In short
The Employee Development Specialist will coordinate and execute onboarding, development, and engagement programs, ensuring a smooth employee experience. This role requires strong organizational and project management skills to support various initiatives and stakeholders within a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and execute onboarding and employee development programs.
- Manage onboarding schedules, communications, checklists, and training resources.
- Partner with hiring managers, HR, IT, Training, and business leaders for successful program execution.
- Maintain and enhance onboarding tools, resources, and program documentation.
- Facilitate new hire orientation sessions, onboarding events, and professional development programs.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for new employees during their onboarding.
- Coordinate welcome communications, mentorship assignments, and networking opportunities.
- Maintain detailed program schedules, timelines, tracking tools, and implementation plans.
- Track participation and completion of onboarding, training, mentorship, and development programs.
- Gather feedback to identify improvement opportunities for employee engagement and development.
Requirements
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Highly detail-oriented with exceptional attention to detail.
- Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
- Proactive, dependable, and solutions-oriented.
- Ownership of projects and consistent follow-through on commitments.
- Passion for creating exceptional employee experiences and supporting employee growth.
- Ability to multitask and manage time, priorities, and deadlines.
- Experience supporting onboarding, employee engagement, development, learning, mentoring, or training programs.
- Strong interpersonal skills to establish credibility and trust.
- Comfortable facilitating presentations, orientations, training sessions, and group discussions.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on program execution.
- Ability to support data tracking, reporting, and program effectiveness measurement.
- Adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic environment.
- Ability to travel occasionally (up to 30%).
- Ability to work onsite at Berlin, CT 5 days a week and while traveling.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field, or minimum high school/GED diploma with commensurate work experience.
- Preferred: 3–5+ years of experience designing, coordinating, and delivering employee experience, learning and development, talent growth, onboarding, and engagement initiatives.
- Experience coordinating programs involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, and participant groups.
- Experience facilitating onboarding activities, employee events, training sessions, or development programs preferred.
- Experience gathering and analyzing feedback, tracking program effectiveness, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience supporting early career, trainee, internship, leadership development, or mentorship programs preferred.
- Exposure to B2B, sales, or corporate environments preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams).
- Experience supporting employee communications, internal events, or engagement initiatives preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Bonus eligibility.
- 401(k) plan.
- Education assistance.
- An environment that reflects commitment to employees.
- Part of a dynamic environment developing innovative solutions.
- Opportunities for career growth locally, regionally, or internationally.
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Company
ASSA ABLOY Group
Job Posted
1 week ago
Expires
in 4 months
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Associate
Locations
Berlin, United States
New Haven, United States
Qualification
Bachelor, Diploma
Applicants
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