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Position Information

Position Title Training Specialist - Efactory

Work Location Springfield Campus

Department Small Business Development Center

HR Home Department 070105 efactory - Center for Business & Economic Development

Pay Grade 43

Proposed Salary Commensurate with Experience

Sponsorship Information

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

Position only available to current, regular, full-time Missouri State University employees? No, Position is available to all applicants.

Appointment Type Full Time Regular

Exempt/Non-Exempt Exempt

General Function

The Training Specialist supports the execution of comprehensive training programs, ensuring their successful delivery and alignment with efactory department goals. This role coordinates day-to-day program operations which include logistics, participant management, reporting, and supervision of student staff. The Training Specialist works closely with the Assistant Director, Training & Development and the Training Coordinator & Director, Public Safety Training Center to support the training function for the efactory, Missouri SBDC and Public Safety Training Center. This position works closely with other team members in the department, MSU colleagues, external stakeholders, instructors, and training participants to provide an exceptional training experience.

Description of Primary Duties

Continuation of this position is contingent upon grant funding. The Training Specialist supports the execution of comprehensive training programs, ensuring their successful delivery and alignment with efactory department goals. This role coordinates day-to-day program operations which include logistics, participant management, reporting, and supervision of student staff. The Training Specialist works closely with the Assistant Director, Training & Development and the Training Coordinator & Director, Public Safety Training Center to support the training function for the efactory, Missouri SBDC and Public Safety Training Center. This position works closely with other team members in the department, MSU colleagues, external stakeholders, instructors, and training participants to provide an exceptional training experience.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications

Education: A bachelor’s degree in business administration, communications, project management, or a related field is required. An equivalent combination of years of experience and education may be considered for substitution of educational requirements.

Experience: At least two years of experience in training coordination, program development, or event management is preferred.

Skills: Experience with administrative tasks, basic accounting functions, and working with industry, such as education, business development or manufacturing is preferred. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects. Heightened attention to detail and problem-solving skills to ensure seamless program delivery. Proficiency in office software (e.g., Microsoft Office, CRM systems, database entry/management, learning management, and online registration platforms.) Strong written and verbal communication skills for engaging with participants, facilitators, and stakeholders.

Effort: Occasionally required to lift and carry materials and equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

Other: The scope of the job occasionally requires evening and weekend work. This position is grant and program funded and will last as long as funds to maintain the position allow.

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Additional Qualifications

Link to Job Description https://www.missouristate.edu/human/jobdescriptions/2553.htm

Open Date 03/25/2025

Close Date (If Close Date is blank then the posting is considered open until filled)

Special Instructions to Applicants

Continuation of this position is contingent upon grant funding. The first date of consideration is April 15, 2025, and review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Please attach an unofficial transcript to your application. Please note that documents that contain passwords, digital signatures, and other artifacts such as watermarks may not convert properly. If your document contains any of these items, please print and scan the document, then upload the scanned version to your application. Official transcripts required at time of hire.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Non-Discrimination Statement

Missouri State University is a community of people with respect for diversity. The University emphasizes the dignity and equality common to all persons and adheres to a strict non-discrimination policy regarding the treatment of individual faculty, staff, and students. In accord with federal law and applicable Missouri statutes, the University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (including ancestry, or any other subcategory of national origin recognized by applicable law), religion, sex (including marital status, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other subcategory of sex recognized by applicable law), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law in employment or in any program or activity offered or sponsored by the University. Sex discrimination encompasses sexual harassment, which includes sexual violence, and is strictly prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

This policy shall not be interpreted in a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

The University maintains a grievance procedure incorporating due process available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against. Missouri State University is an Equal Opportunity employer. Inquiries concerning the complaint/grievance procedure related to discrimination on the basis of a protected class, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, or compliance with federal and state laws and guidelines, should be addressed to the Director, Office for Institutional Compliance, Carrington Hall 205, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, [email protected], 417-836-4252.

Background Check Statement

Employment will require a criminal background check at University expense.

Posting Detail

Posting Number 20250046FTS

Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/80742

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

+ Please specify the recruitment source where you located this posting. If you selected Employee Referral above, please list the name of the current MSU employee who referred you.

(Open Ended Question)

+ * Are you a current full-time regular Missouri State University employee?

+ Yes, I am a current full-time faculty/staff University employee.

+ No, I am not currently employed by the University.

+ No, I am a current per course faculty member.

+ No, I am a current part-time staff University employee.

+ No, I am a current University graduate assistant or teaching assistant.

+ No, I am a current student University employee.

+ * How did you hear about this vacancy?

+ Indeed

+ Linkedin

+ Missouri State University Website

+ Google

+ Employee Referral

+ Job Alerts

+ HigherEdJobs.com

+ Personal Contacts / Networking

+ Job Board (CareerBuilder.com, Monster, etc.)

+ Other

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

+ Resume

+ Cover Letter

+ Unofficial Transcripts - 1

Optional Documents

+ Letter of Recommendation-1 (Non-confidential)

+ Letter of Recommendation-2 (Non-confidential)

+ Other Documents -1