Job Description
Work Terms and Conditions:
- Local candidates only
- 8 Hour workdays on a fixed schedule (i.e. not a flex-schedule), starting no earlier than 8:00AM Eastern Time, Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week.
The candidate will develop/update/maintain IT training content. They will compile information to create PowerPoint presentations, IT Trainer Guides, Quick Reference Guides, User Manuals, Storyboards, Videos, and/or Computer Based Training. Candidate will engage technical staff to develop training content.
Highly desires a candidate who can develop training content using Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, TechSmith Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, and/or Articulate 360/Storyline.
Candidate will complete recordkeeping for tracking time/activities, timecards, performance indicators, and ensure submitted data is accurate.
The IT Training Team is composed of IT Trainers, Instructional Designers and a Team Leader. The team delivers training statewide on ~40 applications. Training courses cover a variety of transportation topics such as contract administration, material testing, construction inspections, asset management/maintenance, and emergency operations.
Core Competencies:
- Training : Employs a variety of instructional techniques; effectively obtains learner engagement; delivers competency-based learning; actively seeks feedback to improve.
- Content Development : Produces high quality training content quickly with minimal rework.
- Communication : Routinely and effectively communicates with GDOT learners/customers; with Team Leader on work assignments/priorities, timelines, risks/issues, travel issues, etc.
- Teamwork and Cooperation : Supports their team and IT to accomplish common goals, objectives, projects, and tasks. Demonstrates a “can-do” or “team player” attitude. Assists in conducting scheduled classes when other instructors are unable to conduct (e.g. call in sick).
- Customer Service : Provides helpful, courteous, responsive, and knowledgeable service. Ensures customer IT needs/issues get routed to appropriate support staff/IT management. Demonstrates patience and empathy with learners. Honors commitments and provides follow-up/follow-through. Provides learning opportunities to meet GDOT business needs, offer the complete course catalog, and schedule classes equitably across Districts.
- Results Orientation : Consistently delivers required business results; demonstrates successful attainment of performance indicators for courses, classes, and enrollments; sets and achieves achievable, yet aggressive goals; consistently complies with quality standards in meeting deadlines; maintains focus on achieving GDOT IT goals/objectives.
- Planning and Organization : Plans schedules, work assignments, and travel arrangements sufficiently in advance. Confirms work priorities and manages time effectively.
- Travel : Able and flexible in travelling to conduct scheduled on-site training.
Responsibilities:
- Adheres to the priorities, procedures, objectives, and guidance of Team Leader and IT management.
- Keeps Team Lead fully informed of work schedule, technical issues/risks, or any travel or accommodation concerns. Proactively communicates and takes steps with Team Leader and IT management to mitigate any issues/risks.
- Learns and maintains knowledge of IT applications to a level sufficient to effectively teach and guide learners in its use and operation.
- Maintains, coordinates, and communicates training schedules/course offerings with end users and stakeholders.
- Ensures training environments and data are ready prior to training classes.
- Conducts virtual classroom training, on-site classroom, and webinars/user group sessions.
- Establishes effective relationships throughout the organization, both within IT, Human Resources, and across business units/customers/stakeholders to identify/address gaps in user training and solicit class enrollment.
- Reserves conference rooms/equipment, confirms enrollments before travel, makes appropriate travel arrangements, and travels safely.
- Conducts online training using Microsoft Teams and on-premise training in conference rooms/computer labs.
- Provides an engaging, interactive, and positive learning experience to learners.
- Maintains professionalism and order within the classroom to complete course objectives.
- Completes enrollments, course attendance/completions, and assigns appropriate scoring/grades within the LMS. Sends out surveys.
- Ensures correct recordkeeping within the LMS, timekeeping/work activity reporting, and performance indicator reporting.
- Ensures travel expenses, taxes, and forms are correct on billing statements, etc. Submits expense reports through appropriate systems and within expected timeframes. Complies with travel policies and reimbursement procedures.
- Reviews and updates training materials and documentation.
- Produces effective training content suitable to course audience. Publishes course materials as needed.
- Participates in IT projects. Provides user training support with IT product user acceptance testing, initial rollouts, and ongoing production operation.
- Able to adapt/respond in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused IT environment.
Job Tags
Contract work, Local area, Flexible hours, Monday to Friday,