Employee Development Manager

The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), a US Department of Energy research and development laboratory, is seeking a highly qualified and experienced development specialist to lead our Employee Development Office. In this position, you will contribute to SRNL's success by advancing the development of our most important resource - our people. You will lead the strategic direction, design, and execution of scalable programs that foster a culture of continuous learning, strengthen leadership capabilities, and enhance organizational effectiveness. This position reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

• Design and implement the learning strategy for employee growth and leadership development programs using proven instructional design models and best practices to achieve optimal learning.
• Partner with leaders and stakeholders to run enterprise-and team-level learning needs assessments and target skill gaps.
• Design, source, or curate learning programs and content; choose delivery modalities including e-learning, classroom, blended, coaching workshops, mentoring, and train the trainer.
• Lead the succession planning process to identify and develop personnel to fill key positions.
• Manage and mentor the employee development team, and manage contracts and relationships with external consultants and instructors
• Measure learning impact with clear metrics; report outcomes and use data to improve
• Stay current on learning science, trends, and technologies and recommend new tools and approaches

• Partners closely with executive and senior leadership, HR leaders, managers, and other key stakeholders to develop learning initiatives that align with SRNL's mission

• Requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the capacity to multitask and manage a high volume of varied responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 15 years relevant experience or master's degree and 10 years relevant experience
• 10+ years of experience with adult learning, learning & development, facilitation, and or/training environments.
• Experience performing training needs analysis
• Familiarity with enterprise learning systems
• Exceptional leadership skills including demonstrated ability to influence and lead results-oriented change, innovation, and customer focus while fostering relations and leading people.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• For ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, US Citizenship is Legally Required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree plus leadership and workforce development certifications
• Previous experience working in a science and research environment, and/or as a government contractor, preferably in the DOE National Laboratory system
• Previous experience working in a science and research environment, and/or as a government contractor, preferably in the DOE National Laboratory system

"We put science to work!"

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program laboratory applying state of the art science and practical, high-value, cost-effective solutions to complex technical problems to protect the nation. Located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC, the laboratory develops and deploys innovative technologies to address some of the nation's environmental, energy, and national security challenges.

Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) is constantly assessing trends to provide the best possible benefits to our workforce. We also negotiate cost effective premiums that will meet the needs of our evolving workforce.

Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:

*Benefits vary based upon employment status

• Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options including HSA options with company provided seed
• Short- & Long-Term Disability (company paid)
• Life Insurance Non-Contributary 1X salary (company paid)
• AD&D Non-contributary 1x salary (company paid)
• Savings & Investment plan:
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  • Qualified Non-Elective Company Contribution of 5% each pay period with immediate vesting
  • Company match 50 cents/dollar up to 8% (5 yrs. vesting in company match)
  
  
• Contributory Life Insurance up to 5x Salary with $1M Cap
• Contributory AD&D (employee, spouse and children)
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Plan
• SRNL offers a competitive relocation package to ease the transition process. Domestic and international relocation assistance is available for certain positions.

For more information about our benefits, working here, and living here, visit the "About" tab at www.srnl.doe.gov.

BSRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. BSRA is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. Please email us at SRNLRecruiting@srnl.doe.gov with any questions regarding the hiring process or to request an accommodation.