Manager, Instructor Led Training (Western ON)

A key leader reporting to the Director of Operations, the Manager, Instructor-Led Training provides guidance and support to a particular region of our Instructor team, collaborating with Instructors for each training program to ensure the highest quality training delivery in the industry. Based in the west end of Ontario, we are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced leader who will play a key role in developing, growing and supporting our dynamic team of safety educators. The successful candidate will be responsible for Worksite’s Instructor-Led Training delivery team within their region.

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Ensuring training delivery is in line with internal training standards through recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, coaching and evaluating of instructors;

Being mindful of relevant changes to legislation and accepted best practices in health and safety;

Drive continuous improvement of the Instructor training program to ensure the success of new instructors;

Provide day-to-day leadership to Instructor-Led Training team, including setting clear performance expectations and providing ongoing support, coaching, strategic guidance, feedback, skill development and growth opportunities

Collaborate cross-functionally to drive the implementation of corporate programs and initiatives

Recruit instructors throughout region (some travel is required)

Management and maintenance of training centres within your region

Qualifications:

The right candidate has the following qualifications and experience: 

You are decisive and a solution-focused leader with 5+ years’ experience in a similar role

Experience as a health and safety professional and a working knowledge of health and safety legislation and systems.

You are an outstanding communicator in formal, informal, large, small, verbal and written communications and can effectively influence and work with people at all levels

You have a creative and process-oriented approach. You are able to find pragmatic solutions to problems

You have a drive to continuously improve. You can anticipate, understand and respond to the needs of your team and our clients. You are driven to meet or exceed expectations. You are a forward thinker and can innovate solutions to keep the team - and the business - moving forward.

You are a skilled negotiator and navigator - you respond calmly and resourcefully to challenging situations, roadblocks, conflicts and requests

You have enthusiasm for working in a transforming environment. You thrive in a changing environment and welcome the opportunity to lead and implement growth and opportunity. 

You have an appreciation for cross-team collaboration. You can influence work in a multi-functional team environment with rapidly changing priorities under tight deadlines. You are flexible and open to the ideas of others.

Region:

This region will include management of the instructors within these areas as well as the maintenence of these training centres:

Hamilton, Burlington, St. Catharines, Waterloo, Cambridge, London.

What's in it for you?

Competitive compensation based on experience

Fully company-funded health benefits package including $2000 in annual spending allowances

Career development and growth opportunities

Exciting and collaborative work environment

Ongoing opportunities for learning

For a little more about us, please check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FpJSm9We4o

If this role is the right fit for you, please submit your resume and cover letter. We thank all those that apply, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

About Worksite Safety:

Who We Are:

Worksite Safety Compliance Centre is one of Canada’s leading providers of occupational health and safety services, and was recently listed on the Growth 500 as one of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies in 2018 by Canadian Business and Maclean's.

We want to help workers stay safe, and help employers make it happen. We believe that work life should be enjoyable, and that creating a safe workplace should be enjoyable too. We do that through providing our clients with excellence in advice and service, as well as high quality training and tools.

Our Values:

Building Together - We work collaboratively because we know that everyone has great ideas and unique perspectives build a better result. We are stronger when we are all-in as one team.

Growing Through Experimentation - We relentlessly pursue our vision by improving and expanding what we do, experimenting with new ideas, and valuing tests over assumptions.

Being Surprisingly Helpful - We look for ways to surprise and delight by going above and beyond to help others, even when we don't stand to gain anything from it.

Enjoying our Work Life - Because our lives are better when we enjoy our work, we build genuine, positive, and supportive relationships with each other and inject a little fun wherever we can.