IT Communications and Training Specialist (12 months Contract)

Flynn Group of Companies; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building envelope contractor in Mississauga is looking for an IT Communications and Training Specialist. The role involves developing communication strategies and training programs on IT systems. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and organizational skills, as well as a background in IT or related fields. This is a maternity leave contract with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Excellent on-site cafeteria

Gym access

Free parking

Free tea and coffee

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT communications or training roles.
• Experience with Learning Management Systems is beneficial.
• Ability to forge strong partnerships with internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute communication strategies for IT initiatives.
• Conduct training needs analysis and develop training materials.
• Collaborate with IT teams and HR on communication strategies.

Skills

Outstanding communication skills

Excellent organization

Ability to create instructional materials

Skilled in time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or Communications

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Camtasia

Articulate

Job description

At Flynn, it's not just a job, it's a career

Flynn Group of Companies, North America’s leading building envelope contractor is looking for an IT Communications and Training Specialist to work from our Mississauga location.

Imagine a career where your creativity and training skills can fuel BIG innovations. Where your work will have an impact on the productivity of your client’s day-to-day lives.

- In this role you will be responsible for developing and implementing communication strategies, training programs, and materials that enable our employees to effectively use and understand our IT systems, software, and tools. You will learn multiple business systems and processes, and help new employees settle into their roles by providing personalized, hands-on training.Development of quick reference materials to further guide new and current employees will be essential to keeping our employees up to date on existing and new applications, features, and tools within the organization.

- You’ll also be the primary point person for all IT communications and delivering these in the most effective method so that our Flynn community can understand the impacts of the changes being communicated to them.This role is for maternity leave contract in our IT team that will provide career growth opportunity for someone early in their communications and IT career as the role will require working with Flynn’s internal Learning & Development team to learn industry and Flynn standards for communications and training.

Role Overview

- The ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization will be key to success in this role.

- We’re looking for someone to develop and deliver training on our Enterprise Applications along with custom web and mobile applications that are built in-house.

- Development and training projects will typically be implementation of new software, enhancements for existing ERP and custom software, onboarding of new entities resulting from M&A activity and rolling out infrastructure solutions.

A Day in the Life

- Develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy for IT initiatives, projects, and updates.

- Maintain up-to-date documentation for IT processes, procedures, and policies.

- Project manage learning initiatives by defining plans, adhering to timelines, and facilitating implementation.

- Conducts training needs analysis; determines training objectives and methods of instruction; develops course

outlines; consults with subject-matter experts to design training; prepares lesson plans, visual aids, and

handouts for use in instruction.

- Ensure consistent communication of training initiatives throughout our Canadian and US operations.

- Participate in the assessment and planning of new Information and Technology projects, to help determine

priorities and support change management.

- Provide training and development advice to stakeholders on challenges, performance gaps and solutions.

- Work together with Learning and Development team and key stakeholders to create training and learning -

activities.

- Collaborate with IT teams and HR to align communication and training efforts with organizational goals.

About You

- Be passionate about delighting our customers.

- Outstanding communication skills. You know how to speak to stakeholders, end-users, and team members of all

levels (technical/non-technical).

- The written materials you produce are equally impressive and effective.

- Excellent organization, time management, and task management skills

- Ability to collect, organize, maintain, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information and translate

these into concise, informative, and easily digestible training content.

- Skilled at creating instructional materials (software tutorials, user guides, job aids, etc.) that transform technical

information into engaging instruction.

- Ability to work well both independently and in a team setting.

- Ability to forge strong partnerships with business partners and internal customers.

- Must have the aptitude and desire to learn new competencies and skills.

Skills/Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent work

experience).

- Proven experience in IT communications, training, or a related role.

- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.), Camtasia, Articulate, or other eLearning

authoring tools is an asset.

- Experience working with Learning Management Systems is beneficial.

- Technologically savvy and able to pick up new products and processes with ease.

- Advanced verbal and written communication skills

- Exceptional team player with a strong customer service orientation.

What We Offer

- Work in a beautiful building

- Excellent on-site cafeteria and gym

- Free Parking

- Free tea and coffee

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Flynn Group of Companies is the leading trade contractor in North America that works on virtually every aspect of a building’s outer layer, including Roofing, Glazing, Waterproofing, and Architectural Metals. The foundation of our award winning success is having the right people on our team.

We are also highly active and committed to creating an environment which is accessible to all of our customers, employees and applicants. Reasonable accommodations in the hiring process will be provided to people with disabilities upon request.