Training Specialist
Delivers practical training that helps people do their jobs better, whether in a classroom, on the floor or online.
What the role involves
- Deliver training sessions that are practical, engaging and job-relevant
- Adapt content to different audiences and delivery modes
- Assess learner confidence and adjust delivery accordingly
- Maintain training materials and keep them current
- Report on completion, confidence and application of training
Core skills
- Facilitation & Presentation (level 5/5)
- Adult Learning Principles (level 4/5)
- Training Material Development (level 3/5)
- Practical Exercise Design (level 4/5)
- Group Dynamics & Difficult Participants (level 4/5)
- Assessment of Learning Outcomes (level 3/5)
Preferred skills
- LMS Administration
- Coaching & Feedback
- Change Management
Tools
Experience expected
1-4 years in training delivery, facilitation or coaching
Projects that prove the role
- Training programme that changed a measured on-the-job behaviour
- Curriculum for a new system adopted across the organisation
- Coaching programme for first-time managers
Evidence to collect
- A session you delivered with feedback from participants
- Materials you built and reused across cohorts
- Before-and-after data on confidence or application
What the interview covers
- A session that did not go to plan and how you recovered
- Facilitating for a room with very different experience levels
- Handling a dominant participant
- Measuring whether training changed anything
How the role progresses
- Training Coordinator
- Training Specialist
- Senior Trainer
- Learning Manager
- Head of Training
Certifications that carry weight
- ATD Certified Professional in Learning and Development
- CIPD Level 3/5
- Facilitation skills certificate
- Coaching certification
Related roles
- learning-and-development-specialist
- curriculum-designer
- Teacher
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