Employee Development Specialist Vacancy in a Manufacturing Company in Lagos

Best Search Recruitment Limited - Our client, a fast growing manufacturing company in Lagos, is recruiting to fill the position of:


Job Title: Employee Development Specialist

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The prospective candidate will be responsible for creating and implementing training programs and overseeing the development of careers, sets performance metrics, evaluates productivity and helps workers creates long term career plans within an organisation

• Identifying training and development needs within an organization through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments
• Designing and expanding training and development programmes based on the needs of the organization and the individual
• Working in a team to produce programmes that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in a n organization such as line managers, accountants and senior managers at board level
• Considering the costs of planned programmes and keeping within budgets as assessing the return on investment of any training or development programme is becoming increasingly important
• Amending and revising programmes as necessary in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment
• Helping line managers and trainers solve specific training problems either on a one-to-one basis or in groups
• Keeping up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses
• Researching new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning and presenting this research
• Developing effective induction programmes
• Producing training materials for in-house courses
• Managing the delivery of training and development programmes and in a more senior roles, devising a training strategy for the organization
• Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussion with managers
• Evaluating training and development programmes

• University degree in Human Resources or Business Administration with at least 5 years work experience in Human Resources
• Professionalism and work ethics
• Positive attitude and energy
• Proactive, persuasive and self-confident
• Dedicated in delivering the objectives and result oriented
• Analytical thinking
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent negotiation and analytical skills
• Managerial and leadership skills
• Social Media knowledge
• Training skills