American 1 Credit Union-posted about 14 hours ago
Full-time • Manager
Onsite • Jackson, MI

The Employee Development Manager is responsible for designing, developing, evaluating, and implementing training and development initiatives that directly align with the credit union’s strategic goals and objectives. This role builds a consistent, data‑driven training framework that enhances professional development pathways, supports career growth, and fosters a culture of continuous learning across the organization. A critical focus of this position is the creation and delivery of operational training programs for branch and contact center teams, ensuring employees are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to deliver efficient, accurate, and member‑focused service. The Employee Development Manager will oversee the entire employee development experience, from onboarding and initial training through continuous learning and career growth. The Employee Development Manager partners closely with the VP of Employee Experience to cultivate a workplace culture defined by individuals who are Focused, Engaged, Trustworthy, Humbly Confident, and driven to Achieve. By collaborating with leadership teams across departments, this role ensures employees are optimally engaged, fulfilled in their work, and empowered to provide superior member experiences that drive organizational success.

  • Lead, Manage, and Accountability: Committed to leading and managing in a way that creates an environment in which accountable employees thrive, and non-accountable people choose to leave. Effectively uses the people analyzer to find the right people, right seats.
  • Focus on Purpose: Focused on the credit union's purpose of creating financial wellness in our community through everyday banking
  • Collaboration with Branch Operations and Support Leadership: Participates in collaboration with leadership team members on the credit union’s short- and long-term goals and objectives and communicates such goals and objectives to credit union staff members.
  • Employee Engagement & Experience: Promote a culture of continuous learning that increases engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Serve as a resource for employees seeking career development opportunities.
  • Professional Development Pathways: Create tailored learning tracks and workshops that align with employee roles, career aspirations, and performance goals. Facilitate ongoing professional development opportunities, including leadership, compliance, and skill-building workshops.
  • Leadership Development: Implement structured programs to cultivate future leaders and strengthen organizational resilience. Provide manager-enablement training to enhance coaching, mentoring, and performance management skills.
  • Provide Data-Driven Outcomes: Define performance metrics and report on training ROI, engagement, and skill growth.
  • Accountability Measurement and Coaching: Monitors accountability within the training department and works on improving coaching plans with other operational managers for the trainers.
  • Employee Culture: Committed to building and supporting an engaging and inclusive culture for all by leading and supporting our Employee Engagement Groups.
  • Continued Growth Support: Supports training and branch operations management team in assessment, reporting, coaching, training, and improvement plan recommendations for the department and individuals as needed.
  • Vendor Management: Liaisons with assigned third-party vendors and represents the credit union at external events.
  • Core Process, Policy, and Procedure Review: Assures training team and new trainees are following all processes, policies, and procedures. Oversees training policies and processes and makes recommendations for improvements in efficiency and employee experience to the executive team.
  • Community Advocate: Serves as a representative of the credit union within the community and is actively visible at credit union events and credit union-sponsored events.
  • Bachelor's degree in human resources, organizational development, education, or a related field preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years in a management role with proven leadership and communication skills.
  • Deep knowledge of instructional design, adult learning principles, and program evaluation methodologies.
  • Experience working with HRIS/LMS platforms and digital learning technologies.
  • Strong understanding of operational credit union functions is preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Working knowledge of PC applications such as Microsoft Office
  • Ability to work independently or as a collaborative member of a team
  • Ability to direct other team members and coach others
  • Knowledge of credit union products, services, policies, core processes, and procedures
  • Ability to provide supervisory leadership of professional- and intermediate-level staff
  • Demonstrated member-focused strategy skills
  • Demonstrated skill in gathering, reporting, and summarizing trends in data
  • Ability to express oneself clearly and articulately both orally and in writing
  • Ability to make decisions and take initiative in problem resolution
  • Ability to exercise tact and responsibility in handling confidential information
  • Health
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Responsible Time Off
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