Department Manager, Talent Development

A Brief Overview

The Talent Development Department Manager provides leadership, vision, planning, and oversight to the Learning & Development division. To lead a team tasked with identifying, developing, coordinating and implementing L&D solutions to facilitate the training needed to ensure leadership and staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to operate our ministry effectively.

This position requires an active commitment to the mission, values, and doctrinal stance of MAF. In the course of performing job duties, the employee will act in a manner that is Christ-honoring as well as Christ-like, demonstrating a personal Christian faith and witness in all interpersonal interactions.

Essential Duties

35% Team Leadership and Development

• Leads a team responsible for equipping MAF staff with tools/resources to increase ministry effectiveness.
• Plans and executes strategic goals and objectives, and casts vision for the L&D division.
• Develops and implements effective staff learning and development strategies.

10% Leads & Encourages Team's Spiritual Development & Growth

25% Create new L&D resources and improve existing ones.

15% Collaborates with field and HQ leadership.

10% L&D communication and promotion

5% Current & future state of learning & development

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Education, or Instructional Design preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 10 years experience in a related field required.
• 5 years experience in adult education and adult learning principles required.
• 5 years supervision and leadership experience required.
• 2 years experience creating and maintaining coursework required.
• 2 years project management experience required.

Skills

• Intermediate knowledge/understanding of issues and implications of face-to-face, blended, and online learning.
• Intermediate skill in instructional design
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office, e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher
• Intermediate knowledge/understanding of learning management systems.
• Intermediate skill in authoring tools
• Intermediate ability in developing expertise in new software/systems

Travel Requirements

• Infrequent domestic travel to attend seminars and further education training.
• Infrequent international travel to programs for training purposes; and other MAFs for partnering.

MAF is committed to paying our team members competitively to the industry market and to being a market leader in benefits and work/life balance programs. Consistent with our value…” We commit to a high standard,” MAF's Total Rewards Philosophy is designed to maintain and improve our market competitiveness in the NGO sector to attract and retain our most critical resource - our people.

MAF is committed to creating and maintaining a work environment free from any form of unlawful discrimination or harassment. As a faith-based religious organization pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 USC @2000e), MAF has the right to and does solely hire candidates who agree with our Statement of Faith and agree to abide by our Standards of Conduct.

MAF expects all MAF staff to comply with its Safeguarding Policy. This includes proper moral and ethical conduct towards all children and vulnerable adults, in all circumstances and in all relationships. In addition, all MAF staff have a responsibility to seek to prevent any form of abuse, to raise any ongoing concerns, and to report any harm, abuse, or neglect to children or vulnerable adults, discovered or reasonably suspected. Violations of this policy will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

MAF seeks to create a workplace that is intentional about Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our commitment to our employees extends to their opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. We will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in undue hardship to the organization.