Leadership Trainer L&D

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is home to 1 in 17 New Yorkers providing affordable housing to 528105 authorized residents through public housing and Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) programs as well as Section 8 housing. NYCHAs mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable inclusive and safe while fostering opportunities for economic mobility. NYCHA employs approximately 12000 workers who manage the backend and frontline operations of 177569 apartments in 2411 buildings across 335 conventional public housing and PACT developments.

NYCHAs Learning and Development (L&D) Department provides service coordination and delivery of training and professional development for NYCHA employees to do their jobs safely and effectively. Through operation of citywide training facilities and a robust library of online learning materials NYCHA L&D offers both technical training in building systems management and leadership development courses that are customized based on NYCHA standard operating procedures. L&Ds mission is to prepare NYCHA employees for the roles they are in and the roles they aspire to attain while managing the wealth of knowledge that employees amass throughout their careers.

L&D is currently seeking a Leadership Trainer to lead the planning coordination and execution of NYCHAs leadership and professional development training courses for the NYCHA employee community.

Reporting to the Leadership and Professional Development Administrator the Leadership Trainer under general direction with wide latitude for the exercise of independent initiative judgement and decision-making is responsible for planning developing coordinating evaluating and administering training and professional development programs which promote effective community relations among NYCHA employees and between employees and the public. The Leadership Trainer works as part of a team and is responsible for creating and facilitating training that is responsive to problems in areas of housing and development and will also coordinate with multiple internal and external departments to develop workforce education programs to meet the needs of the NYCHA employee community.

Specific duties shall include but not be limited to the following:

1. Deliver leadership training & professional development programs that align with organizational goals.

2. Assist with coordinating the design and development of training manuals and materials including trainers guides in collaboration with an instructional design team.

3. Facilitate engaging and interactive training sessions on topics such as leadership development team building conflict resolution and self-care/community care.

4. Assess training needs and create customized training solutions for NYCHA employees (e.g. creating and distributing surveys and/or conducting focus groups).

5. Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs through feedback and performance metrics.

6. Provide coaching and support to leaders at all levels within the organization.

7. Collaborate with other departments to ensure training programs meet the needs of the organization.

8. Stay current with industry trends and best practices in leadership development.

9. Schedule training classes using a Learning Management System (Cornerstone).

10. Lead or support special projects as necessary.

Additional Information:
employees applying for transfer promotional title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
residents are encouraged to apply.

NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS).

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time