Job Description
Field Software Trainer
Contract: 12 months with likely conversion to permanent
Rate: $30-35/hr
Remote with travel across Canada (50-75%)
Position Summary:
The Field Customer/Tech Training Instructor is responsible to work as a key member of the installation team effectively and efficiently and to train all Powersports (Marine, ATV, RV, and Motorcycle) Dealership clients both remotely and on-site. Can be located anywhere in Canada.
What you’ll do:
• Delivers classroom training both onsite and in the regional classroom; providing training needs assessment, course development and instruction for the installation and ongoing use of Lightspeed products.
Provides training on a range of software products, tools, support and practical set ups found at typical client sites.
• Gains expert operating knowledge of assigned products while researching activities through customer visits, interviews, reading relevant documents and attending classes.
• Coordinates training materials, meets project deadlines and quality requirements, delivers training packages and provides support for existing training materials.
• Develops training goals and course content standards and guidelines that will be used in training and makes recommendations to management on needed additions/changes to them.
• Participates in reviews and walkthroughs of publications and software design documents to analyze training needs, producing a needs analysis document for new and major-update training assignments.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
• 2+ years software training experience
• Experience with executing customer-facing implementation or product delivery projects
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities and balancing competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal/communication and presentation skills
• Ability to travel 50% - 75% of the time - one week training on site/one week training remotely
Preferred Qualifications:
• Dealership experience preferred – Marine, RV or Powersports
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal soft skills (setting/managing expectations, conflict resolution, etc.)
• Ability to consult and collaborate cross-functionally with other departments
• Ability to handle increasingly high volume of work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment in a calm manner