Talent Development Specialist I

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeks a Talent Development Specialist I to coordinate training for new hires and support employee engagement and the Five Pillars Academy. You will manage onboarding, mandatory education, surveys, and learning activities to enhance business and professional skills.

The role involves coordinating courses, liaising with presenters, and evaluating program effectiveness to drive development across ARUP's workforce.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field required.
• 1–2 years in training, facilitation, or employee engagement preferred.
• Experience with LEaP and Qualtrics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate new hire orientation for ARUP employees, medical directors, and fellows.
• Maintain and update onboarding and 6-week post-hire surveys.
• Develop and support learning activities for employee development.
• Oversee scheduling of courses, presenters, and training spaces.
• Assist in evaluating program effectiveness through feedback and surveys.
• Collaborate with Talent Development team on communications and promotions.

Skills

Training experience

Facilitation

Organizational development

Employee engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Business or related field

Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, I/O Psychology, or related field

Tools

LEaP administration

Qualtrics

Job description

Schedule:
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: Human Resources - 151

Primary Purpose

The role of the Talent Development Specialist I is to coordinate training and education for new hires which may include basic professional and IT skills. In addition, this role will support activities and functions of employee engagement and the Five Pillars Academy. The Five Pillars Academy is the framework for courses and classes to provide opportunities for employees and leaders to increase their business and professional skills.

About ARUP:

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

Supports the Talent Development Strategic Plan and Objectives.

Supports overall Human Services retention strategies.

Manages and conducts new hire orientation for new ARUP employees, medical directors, and fellows.

Manages and follows-up on new hire mandatory education.

Sends out onboarding and 6 week post-hire surveys to new hires,

Reviews the content and materials for orientation annually.

Modifies and monitors other employee surveys as needed

Creates and supports learning activities for employees to support individual, business, and professional development.

Oversees the day-to-day coordination of the courses, presenters, and rooms for the various training programs.

Assists in the evaluation of the program effectiveness based on feedback and evaluations of the courses.

Works with other members of the Talent Development Team to develop communications and promotional materials.

Interacts and serves as a liaison for employees and presenters.

Supports and may assist with engagement activities and programs sponsored by the Human Services Division.

May assist with the ARUP recognition programs and recognition events.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelor's Degree or better in Business or related field.

Experience

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, Communications, or a related field of study

Preferred

Experience with LEaP administration

Experience with Qualtrics Survey Tool

1-2 years:

Experience in training, facilitation, organizational development, employee engagement

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