Leadership Development Trainer Facilitator PartTime ProjectBased

Kaleidoscope Affect, LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Kaleidoscope Affect, LLC is expanding our Cleveland-area bench of experienced leadership development trainers and facilitators to support anticipated and future public-sector and organizational-development engagements. This is not a lecture-based trainer role.

Facilitators create engaging adult-learning environments, draw out participant experience, guide challenging conversations, facilitate realistic workplace scenarios, provide constructive feedback, and help participants apply what they

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in leadership development, management development, professional skills training, learning and development, organizational development, or a closely related field.
• Significant experience facilitating professional adult learners.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate interactive learning using discussion, case studies, scenarios, role play, small-group work, reflection, feedback, and applied exercises.
• Residence within reasonable commuting distance of the Cleveland metropolitan area and availability for recurring onsite delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs on leadership development, management development, and related topics.
• Facilitate interactive learning using discussion, case studies, scenarios, role play, and group work.
• Provide constructive feedback and help participants apply learning to their work.
• Deliver sessions onsite and via virtual formats.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and significant professional experience

Job description

Kaleidoscope Affect, LLC is expanding our Cleveland-area bench of experienced leadership development trainers and facilitators to support anticipated and future public-sector and organizational-development engagements.

We are seeking experienced facilitators who can work effectively with supervisors, managers, emerging leaders, executives, and cross-functional employee groups in complex organizations.

This is not a lecture-based trainer role. Our facilitators are expected to create engaging adult-learning environments, draw out participant experience, guide challenging conversations, facilitate realistic workplace scenarios, provide constructive feedback, and help participants apply what they learn to their work.

Engagements may include municipal government, public-sector organizations, healthcare, higher education, major employers, nonprofit organizations, and other complex workplaces.

This is a part-time, variable-hour/project-based opportunity. Hours are scheduled in advance based on client engagements; there is no guaranteed weekly schedule or minimum number of hours.

What You May Facilitate

Programs may include:

• Leadership and management development
• Supervisor and new-manager development
• Workplace communication
• Coaching and feedback
• Performance conversations
• Difficult conversations and conflict management
• Team effectiveness and collaboration
• Accountability
• Emotional intelligence
• Executive presence
• Change leadership
• Decision-making and problem-solving
• Customer and stakeholder engagement
• Cross-functional communication
• Professional skills development

Kaleidoscope provides structured curricula, facilitator guides, participant materials, exercises, scenarios, and learning tools. Facilitators will be oriented to Kaleidoscope's instructional approach and the requirements of each client engagement before independently leading sessions.

What We Are Looking For

Required

• 7+ years of experience in leadership development, management development, professional skills training, learning and development, organizational development, or a closely related field
• Significant experience facilitating professional adult learners
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate interactive learning using discussion, case studies, scenarios, role play, small-group work, reflection, feedback, and applied exercises
• Strong expertise in several of the content areas listed above
• Excellent facilitation, communication, presence, and group-management skills
• Experience delivering both onsite and virtual learning
• Ability to deliver established curricula consistently while responding effectively to participant needs
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and significant professional experience
• Residence within reasonable commuting distance of the Cleveland metropolitan area and availability for recurring onsite delivery

Highly Preferred

• Experience facilitating supervisors and managers in municipal government, public-sector organizations, healthcare, higher education, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, or other complex workforce environments
• Demonstrated experience facilitating across union-represented and non-union employee populations , including environments where collective bargaining agreements, workforce rules, or management-labor dynamics affect communication, accountability, performance management, change, or team effectiveness
• Everything DiSC®, Five Behaviors™, Hogan, CliftonStrengths, EQ-i or similar assessment qualification
• ICF coaching credential, ATD credential, SHRM certification, organizational-development credential, facilitation certification, or relevant graduate degree
• Experience supporting diverse employee populations, internally promoted supervisors, experienced managers, and cross-departmental groups