Leadership Development Specialist

Req ID: 461941 

Benefits: * Fuel Your Growth with Love's - company funded tuition assistance program * Paid Time Off  * 401(k) – 100% Match up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30 days * Competitive Pay * Career Development * Hiring Immediately * 

Welcome to Love's: Our Leader Development Specialist is responsible for assisting with research, planning, and moderation of training events and special projects designed to develop leaders across the enterprise. Assists in the execution and delivery of in-person, on-demand, virtual, and remote learning opportunities for all leaders. Assists in developing and designing training that improves leadership performance across the organization. Partners with the Leadership Development team to ensure alignment of leadership and professional development skills to business and talent plans.

Job Functions:

• Assist with the design, development and implementation of in-person, on-demand, virtual, and remote development opportunities for all leaders while embedding inclusion and leveraging diversity for better outcomes.
• Coordinate with key internal stakeholders to ensure the execution of all in-person leader development programs including Love’s University, Store Support Development Course, and Leadership Love’s University.
• Partner with leaders across the enterprise to produce, revise, and deliver learning content aligned to business strategy and needs for all leader development programs.
• Partner with external resources like univerisities and other programs to improve and maintain existing learning and development trainings that are offered to Love's leaders and managers. 
• Assist in the design and development of engaging content for delivery by self or others based on identified business needs using a variety of authoring tools and mediums.
• Assist in the development and management of event timelines to meet deadlines.
• Adapt class management techniques to meet the diverse learning needs and styles of learners.
• Manage the scheduling and logistics for leader development programs.
• Ensure administrative tasks and timely assessments for learning programs are completed to produce accurate reporting.
• Follow-up with training participants to share information and resources and reinforce best practices for knowledge retention and application.
• Research and share learning insights and solutions that promotes effective leadership development across the enterprise.
• Possess a working knowledge of instructional design methodology and application for effective learning.

Experience and Qualifications:

• At least 3-5 years of experience in a leadership training, organizational development specialist, learning and development, leadership development coordinator, organization development, employee development, talent development, and or leadership development role is strongly preferred.
• Experience partnering with human resources (HR) business partners and HR team members. Experience meeting with, presenting to, and strategizing with company executives and leaders. Experience with partnering across an organization and enterprise to ensure diverse training and development programs for company leaders and managers.

Skills and Physical Demands:

•  Skills: Proficient with business software such as Microsoft Office.  Knowledge of Adobe products and eLearning software preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking. Good organizational and interpersonal skills, ability to multi-task and prioritize while managing a continuous stream of work, ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to lift of items over 50 pounds or more. 
• This position is located at Love's corporate office in Oklahoma City. 

Our Culture: 
Love’s has been fueling journeys since 1964. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, we operate 650+ locations in 42 states across our family of companies. We’re committed to innovation, inclusion, and making a positive impact in the communities we serve. Come see why Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores was recognized by Indeed as the winner of the Better Work Award in 2023.

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans encouraged to apply.  

Divisions at Love's include: 

• Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores, the leading travel stop network 

• Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest transportation companies 

• Musket Corporation, a Houston-based commodity supply, trading and logistics expert 

• Trillium, a Houston-based leading provider of alternative fueling solutions 

• Love’s Truck Care, the largest oil change, preventive maintenance and total truck care network 

Job Category: Corporate