Subject Matter Experts to determine technical documentation needs. • Ability to document complex topics, requiring analytical skills • Understands and can operate in Agile Development environment. • Maintains and updates documentation systems and has functional operating knowledge of development tools which integrate with online help requirements. • Research and write/update existing or new technical documentation — including system maintenance and user manuals, online help systems, flow charts, API documents, and system overviews. Research phase may include reading about the project, consulting with developers and end users, reviewing specifications, requirements documents, user stories, running the software and attending meetings/demos to gather information. • Follow established standards (department and those accepted in the profession) while writing and editing as well as makes recommendations for changes. • Updates existing projects appropriately. • Provide documentation estimates based on specifications and/or requirements document. REQUIREMENTS Education o At least five years in a software technical writing capacity, with at least five years documenting accounting and/or legal software. Core Competencies and Skills o Conceptual knowledge of software development and data processing concepts. o Excellent technical aptitude or ability to learn about new software and document functions. o Firm understanding of accrual and cash accounting principles. o Understands or considers audience needs and can adapt writing style to the appropriate audience. o Ability to work independently as well as take guidance from existing staff. o Ability to scope a project to determine technical documentation needs (e.g., documentation goals, end-user audience analysis, resources necessary, format for documentation, timeframe to complete documentation). o Ability to scale projects appropriately to fit within tight deadlines. o Ability to innovate and solve problems independently and creatively. o Excellent written and oral communication skills that allow you to create high-quality documentation and communicate at highly technical as well as administrative levels. o Is adaptable to different writing standards and practices and can offer pragmatic suggestions for improvement. o Can adapt to the changing needs of a business and understands the needs of the business might sometimes override traditional technical writing and/or journalistic standards/practices. o Proficiency in Microsoft Word or other word processing software. o Extensive experience with Robohelp. o Understanding of single source or DITA concepts. o Positive attitude reflecting high motivation and enthusiasm.
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Instructional Designer (Technology), Comission on Post - Sacramento, CA
275-330-2947-001
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER (TECHNOLOGY), COMISSION ON POST
$5,053.00 - $6,325.00
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is the nation’s largest public pension fund in providing retirement and health benefits to public employees, retirees, and their families and employers. Headquartered in downtown Sacramento, we are a destination employer within Northern California. CalPERS is family friendly and situated in close proximity to the Napa Valley, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and other desirable destinations. CalPERS offers benefit packages, competitive salary, and opportunities for advancement. Join an organization with an international reputation for leadership and innovation. If you are interested in becoming part of a diverse workforce where talent, experience, and expertise are valued, CalPERS invites you to apply for this employment opportunity. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is the nation’s largest public pension fund in providing retirement and health benefits to public employees, retirees, and their families and employers. Headquartered in downtown Sacramento, we are a destination employer within Northern California. CalPERS is family friendly and situated in close proximity to the Napa Valley, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and other desirable destinations. CalPERS offers benefit packages, competitive salary, and opportunities for advancement. Join an organization with an international reputation for leadership and innovation. If you are interested in becoming part of a diverse workforce where talent, experience, and expertise are valued, CalPERS invites you to apply for this employment opportunity. To take a look at CalPERS as a destination employer click here.
CalPERS seeks an Instructional Designer (Technology) in the Human Resources Division, Learning Technology and Design Unit to support enterprise-wide training programs. To view the position duty statement, please see attachment. Occasional overtime may be required. Are you creative? Does technology excite you? Do you enjoy collaboration? If the answer is YES, join the CalPERS Learning Technology & Design team and use your creativity to help develop eLearning and training programs to support CalPERS’ high performing team members. CalPERS is firmly committed to provide a continuous learning environment for team members to achieve and sustain our high performance work culture. In keeping with our core values and strategic goals, CalPERS offers extensive learning approaches, training resources, and learning opportunities to all levels. Under the general direction of the Staff Services Manager I (SSMI), the Instructional Designer will work collaboratively in a team setting to:
Supplemental Questions In addition to completing your online job application, you must complete the supplemental questionnaire form located here. Applications received without submitting this form may not be considered. Live Scan Candidates new to CalPERS are required to submit to a criminal history review process utilizing Live Scan fingerprinting. CalPERS Disclosure Requirements If employed, you may be subject to rules imposed by Personal Trading Regulations and Conflict of Interest Code that apply to CalPERS employees, which require disclosure of certain investment information and use of a designated trading platform for securities transactions, as well as filing a Statement of Economic Interest (Form 700).
Completed applications and all required documents must be received by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered.
Who May Apply
Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, eligible for a Training and Development assignment, have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility, or have list eligibility (or are in the process of obtaining list eligibility). SROA and Surplus candidates may attach “surplus letters” to their applications. Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected for an interview.
How To Apply
Complete Application Packages (Applications and any applicable or required documents) must be submitted electronically through your CalCareer account at www.jobs.ca.gov.
Required Application Documents
Please submit the following items with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
CalPERS employees are eligible for a number of benefits. Health benefits and leave programs are available for most permanent, full-time employees and some permanent, part-time employees. Benefit eligibility may depend on length of service and may be subject to collective bargaining agreements, which are contracts negotiated between the State of California and employee organizations that define employees' wages, hours, and conditions of employment. Some added benefits CalPERS offers include: • Alternate Work Schedules • Flexible Work Hours • Child Care For more details about employee benefits, visit the California Department of Human Resources website.
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.
Please direct requests for Reasonable Accommodations to the interview scheduler at the time the interview is being scheduled. You may direct any additional questions regarding Reasonable Accommodations or Equal Employment Opportunity for this position(s) to the Department's EEO Office.
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Experienced Training Facilitator -Change Management - Sacramento (Remote), CA
Job Information
Description
CPS HR Consulting is looking for an outgoing person with excellent interpersonal skills who is able to successfully facilitate learning, and the application of skills for groups of public sector supervisors and managers. The individual we seek should be 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 to the point of being “almost obsessed” with creating change through training, facilitation, and relationship building.
The incumbent will be assisting leader trainers (our clients) in delivering an existing curriculum to the managers and supervisors who report to the leader. The facilitator 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. Travel will be required, and engagements are typically 1 to 3 days in length for a period of at least six weeks. The position is based in Sacramento, but the incumbent can be located anywhere in California.
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
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 highly desirable. A familiarity with government agency structure and management would be helpful. Must be a great facilitator, communicator, and champion of change.
Apply online at www.cpshr.us/careers.html. Applications will be accepted through July 23, 2017.
Spend your workweek making a difference. CPS HR helps government agencies hire, develop, and promote the right people. Our philosophy is to take care of our customers, take care of each other, and to take care of our company. By succeeding at all three, we improve the quality of HR management in the public sector. CPS HR Consulting is a Joint Powers Authority public agency, providing a broad range of human resources consulting services to government and non-profit agencies throughout the United States. Based in Sacramento, CA, our services include Executive Recruitment, employment, licensure, and certification test administration and exam development, classification and compensation studies, training, organizational development and improvement consulting, employment law investigations, and much more.
Training Solutions Coordinator - Roseville, CA
The Training Solutions Coordinator is responsible for developing and driving a sales and installation training strategy for an aggressively growing home installation and service business with national aspirations.
The successful candidate will play a primary role in designing and delivering a blended learning platform for broad scale internal use. Candidate is responsible for the design and implementation of a role based curriculum for use in both classroom style instructional labs and on our internal learning management system platform. Curriculum development will include: in-home sales, customer/project documentation, home networking, advanced wireless networking, IP control, retrofit installation, home automation and more.
The Training Solutions Coordinator will collaborate with other Senior team members to solicit feedback, to ensure best practices and to expedite program delivery without sacrificing quality or consistency.
This position offers the potential for tremendous professional and income growth within the organization. An exceptional candidate could reasonably expect for the advertised position to evolve into Director or Chief-level status with a generous stock option package. A successful candidate must be highly motivated and will possess an impressive work ethic.
To apply, please send a cover letter along with salary requirements and a CURRENT resume to: info@hometechnologypros.com. Be sure to include: “Training Solutions Coordinator” in the subject line of the email.
The Education Coordinator will apply acquired skills, process, and policy knowledge to support professional health education program learners. The Education Coordinator will coordinate program operations, which include teaching and learning activities, program curriculum, learner scheduling, maintaining databases, tracking learner compliance, and program accreditation. This professional will complete substantive assignments/projects/tasks of moderate scope and complexity. The Education Coordinator will exercise judgment within defined guidelines and practices to determine appropriate action. This position also acts as the acting residency program coordinator in the absence of the department's residency program coordinator.REQUIRED --Communication skills; includes verbal, written and active listening. Service oriented and responsive to questions and requests. Ability to interact in a professional, resourceful, and courteous manner. Analytical skills to exercise independent judgment in problem solving, remain objective, and represent differing points of view. --Demonstrated interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to develop working relationships within department, across departments, and with learners. --Organizational skills, analytical, and demonstrated attention to detail. Ability to work with extremely complex calendars/schedules. --Investigative, data analysis, and reporting skills. Ability to generate computer reports, checking for errors, correcting and submitting accurate reports. Skills include entering, maintaining, extracting, and analyzing data in electronic systems such as spreadsheets and speciality organization databases. --Experience using software such as Word, Excel, e-mail, calendar, ShiftAdmin, ERAS, Interview Broker, Residency Management Software, i.e., E*Value, MedHub, New Innovations, etc., and other computer programs to produce documents, forms, reports, and spreadsheets. PREFERRED --Basic knowledge of relevant policies and regulatory requirements. Basic knowledge of health professions education industry. Basic knowledge of the ACGME accreditation process and program requirements. --Basic knowledge of administrative analysis and operations research. Acquiring skills in developing and implementing processes and systems. Familiarity with the administrative and operational implications in a program. Skills to extract, manipulate, and interpret data from electronic databases. --Knowledge of educational technology and systems. Ability to troubleshoot and triage related technology issues. SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
Intervention manager - El Dorado Hills, CA
School Innovations & Achievement (SI&A) is a highly recognized and respected private firm that provides innovative market-defining solutions for K-12 education. Our services for school districts nationwide are the perfect balance of software and service. With the success of school districts in mind, we deliver solutions for all aspects of school operations that create revenue, student success and ensure compliance with state requirements and enhance school leadership.
SI&A is currently looking for a dynamic presenter/trainer to join our team as an Intervention Manager in our El Dorado Hills Office.
Job Summary:
The Intervention Manager serves as the technical trainer and service consultant for our school district clients. As part of our award winning service team, the Intervention Manager works collaboratively and interdependently within the service team and across departments. This individual will be responsible for providing world class customer service. They will also providing training, consulting and on-going support in person, via web-based trainings and through telephone and email requests that require research and timely delivery of results to our Attention to Attendance (A2A) clients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications :
Compensation:
Competitive Salary and Benefits (including medical/dental/vision/life, paid time off and holidays).
Please visit our website www.sia-us.com to read more about our dynamic team and the services we offer.
Job Type: Full-time
Required education:
Required experience:
Senior eLearning Consultant - Rancho Cordova, CA
JOB SUMMARY The Sr. eLearning Consultant is responsible for collaboratively designing, developing, delivering and maintaining enterprise-wide Core learning and development programming and projects aligned with Dignity Health's strategic goals. This position will determine quality standards for eLearning, will ensure deliverables meet thoses standards, and will provide guidance and support for othere team members, vendors or temporary staff brought in to assist with projects or deliverables. This position interacts with multiple stakeholders at all levels of the organization to create maximum impact learning and organizational effectiveness solutions that grow individual and organizational capabilities to drive accomplishment of key initiatives. Experience: Five to ten years of demonstrated experience in graphic, instructional, or eLearning design and development Preferred/Desired: Five years of demonstrated experience leading design groups focused on graphic, instructional and/or eLearning design and development Education: Bachelor's Degree in Instructional Design, eLearning, Communication or related area Preferred/Desired: Master's Degree in Instructional Design, Communication or related area Training: Adobe Captivate; Articulate Storyline Preferred/Desired: Project Management Special Skills: Special skills required include: excellent verbal and written communication skills; proven ability to design effective eLearning training programs and assess their impact on employee performance; self-motivated and able to work efficiently with minimal supervision; expert level facilitation skills; ability to develop, design and deliver workshops in multiple formats in a full range of organization topics; and, aility to work independently as well as in a collaborative environment. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Partners with internal clients, Subject Matter Experts and external learning vendors as needed to implement quality eLearning solutions 2. Works in partnership with the Learning Management team to develop the best delivery/medium for eLearning that works on Mobile and Desk-Top platforms 3. Lead efforts to establish and implement quality standards and formal evaluation process for the course material 4. Provides creative and instructional design guidance to the Learning Management team 5. Manages multiple projects to timely and quality completion 6. Manages eLearning request intake process 7. Provide feedback for performance reviews for team members to the Director of Learning Management 8. Provide guidance and support for vendors or temporary staff brought in to assist with projects or deliverables Travel Requirement (ex. 25%, 50%, etc.): 25% About Us: About Dignity Health Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, is a 21-state network of 9,000 physicians, 59,000 employees, and more than 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. In FY15, Dignity Health provided $1.7 billion in charitable care and services. For more information, please visit our website at www.dignityhealth.org . You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Instructional Research and Development Specialist - Davis, CA
$5,217 - $9,684 a month
Leader In Me Coach - Sacramento, CA
Company Information
FranklinCovey is a global company specializing in performance improvement. We help organizations achieve results that require a change in human behavior. Our expertise is in seven areas: Leadership, Execution, Productivity, Trust, Sales Performance, Customer Loyalty, and Education. Our mission statement is “We enable greatness in people and organizations everywhere”. We fulfill this mission by hiring “Achievers with Heart”.
Job Summary
Work with Leader in Me school administrators, leadership teams, and staffs to ensure ‘Lighthouse’ quality results in The Leader in Me schools year after year. This position requires senior level consultative and coaching skills as well as a deep understanding of and previous experience working in the education field. The preferred candidate will possess skills necessary to recommend next steps and create renewal opportunities for the schools they coach.
In this role, focus will be applied to building exceptional relationships with schools involved in The Leader in Me process in order to help them to achieve and maintain ‘lighthouse’ quality results. This will be accomplished through live onsite delivery, frequent virtual communication “in between the seams” of live training, providing additional resources and advice on implementation, and involving all stakeholders engaged with the school to contribute to progress on the path to ‘lighthouse’ results and beyond.
Essential Job Functions
The primary responsibilities of this role include:
Leader in Me Coach Tasks:
The primary tasks of this role include:
Applicants must have a strong education background. A high degree of energy, patience, empathy, and personal maturity with strong character is essential. Experience as a school administrator with experience in a The Leader in Me implementation is preferred. Current senior level consultants, coaches, or those with similar qualifications are encouraged to apply. A well-developed pattern of achievement, contribution, execution, motivation, enthusiasm, and integrity is critical to success in this role. Very strong verbal and written communications skills are essential. Attention to fine details, logistics, and the ability to coordinate communication among several parties is critical. It is highly important that applicants have a deep comfort level with technology and the flexibility to travel.
Visit our website at www.franklincovey.com for more information regarding our organization.
FranklinCovey is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Learning and Development Program Manager - San Francisco, CA
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