Training center manager job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Training center manager in details. A complete job description concludes Training center manager key duties/responsibilities, Training center manager job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Training center manager duties:

1. Define, develop, manage and execute all aspects of an event including, but not limited to, budgets, vendor management, logistics, communication and coordination with internal teams and customer
2. Lead and direct logistics team in all matters pertaining to schedules, performance, tasks, projects, and operations
3. Manage and report on annual budget for the learning center and related tasks
4. Analyze and validate accuracy of monthly billings 
5. Ensure customer reports are accurate and provided in a timely manner
6. Build strong client relationships, including coordinating with various learning functions/council and cross business functions to ensure that the needs of the customer are satisfied
7. Interface with other Raytheon Professional Services' logistics leads to ensure adherence to common processes and metric generation.
8. Understand and support business development strategic direction and identify new RPS opportunities to grow RPS business with clients 
9. Identify, plan and implement process improvement opportunities

II. List of Training center manager qualifications

1. 8 years of successfully leading and managing teams
2. Excellent interpersonal skills
3. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
4. Proven ability to build client relationships at multiple levels of the client's organization
5. Strong project management skills
6. Proven ability to identify, evaluate and resolve problems and areas of continuous improvement
7. Proven ability to work with minimal management direction and can perform work responsibilities with remote manager
8. Ability to travel within the United States no more than 15%
9. Knowledge of learning industry, training administration, classroom logistics
10. 5 years of successful event management experience
11. Certified Event Planner
12. Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or equivalent.
13. Certified Event Planner

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.