Grameen America, Inc.
Operational Training Senior Associate
Canva
LMS
Edtech.com's Summary
Grameen America is hiring an Operational Training Senior Associate. This role involves developing and delivering training programs to support onboarding, creating educational materials, assessing training needs, managing Learning Management Systems, and providing coaching to ensure continuous improvement in training operations.
Highlights
- Develop and coordinate training programs focusing on onboarding, materials creation, and skill assessments
- Manage Learning Management Systems and conduct both in-person and virtual training sessions
- Assess training needs through feedback and center visits to standardize operational practices
- Provide ongoing coaching and facilitate sessions like Boot Camp to support operational topics
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, presentation software, virtual meeting tools, and Learning Management Systems required
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish essential for effective communication and training delivery
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience with strong verbal and written communication skills
- Salary range between $66,500 and $72,000, depending on location and experience
- Occasional travel to branches and in-person meetings in New York City required
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, paid holidays, 401K, Flexible Spending Account, wellness coaching, and advancement opportunities
Operational Training Senior Associate Full Description
Operational Training Senior Associate
- New York, NY
- Type: Full-time
- Min. Experience: Some Experience
- Salary: $66,500 - $72,000
Title: Operational Training Senior Associate
Work Location: Must reside in the U.S. in proximity to a Grameen America branch.
Salary Range: $66,500/yr.-$72,000/yr.
Salary will be based on work location and experience
About Us
Grameen America is a nonprofit microfinance organization dedicated to helping low-income women entrepreneurs build businesses to enable upward financial mobility. We envision an inclusive society in which all entrepreneurs, regardless of gender, race or income, have access to fair and affordable financial services. We provide affordable capital, credit- and asset-building, education and peer support to enable our members to boost their business income, create jobs and transform communities.
Founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus in 2008, Grameen America is now the fastest growing nonprofit microfinance organization in the U.S., having achieved tremendous milestones in its first 16 years of operations, investing in 220,000 low-income women entrepreneurs while demonstrating measurable impact. Our members have repaid their loans at a rate of over 99% and have become economic drivers in their communities. For more information, please visit grameenamerica.org
About the Role
This position plays a critical part in the smooth running of training operations. The role involves developing, coordinating, and delivering training programs that support training needs, focusing on onboarding, material creation, and skill assessments. Responsibilities include assessing training needs, updating educational materials, managing Learning Management Systems (LMS), facilitating training sessions, providing one-on-one coaching, and measuring the effectives of training programs to ensure continuous improvement. Occasional travel during your first year to branches will be required to gain exposure to the field experience and to understand and support Grameen’s operational training processes.
Key Job responsibilities
- Logistics & Administration: Work with internal stakeholders focusing on scheduling training. Building relationships with field staff to shape the ongoing strategy of the GAI Training Program.
- Needs Assessment: Identifying training gaps by collecting and analyzing feedback from employees, managers, and trainers. Conduct Center Visits to identify the most efficient operational practices and support the standardization of processes across locations nationwide.
- Material Development: Creating, updating, and maintaining training materials, presentations, manuals, and online content for branch workshops, field exercises, presentations, and parallel materials.
- Support: Providing ongoing coaching to employees and support as a facilitator for Boot Camp & other training on operational topics. Conduct online training sessions on internal processes and leadership. Ensure quality, reliability, and accuracy of all deliverables.
- Training Delivery: Conducting in-person and virtual training sessions, workshops, and orientation for new hires and existing staff. Deliver training and support with a strong customer focus approach, ensuring field staff receive high-quality and responsive experience when requesting training and support.
- Perform other related duties as assigned. We’re a collaborative team, and sometimes that means stepping outside your usual scope to help with projects or priorities that advance our mission. These “other duties as assigned” are part of how we adapt, innovate, and support one another. As such, additional duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned as needed to meet team and organizational goals.
Skills/Competencies
- Excellent organizational skills with the flexibility to handle multiple tasks and strict deadlines.
- Demonstrates attention to detail and thoroughness in all deliverables and
communications. - Ability to demonstrate and support Grameen’s mission & Core Values.
- Works well independently and as part of a team; develops positive relationships with team and internal clients in a virtual environment.
- Strong analytical abilities to exercise good reasoning skills.
Qualifications
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for creating materials and conducting engaging training.
- 2+ years of experience.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint.
- Proficiency in presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint), virtual meeting tools (e.g., Zoom), and Learning Management Systems.
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish for effective communication and training delivery in both languages.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a strong bias for action.
- Strong ability to manage medium-scale programs while collaborating with various teams and stakeholders.
- Excellent oral presentation, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience conducting classroom training.
- Proactive self-starter with a proven success track record of taking ownership of training projects.
- Hands-on experience with LMS platforms and tools like Zoom (or similar ).S
- Experience designing and developing instructor-led content with sales subject matter content (i.e; Canva, Vistacreate).
- Technical aptitude and the ability to quickly learn new technologies and develop various learning solutions.
- Ability to work independently and deliver results with minimal supervision.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritize, manage, and complete projects with tight
deadlines.
What We Offer You:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Paid Holidays, vacation and sick time
- 401K retirement savings plans
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Wellness platform with 2 free coaching sessions a month
- Opportunity for advancement
- And more!
In Person and Travel Requirements:
- Occasional travel to office branches as needed.
- Attend required in-person meetings in New York City.
- Hybrid work arrangement required if based in Tri-State area.
Grameen America is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) committed to diversity and inclusion in its workplace. Grameen America employment decisions are based on job requirements and individual skills and qualifications without regard to the applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Grameen America, Inc participates with E-Verify.
Visa sponsorship is not provided.
Must be able to legally work in the U.S.
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