Learning and Development Specialist

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The Opportunity

Halifax Water is accepting applications for One (1) Regular Fill-Time Learning & Development Specialist in the People & Culture Department. Halifax Waters goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the community we serve at all job levels. Halifax Water believes a diverse workforce positively contributes to its success and the success of our community. We encourage applications from qualified African Nova Scotians LGBTQ community racially visible persons women in non-traditional positions persons with disabilities and Indigenous persons. Halifax Water encourages applicants to self-identify in the cover letter.

This is a non-unionized job. The job description and benefits to working at Halifax Water can be viewed on the Halifax Water website.

Interested applicants are asked to submit completed cover letters and resumes stating Competition #HW25-177 by 4 : 30pm on November 14 2025.

As part of the selection process applicants meeting minimum qualifications for the position may be required to demonstrate their knowledge skills and abilities for the position through a set of practical applications.

What youll do

Responsibilities

The Learning and Development Specialist provides effective and timely training expertise solutions and services to its stakeholders linking Halifax Waters strategic and business plan goals with building and growing a learning culture. This role includes collaborating with stakeholders to design develop and implement timely and accessible training / learning solutions to meet compliance and education requirements. The role also involves a change management approach to managing instructional design activities for projects to ensure employees are supported to meet their current and future job role learning needs.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Advise leaders and teams on learning strategies aligned with organizational priorities.
• Conduct detailed data-driven training needs analyses using AI and analytics tools across business units in collaboration with subject matter experts and project teams to identify and develop effective learning solutions.
• Design develop and maintain learning solutions assets including training materials manuals job aids presentations microlearning and eLearning content using instructional design best practices and industry leading tools.
• Facilitates and delivers instructor-led training sessions and / or workshops as required.
• Evaluate program effectiveness through metrics feedback and analytics; recommend and implement improvements.
• Provide guidance and coaching to other team members involved in training solutions development and delivery.
• Partner with internal and external experts vendors and operational teams to deliver high-impact learning.
• Track and report on learning metrics compliance and business impact.
• Perform other related duties as may be assigned.

What youll need

Qualifications

Education :

Experience :

Certificates / Licenses / Registrations :

Adult Learning Certificate

First Aid

Other Knowledge Skills and Abilities :

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A little bit about us

Halifax Water

As Atlantic Canadas Largest Water Utility our purpose is to supply and safeguard sustainable high-quality water services.

Everything we do at Halifax Water is tied to our purpose. With employees who are dedicated to supplying high-quality services for water wastewater and stormwater through a One Team One Water attitude we can meet the challenges of a growing population aging infrastructure and increasing regulatory compliance.

Halifax Water employees strive to be stewards of our environment and are fueled by a passion to serve our communities. Employee commitment and dedication of service mean a great deal to our customers stakeholders and to Halifax Water.

As an employee Halifax Water is proud to offer you :

We are committed to providing a safe and hazard-free work environment. Our employees health and well-being are a top priority and we promote a safety-first culture to provide daily healthy safe sustainable and reliable services. We take this responsibility seriously and feel immense pride in reaching beyond industry service standards.

As a public service utility operating critical infrastructure on behalf of our customers our employees are trained in Emergency Measures Operations (EMO) and Incident Command System (ICS). This type of training allows Halifax Water to respond to all emergencies from simple water main breaks to keeping customer water flowing (water wastewater and stormwater) through Hurricanes and other major natural events.

To learn more about What We Do visit Halifax Water .

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Aerospace Engineering,Data Entry,Business Management,Flexcube,Contract

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 76440 - 95550