Assistant Director, Staff Development & Training

Job Title

Assistant Director, Staff Development & Training

Agency

Prairie View A&M University

Department

College Of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Proposed Minimum Salary

$5,951.10 monthly

Job Location

Prairie View, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Under the general supervision of the Dean and Director, the Assistant Director of Staff Development and Training is responsible for the assessment and identification of the college’s training and development needs.  The Assistant Director of Staff Development and Training actively searches, provides, designs, and implements effective methods for enhancing professional learning, employee performance, statewide impact and compliance. 

This position may pay more than the salary listed above depending on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.  

Responsibilities:

• Plans, organizes, and leads training programs, ensuring proper execution at all levels.

• Oversees the planning, prioritization, and development of new training programs and initiatives, guaranteeing that these programs and initiatives are consistent with the overall strategies, objectives, and needs for the plan of work for extension and research personnel as it relates to the university’s land-grant mission.

• Assesses and conducts analyses to identify organizational training and development needs.

• Responds to unit, department and/or program’s employee development needs and identifies/facilitates solutions toward improved skills development and new learning.

• Develops, implements, and/or delivers departmental training and/or professional development opportunities to enhance customer service and program impact.  

• Coordinates recruitment and placement of training program participants and market training to employees and supervisors to encourage participation.

• Conducts research, approves, and makes further recommendations for appropriate learning management systems and databases.

• Establishes a framework for conducting online training and for a learning management system to track in-service training from the planning stages through individual training records

• Evaluates and conducts follow-up studies/surveys on all completed training programs in order to evaluate and measure results, program effectiveness and draw reports for leadership and key stakeholders.

• Collaborates with other units to enhance and improve established initiatives, such as new employee on-boarding, leadership development, and technical workshops.

• Collaborates and partners with other agency and TAMUS professional development employees to accomplish shared goals.

• Provides oversight of Employee Performance Evaluation Systems, including training of Department Heads, Regional Staff, and County Directors in conducting effective performance appraisals.

• Develops reports and analyses of performance review scores.

• Provides evaluation of current organizational structure with leadership based on needs assessment and plans, develops and/or assists in the implementation of organizational changes/restructure.

• Works with management and leadership to provide guidance with developing reclassification, compensation and employee and/or position changes that will best support the programs and employee development.

• Provides general oversight for compliance with National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) guidelines. 

• Develops and implement comprehensive training programs to comply with NIFA requirements.

• Participates in ongoing civil rights meeting with U.S. Department of Agriculture and other region partners.

• Partners with applicable university offices to ensure compliance with the Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) and NIFA Title IX, Title VI, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reporting requirements. Collaborates with centralized offices such as University Compliance, Human Resources, Equal Opportunity, Research Administration, Sponsored Programs a