Manager, Training

3 weeks ago


Whitby, Canada Abilities Centre Full time

**Position**: Manager, Training & Education
**Location**: 1 Jim Flaherty St., Whitby, ON
**Assignment**: Full-time Salaried
**Pay Rate**: $60,000 - $64,000 per annum, commensurate with experience and education. We also offer comprehensive, 100% employer paid benefits, flexible work environment, and access to our superb sport, fitness, and recreational facilities.
**Start Date**: June 17, 2024 (negotiable)

You Belong
We exist to unlock potential through the innovation of accessibility and to create a better, barrier-free life for all Canadians by reimagining accessibility and redefining the way Canadians live, work and play. Our organization values being person-centred, genuine, flexible, innovative, and collaborative.

**The Position**:
We are looking for a detail-oriented and driven Manager, Training & Education to grow our accessibility consulting business by identifying profitable opportunities and developing long-term business growth strategies and partnerships. To be successful as the Manager, Training & Education, you should be persuasive, have strong business acumen, and demonstrate excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Reporting to Chief Operating Officer, the responsibilities of the Manager, Training & Education include training new facilitators, overseeing facilitators and workshop materials, and marketing the Centre’s Training and Education workshops. The Manager, Training & Education will work alongside the Training and Education team to develop and deliver the various training activities and workshops within the Training and Education portfolio, as well as identify new workshops and work with staff and individuals with lived experience to develop content for, and deliver, new workshops.

**The current Training and Education portfolio includes**:
1. Leading Equitable and Accessible Delivery (LEAD) - a self-assessment process facilitated by Abilities Centre staff to support not-for-profit and public service organizations, for-profit businesses, and municipalities to embed accessibility and inclusion into all aspects of their organization.
2. Disability Inclusion Workshop - training that provides individuals with an introductory understanding of inclusion and highlights best practices for breaking down the stigma related to disability.
3. Facility Audits - audit of built environments that assesses AODA compliance and beyond.
4. Accessible Documents - training on how to make accessible documents.
5. Mixed Ability Sport - coach certification for coaches and sport and physical activity leaders looking to offer meaningful mixed ability sport and physical activity outlets in the community.

For more information, please visit Training & Education | Abilities Centre Whitby.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Develop and Consult.
- You will develop in-depth knowledge of Abilities Centre offerings to identify profitable business opportunities.
- You will identify, develop, and mange strategic relationships and partnerships for the purpose of developing and delivering accessibility training and education services, with a specific focus on delivery of the Leading Equitable and Accessible Delivery (LEAD) initiative.
- Facilitate and Support.
- You will facilitate LEAD and other accessibility training and education workshops externally with executive leaders to identify organizational gaps in policies and processes and create improvement plans with the goal of increasing efficiency and generating social and economic return on investment.
- You will prepare all documentation required for requests for proposals (RFPs) as needed. You will research emerging accessibility and inclusion trends, policies, and regulations, and develop and recommend new workshops to satisfy customers’ needs.
- Budget Management and Leadership.
- You will use your financial acumen to develop annual budgets with revenue generation targets and manage monthly budget reconciliations.
- You will work with the Training and Education team to determine the cost for each training engagement and collaborate with the Finance team to create invoices.
- You will provide support, mentorship and coaching to the Training and Education team, including quarterly meetings with individual team members to discuss performance management plans and opportunities for additional professional development.
- You will work with the team to manage the facilitation schedule and revenue targets.
- Collaborate.
- You will utilize project management tools and techniques, and collaborate with team members to design, lead, and facilitate complex projects.
- You will collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team to create and present marketing & sales strategies.
- You will work with the Research team to measure, track, and analyze the social and economic impact of investing in accessibility on customers’ business.
- You will represent Abilities Centre as required in meetings, consultations, and advisory groups.

**What You’ll Bring**:



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