A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits offered by CoBank

• Careers with a purpose- stand for something!
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model – flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including: Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• CoBank University robust curriculum –associate training and development, including higher education tuition reimbursement
• Outstanding 401k – up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Time-Off Packages – Vacation 15+ days, 10 Paid Sick Days, and 10 Paid Holidays
• Community Impact – United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups – creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate with “GEM” awards, including a monetary value
• On-site Fitness Center and Café
• ECO transportation pass provided to every Denver associate

At CoBank, Technical Training Specialist creates, develops, maintains, and conducts technical training content and courses in conjunction with the HR training department and business leaders for internal associates. Partners in the implementation of the training strategy and track and assess its progress and outcomes. Works closely with leadership to identify and assess future and current training needs for the department, leveraging job and skills analysis. Designs and delivers new hire technical training and on-boarding programs, refresher trainings, and additional trainings as needed. Manages relationships with training vendors and promotes training programs internally.

Essential Duties:

• Designs and delivers a variety of soft-skill and technical training programs by working with outside vendors and internal stakeholders to develop solutions. Works with vendor and internal stakeholders to develop digital training modules/tools, such as computer based trainings, videos, infographics, etc. Manages relationships with training vendors.
• Responsible to keep current the soft skill and technical training programs.
• Works with business leaders across the divisions to assess the teams daily work flows and processes to learn how to support their business.
• Manage and lead meetings with leadership before preparing course materials to ensure a detailed understanding of training subjects and processes
• Works with all staff in respective teams to identify training gaps and what solutions will be needed to assist training for new and existing associates.
• Designs, delivers and manages the associate onboarding for new hires and transfers and provides a training plan to each associate during onboarding with various checkpoints throughout.
• Provides training assistance as new processes are established or changes to current processes are made.
• Responsible for managing the review of existing procedures and job aids as well as managing and completing new ones.
• Administers training programs via CoBank’s learning management system.
• Responsible for managing our associates skills and proficiency matrix to support our understanding of capacity by skillset and helps identify targeted upskilling opportunities.
• Create opportunities for cross training within departments and across departments to ensure employees can support different teams during high volume periods.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Three (3) years’ experience in instructional design and classroom training

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with adult learning methodology. Instructional experience in a group business setting
• Experience with computer based training development systems preferred. Working knowledge of Go To Meeting or Webex technology
• Experience analyzing company needs, lesson planning, development and implementation
• Extensive knowledge teaching theory for creating effective instructional materials
• Excellent verbal and written communication and advanced presentation skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the proven ability to gain the trust and respect of executive leadership, management and associates.
• Demonstrated skill in building and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of executives, management, associates, and outside parties.
• Strong understanding of business goals and standards for customer service
• Experience developing yearly training plans and materials for all departments throughout the company
• Ability to effectively organize and manage multiple training initiatives simultaneously
• Excellent research, judgement, strategic thinking, and problem solving skills.
• Continually research methods and techniques in workplace training and remain up-to-date on developments within the industry and competitors
• Proven ability to operate with a high degree of integrity, urgency and confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a dynamic, team-oriented and fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) especially SharePoint, and other applicable business software applications.
• Works onsite or remotely with associates and stakeholders

Compensation Information

• Estimated Base Salary Range: $80,000-$110,000
• Target short-term incentive opportunity:15%

CoBank stands strong as an enterprise dedicated to the financial needs of rural America. As a national cooperative bank and a proud member of the Farm Credit System it is our mission to serve as a relevant and dependable provider of credit and other value-added financial services. From our headquarters in Denver, Colorado and our regional banking centers across the US, CoBank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states.

CoBank will not sponsor a work visa (e.g. H1B, etc.) to fill this position.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer.