Position Summary 

The trainer’s main objective is to prepare customer service representatives to perform their job effectively.  This includes providing new hired staff with product knowledge, company information and the necessary  customer service skills. In addition to this, trainers provide cross training, new product training, updates,  refreshers, and recursive training, deliver training events and learning solutions using all mediums  including in-class, e-learning, virtual facilitation, and blended techniques. 

Functional Responsibilities 

1. Planning and Preparing: • Creates lesson plans for training delivery; • Reviews, evaluates and  modifies, if necessary, the training curriculum (all training modifications must be approved by the  client); • Prepares materials and resources for training delivery; • Reserves training room and  equipment; • Checks equipment and networks for functionality and access; • Reviews and  masters all content and activities for instruction. 

2. Training Delivery: • Provides clear instruction using a variety of techniques and activities; •  Enforces adherence and attendance of participants; • Maintains a positive learning environment; •  Evaluates learning and mastery of content, skills and procedures; • Provides feedback and  guidance to learners; • Enforces company rules and policies during training hours. 

3. Training Reports: • Completes daily, weekly, and end of training reports and submit to all  pertinent parties; • Signs off trainees with individual reports to the operations supervisor; •  Records and explains training attrition; • Recommends changes to curriculum, methods or  activities based on observations during training delivery. 

4. Needs Analysis:

• Partners with QA to determine areas of opportunity in CSR performance;

•  Evaluates the results of product training to curb undesirable trends or unexpected deficiencies in  training programs;

• Recommends training initiatives to support operations in surpassing KPI’s  and metrics;

• Develops action plans to remedy deficiencies. 

5. Updating and Maintaining Knowledge:

• Takes calls meeting the account weekly quota;

•  Performs quality audits to meet the account weekly quota;

• Attends calibration sessions;

• Reads  all new processes and procedures provided by the client and/or operations;

• Receives refresher  training as necessary;

• Remains informed and current in instruction practices, teaching  methodologies and training best practices. 

6. General Account Responsibilities:

• Supports all areas of account operations in order to  provide knowledgeable, competent and motivated staff;

• Interacts with clients when necessary  for training purposes, especially regarding curriculum and training modifications (All modifications  must be approved by the client);  

7. Other tasks as assigned by account manager: • Maintains training materials to ensure  documentation is current and relevant given market changes and evolution; • May contribute to  the design of training events and learning solutions; • Tracks and manages performance in the  classroom and, if required, manage transition to team mgr./stakeholder; • Follows standard  evaluation and measurement process/protocol to assess comprehension and adoption of  knowledge to ensure successful job readiness transition.