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Training Specialist - Facilities Services - UTK

Position Number: 6149383
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Facilities Management

Training Specialist - Facilities Services - UTK
Knoxville, TN, United States

Job Identification: 2240
Job Category: Teaching & Learning
Posting Date: 04/15/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 2040 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37996, US

Job Description
This position coordinates and offers on-the-job training and orientation meetings for employees to help them improve, maintain or learn new skills. Responsible for planning continuing education and personal development sessions for employees by collaborating with managers and supervisors on which topics employees need more training on. The Training Specialist creates and arranges training manuals and visual aids for workshops and seminars after first determining the best avenue for offering training to employees on a particular subject. For example, they might determine to train employees using a film, Internet video, classroom lesson, computer modules or even instructional guides.

Responsibilities

Schedules and delivering training sessions, orientation meetings, seminars, and symposiums.
Develops training content to fit the needs of employees and improving the skill sets of those employees.
Evaluates training sessions to determine whether they have been helpful to employees
Performs general office work
Present certificates/advancements after employees have completed the training requirements.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

Education:
- Associate's Degree in Training/education/Instructional field or equivalent
Experience:
- Two years of training/instructional experience or specialized education/ instructional training.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
- Basic understanding of Occupational Safety processes
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Must be patient, have wide range of teaching skills, be active listeners and be good managers of time.
- Need strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and public speaking skills for giving presentations and training groups of employees.
- Should have knowledge of presentation and training software.
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
- Ability to successfully execute many tasks simultaneously
- Ability to work as a team member, as well as independently
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Training/education/Instructional field or equivalent
Experience:
- Holds valid OSHA 10 Certification
- Two years of work experience in maintenance or skilled craft jobs.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Knowledge/Skills in training software

About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees-the Volunteers-who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.

Apply today and join the Tennessee Volunteer community!

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