HR Regional Trainer

Adult Correction; Carthage (NC); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

The NC Department of Adult Correction is seeking a Staff Development Specialist II to design, develop, and deliver training programs for regional staff and to support department-wide learning initiatives.

This role oversees end-to-end regional training, coordinates logistics, and builds curricula for in-person and online delivery, while ensuring training effectiveness and alignment with organizational goals. A hybrid schedule and travel are involved.

Qualifications

• Documented experience using an information system.
• Experience managing multi-faceted programs.
• Experience in coaching, mediation, and/or consulting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training and facilitate sessions for regional locations.
• Coordinate logistics for classrooms, tech, and materials.
• Create LMS course schedules and track attendance and compliance.
• Identify completion gaps and report results to regional teams and leadership.
• Provide coaching and organizational development activities for groups and individuals.
• Adapt facilitation style to diverse audiences and needs.
• Develop curricula for in-class and online formats aligned with goals.
• Create instructional materials and digital content for instruction.
• Evaluate training outcomes and refine content for relevance and clarity.
• Represent the agency at regional or statewide events and committees.

Skills

Info systems

Program management

Coaching/consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Agency

Agency Adult Correction Division Human Resources Job Classification Title Staff Development Specialist II (NS) Position Number 60089775 Grade NC15

About Us

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Description of Work

Work involves considerable independence in the preparation and development of training programs, plans, and materials; identifying training and development objectives; providing classroom and/or clinical instruction in assigned areas/programs; and evaluation/revision of programs as needed. This is professional and consultative work in performing a variety of services to meet organizational and program training and development needs. This position provides training and organizational development support in lead functions and/or independent, moderately complex organization/program setting for department-wide program, for an entire staff development and training program within a division of an agency, or as assistant director for staff development in a hospital, division, institution, or department. Position may report to staff development or departmental management, or a Facility Director. Position may be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining external training programs for users of various statewide systems, and may serve as administrators of the statewide learning management system. Position may serve on an executive leadership team or chair committees at smaller agencies or facilities and may lead or directly supervise Staff Development Specialist I positions and/or administrative staff.

Regional Training Program Management

Oversees end-to-end management of regional training programs, including needs assessments, program design, development including project management, implementation, and evaluation. Manages scheduling, coordination, and delivery of soft-skill and technical training across the region. Course topics include supervision, performance management, Equal Employment Opportunity Institute (EEOI), Real Colors, Leading at All Levels (LAAL), Fiori time entry, and various HR management subjects such as STAR Interviewing and disciplinary process training.

Job Duties

• Deliver in‑person training, facilitates webinars, and serves as the primary training coordinator for requests from regional work locations.
• Ensure all logistical elements classrooms, technology, training aids, equipment, publications, and handouts are prepared.
• Create course schedule within LMS data to track attendance, performance management task completions, and training compliance across facilities.
• Identify completion gaps, generate reports, and communicate results to both regional teams and leadership.
• Provides facilitation, coaching, and organizational development activities for both groups and individuals including mediation, focus groups, team agreements, new manager assimilation, process mapping, and coaching sessions to support effective leadership transitions, team alignment, and individual guidance.
• Adapt facilitation style to audience needs, ensuring inclusive and engaging learning environments.
• Train content development and instructional design designs and develop training curricula for both in-class and online environments aligned with organizational goals and regional needs using adult learning principles.
• Creates instructional materials, job aids, facilitator guides, and digital content for instructor‑led and online learning formats.
• Evaluates training outcomes to refine content and ensure relevance, clarity, and measurable skill development.
• Represents agency at regional, State‑wide events as a member of special project teams and committees. Communicate information to identify groups within the Agency as needed.
• Manages the North Carolina Valuing Individual Performance (Performance Management process and System) for assigned region to including advising on policy, managing task step completions, and conducting appropriate training as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities / Management Preferences

Salary Grade Range: $55,221 - $96,639
Recruitment Range: $55,221 - $77,273

Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred: Documented experience utilizing an information system. Experience managing multi-faceted programs. Working experience in coaching, mediation, and/ or consulting.

Posting Information

The Posting Will Close At 11:59 P.M. The Night Before the End Date.

This position is assigned a State vehicle because the primary duties require frequent travel within the South Central Region, with occasional travel to other regions depending on the type of training being delivered. The selected candidate may be based in either the Central Region or the South Central Region. Team members work a hybrid work schedule currently defined as two days in a designated office space and then work remotely.

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of training development experience in a progressive training or teaching role; Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Compensation and Benefits

• Health insurance options
• Standard retirement plans
• Supplemental retirement plans
• The NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis)
• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Community service leave
• Paid parental leave is available to eligible employees

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.

The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices.

PREA Requirement

The NC Dept. of Adult Correction must adhere to the US Dept. of Justice Final Rule on the "National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape."

PREA Hiring and Promotion Prohibitions ADA Accommodations Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), NCDAC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Other Relevant Information

Applicants may be subject to a criminal background check and drug screen.