Who is a training manager?
A training manager is a professional who is responsible for developing learning and development strategies for companies. Their main duties will also include assessing necessary skills, implementing training strategies, and overlooking other junior trainers.
What does a training manager do?
Training managers have different roles depending on the industry they work in and the company they work for. In general, they are the ones responsible for teaching and training employees and ensuring that they stay competitive and have skills at their jobs. They also make sure to lead and manage the overall department responsible for employee training.
Job brief
We are looking for a training and development manager who can devise organizational training strategies while also overseeing its implementation and checking the outcomes. You will be responsible to identify training and developmental needs and drive suitable training initiatives that build loyalty to the firm.
Training managers will also be working across many departments to get employees to speed up both in the specific vertical and the overall needs of the company. Most training managers will have their backgrounds in leadership, business, HR, development, and education. Apart from the other responsibilities they will also be responsible to enhance employees’ skills, productivity, performance, and quality of work.
Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of a training manager include the follows:
- Draw an overall or individualized training and development plan that will address various needs and expectations
- Deploy several training methods
- Conduct effective induction and orientation sessions
- Monitor and evaluate the training program’s effectiveness, success and ROI periodically and report on them
- Manage training budget
- Provide opportunities for ongoing development
- Identify and assess future and current training needs through job analysis, career paths, annual performance appraisals, and consultation with line managers
- Maintain a keen understanding of training trends, developments, and best practices
- Resolve any problems and tailor training programs as necessary
Key requirements
The key requirements of a training manager can be provided as follows:
- Proven work experience as a training manager or a similar role
- Ability to plan, multitask and manage time effectively
- Strong verbal and written communication skills along with record-keeping ability to provide reports and training manuals
- Bachelor’s degree in education, HR, relevant field
- Familiarity with traditional and modern training methods which include mentoring, coaching, e-learning, workshops, etc.
- Good computer and database skills
- Track record in designing and executing successful training programs
