The Training Specialist oversees employee training, manages the Learning Management System, ensures compliance with training standards, and promotes a positive training culture.
Position Title: Training Specialist
Department: Human Resources
Reporting Function: Chief People & Philanthropy Officer
Supervisory Functions: None
Salary: $60,000-$80,000
Job Summary:
Oversees Laradon’s employee training, learning operations, and new hire orientation experience. Serves as the primary administrator of Laradon’s Learning Management System (Schoox). This role focuses on delivering and coordinating required trainings, maintaining compliance with regulatory training standards, and supporting a consistent, positive training culture.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Training & Orientation
Minimum Training Requirements:
Minimum Position Requirements:
Department: Human Resources
Reporting Function: Chief People & Philanthropy Officer
Supervisory Functions: None
Salary: $60,000-$80,000
Job Summary:
Oversees Laradon’s employee training, learning operations, and new hire orientation experience. Serves as the primary administrator of Laradon’s Learning Management System (Schoox). This role focuses on delivering and coordinating required trainings, maintaining compliance with regulatory training standards, and supporting a consistent, positive training culture.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Training & Orientation
- Develop, schedule, and conduct Laradon-specific trainings
- Ensure all new hire trainings are completed within the first 30 days of employment and that required recurring trainings remain current.
- Provide clear guidance to supervisors and program leaders to support structured, relevant, and consistent training follow-through in all departments.
- Maintain a current training calendar and coordinate with internal and external trainers.
- Ability to create trainings, digitalize and assist in taking training to another level within the organization
- Serve as Laradon’s primary LMS operator and administrator.
- Create, assign, and maintain courses, learning paths, user groups, and training modules in Schoox.
- Track, log, and audit all employee training records to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Generate regular compliance and completion reports for HR, leadership, and program teams.
- Monitor overdue or missing trainings and proactively follow up with staff and supervisors.
- Provide support and troubleshooting for employees and managers using Schoox.
- Maintain organized, accurate training documentation in compliance with CDPHE, Community Centered Boards, CDE, CDHS, and Laradon policies/procedures.
- Ensure all training files, certificates, and electronic records are complete and audit-ready.
- Collect and analyze training feedback to improve quality, relevance, and efficiency.
- Communicate training needs, updates, expectations, and progress to staff, supervisors, and leadership.
- Support coordination of external certifications, recertifications, and specialized training needs.
- Promote a positive, engaging “training culture” through empowerment, relationship-building, and consistent follow-up.
- Identify learning gaps and operational training needs; recommend and implement appropriate training solutions.
- Create a strategy for organization wide training including new ideas, digitalizing training, career paths, leadership development, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Training Requirements:
- Ongoing training and professional development in training facilitation, adult learning theory, and LMS administration.
- Maintain current knowledge of regulatory training requirements and industry training trends.
- Obtain and maintain instructor certifications for QBS Inc. Safety Care (including High Severity II and Safety Care for Families), First Aid/CPR, and driver training.
- Participate in all mandatory Laradon trainings.
- HR functional knowledge.
Minimum Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 1–3 years of experience
- Non-profit or mission-focused experience strongly preferred; experience in Education, Behavioral Health, Healthcare, or Hospitality highly desirable.
- Minimum of two years of experience in training, learning operations, or instructional delivery.
- Experience with online courseware, e-learning development, LMS administration, and multimedia-based training.
- Ability to think outside of the box and be creative in training aspects
- Experience in creating content (trainings, print, power point, etc.)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Working knowledge of multiple HR disciplines including employee relations, performance management, diversity, compensation, and employment law.
- Physical requirements: Ability to exert up to 50 lbs occasionally; ability to walk, stand, sit, reach, climb/balance, kneel/crouch/crawl, talk, hear, and visually focus as required for instruction and training activities.
Top Skills
E-Learning Development
Multimedia-Based Training
Schoox
Laradon Denver, Colorado, USA Office
5100 Lincoln St., Denver, CO, United States, 80216
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