Learning & Development Specialist

Overview At SIA Innovations, we are innovators in business reimagineering, committed to helping our clients digitally transform through AI and hybrid cloud technologies from IBM. We create value by helping our customers increase productivity, improve agility and resiliency, and build sustainable operations. We seek dynamic talent to join our team and contribute to our continued growth. People who see every challenge as an opportunity and who can bring their business knowledge, technical expertise, and creativity to every project. Our talented employees need our support to fuel their ambition, passion and drive. If you want to help our team succeed in shaping the digital future for our customers, your mission awaits you at SIA Innovations Your role and responsibilities You are our talented, creative, and passionate Learning and Development Specialist who will play a key role in SIA’s success by engaging our talent and supporting their personal development and self-improvement, enabling them to perform and grow in the challenging field of technology consulting services. This position pays $82,306 for 40 hours per week, on-site. However, if you value a balanced work schedule, you can work remotely for 32.5 hours per week spread over 5 days (fixed schedule of 6.5 hours per day with 1 day per week in the office). The ideal candidate for this role excels in fast-paced, dynamic environments and demonstrates a strong combination of talent development, organizational skills, relationship-building, creativity, and the ability to inspire and engage teams. You can tackle complex challenges, execute innovative growth and engagement strategies, and lead initiatives to enhance the employee experience and organizational outcomes. Responsibilities Follow up with employees on training progression to ensure they stay current with requisite badges and certifications. Coordinate activities for preboarding and integration of new hires in collaboration with the HR Manager and the HR team. Manage the welcome (first day at the office), orientation (first 2 weeks), and onboarding (first 3 months) processes for new hires. Coordinate the development and maintenance of professional development curriculums and learning paths. Coordinate, manage, host, follow up, and report on participation and results for our monthly, quarterly, and annual presentations and awards. Motivate employees to participate in our community engagement programs and social club activities, to network, and to promote SIA and their personal brand through different social media channels. Plan and execute corporate team-building activities, track and report on participation. Help develop and implement strategies and initiatives to increase employee engagement. Conduct engagement and culture surveys/self-assessments; develop, track, interpret, and report on results. Conduct weekly follow-ups with employees participating in our accelerated learning programs (FTA) to ensure sustained effort to complete training and earn predetermined badges and certifications. Address any issues impacting personal growth and self-improvement efforts (including training progression) and notify the HR manager about FTA program progression. Support and follow up on evaluations, including the reporting of KPIs, OKRs, utilization, efficiency, non-chargeable time, and competencies (badges and certifications). Cross-train with the HR Specialist – Compensation and Well-being. Qualifications University degree in HR, Industrial Relations or a related discipline. Minimum 3 years of experience in talent development and/or talent management. Experience coordinating and managing HR activities and events (both virtual and physical). Proficient with HR systems (BambooHR), courseware or learning management systems (TalentLMS or 360Learning) and office productivity tools (Office365, Slack, Box). Disciplined, organized, hands-on, detail oriented, analytical, and a creative problem-solver. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, bilingual, sociable, actively engaged in social networks. Patient, good listener, able to size people up and build strong peer relationships. Able to thrive in a fast-paced, high performance collaborative work environment. Demonstrates the highest degree of empathy, integrity, professionalism, diplomacy and discretion. Bilingual proficiency in French and English: Ability to read, write, and communicate fluently in both languages is required. Authorized to work and travel (for business and educational purposes) in Canada or the USA. Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Full-time Industries Technology, Information and Internet, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr