Learning & Development Specialist

Job Description

We’re a Family At Houzz, we strive to create and promote a strong family environment within our workspace. Professionally, we collaborate with each other to accomplish our goals, always working together as a team. Interpersonally, we strive to build a culture of inclusion, celebrating and leveraging our differences for the betterment of our products and our community. Our Houzzers come from many backgrounds and experiences. We take pride in making every single one of them feel at home here. We’re Building the Future Join Houzz in revolutionizing the home and remodeling industry and have an impact on over 40 million homeowners and 2.3 million professionals around the world. Frequently ranked as one of the top 10 most disruptive companies in the world and backed by marquee venture capitalists, Houzz will allow you to drive the future of an industry worth $1.2 trillion in the US and Europe alone. Our Learning & Development Specialists Make Things Happen Houzz has an immediate opening for a proven Learning & Development Specialist to join our Training Team supporting Houzz Sales & Service channels. The ideal candidate will feel equally at home in facilitating instructor-led classroom training as well as partnering with leadership to drive performance with their representatives when not in a class. The role requires a dynamic individual who thrives in a changing environment, is self-driven, and proactively seeks cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Classroom facilitation of new hire and continuing education curriculum leveraging both paper-based and eLearning delivery formats
• Capturing and assessing detailed learner observations for employee handoff to channel leadership and collaborating to build a robust development plan tailored to the individual
• Analyzing performance trends and behaviors to recommend specific employee development plans and continued refinement of training curriculum
• Establishing feedback loop to continually monitor progress and assess opportunities
• Partnering with internal Instructional Design resources to develop and enhance training content
• Ad hoc responsibilities as needed

At a Minimum We'd Like You to Have:

• Passion for developing talent and elevating performance standards
• APTD or CPLP certification a plus, but not required
• Occasional travel may be required depending on business needs

Ideally, You'll Also Have:

• 3-5 years of corporate classroom facilitation experience preferred
• 2-3 years of experience developing high-performing sales teams highly preferred
• Experience in multimodal facilitation and adult learning theory preferred

Benefits & Perks

• Excellent benefits package (Start day 1)
• PTO
• Full training & development
• Career growth & opportunity
• Casual & fun work environment
• Healthy work/life balance
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Contests & incentives

Houzz is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply for this job