Quality & Training Specialist Associate

aep; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power (AEP) is seeking a Quality & Training Specialist Associate to plan, coordinate, and evaluate training for Customer Solutions Centers, applying adult learning principles and basic instructional design.

You will partner with CSC leadership, monitor and score customer interactions, publish sessions in the LMS, and manage logistics for instructor-led and virtual training, with entry-level expectations and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Education requirements are listed: Bachelor's degree in arts or science; associate degree with 2 years of CS experience; high school diploma with 4 years of CS experience.
• Quality and Training Certification will be considered a plus

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate instructor‑led and virtual learning using basic adult learning principles and entry‑level instructional design techniques
• Incorporate interactive activities and job aids
• Listen to live and recorded customer interactions
• Score calls using standard rubrics
• Participate in calibration sessions with CSC Managers and Supervisors to ensure rater consistency
• Collect learner feedback, training attendance, and basic outcome data
• Recommend incremental updates to materials, exercises, and delivery methods
• Build working relationships with CSC Leadership
• Surface emerging training needs and share simple trend summaries
• Publish sessions, enroll learners, record completions, and keep content and versioning accurate in the LMS
• Use standard training tools (virtual classroom, polling, forms)
• Demonstrate basic awareness of AI‑enabled features under guidance, with appropriate data handling practices
• Coordinate invites, rosters, rooms/links, and materials
• Ensure training spaces and technology are ready
• Execute change‑ready training tasks, schedule sessions, reinforce key messages
• Support supervisors with huddles and reminders
• Log adoption questions and elevate risks
• Track tasks and dates for small training projects
• Maintain checklists, rosters, and status notes
• Communicate progress to stakeholders
• Escalate issues on scope/timeline/risks

Skills

Adult learning principles

Instructional design

Training facilitation

LMS knowledge

Stakeholder partnership

Project management

Change management

AI awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in arts or science

Associate degree + 2 years customer service

HS diploma or GED + 4 years customer service

Tools

LMS

Virtual classroom

Forms

Job description

Job Summary

Supports Customer Operations by coordinating and delivering training for the Customer Solutions Centers (CSCs). Applies foundational learning‑science concepts (adult learning principles, basic instructional design) to plan, facilitate, and evaluate training. Partners with CSC Leadership to align learning with operational needs and contribute to service quality by monitoring and scoring customer interactions using standard evaluation methods.

Quality & Training Specialist Associate

Plan & Deliver Training

• Coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate instructor‑led and virtual learning using basic adult learning principles and entry‑level instructional design techniques
• Incorporate interactive activities and job aids

Quality Monitoring

• Listen to live and recorded customer interactions
• Score calls using standard rubrics
• Participate in calibration sessions with CSC Managers and Supervisors to ensure rater consistency

Continuous Improvement (Entry)

• Collect learner feedback, training attendance, and basic outcome data
• Recommend incremental updates to materials, exercises, and delivery methods

Stakeholder Partnership

• Build working relationships with CSC Leadership
• Surface emerging training needs and share simple trend summaries

LMS & Content Hygiene

• Publish sessions, enroll learners, record completions, and keep content and versioning accurate in the LMS

Technology & AI Awareness

• Use standard training tools (virtual classroom, polling, forms)
• Demonstrate basic awareness of AI‑enabled features (e.g., generating quiz items, drafting scenarios) under guidance, with appropriate data‑handling practices

Readiness & Logistics

• Coordinate invites, rosters, rooms/links, and materials
• Ensure training spaces and technology are ready

Change Management

• Execute change‑ready training tasks (update job aids, schedule sessions, reinforce key messages)
• Support supervisors with huddles and reminders
• Log adoption questions and elevate risks

Project Management

• Track tasks and dates for small training projects
• Maintain checklists, rosters, and status notes
• Communicate progress to stakeholders
• Escalate issues on scope/timeline/risks

What We're Looking For:

Education requirements are listed below:

• Bachelor's degree in arts or science required OR;
• An associate degree and 2 additional years of customer service experience OR;
• A high school diploma or GED and 4 additional years of customer service experience.

Quality and Training Certification will be considered a plus

Work Experience Requirements

• 2 years' Customer Operations Associate or direct Customer Service experience required

Work Location

Primary work location can be out of Shreveport, LA at 6300 Line Ave, Shreveport, La 71103

What You'll Get:

• Quality and Training Specialist Associate: $ 63,496-$79,369
• In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

At AEP, we're more than just an energy company - we're a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!

Compensation Data

• Compensation Grade: SP20-005
• Compensation Range: $63,496.00 - $79,369.00

Physical Demand Level

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S - Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religi