Public Affairs Learning and Development Director (mons-00008901)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, Mid-West United States, USA)
Company: Monsanto
Website: http://www.monsanto.com/
Open Til: 26-Jul-08
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Crop Protection/Chemicals
Career Type: Advertising/Public Relations
Job Type: Full Time
Minimum Years Experience Required: N/A
Salary: Competitive

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide strategy, planning, and direction for educating Monsanto employees worldwide on how to identify and respond to local, regional, and national issues involving Monsanto's reputation and freedom to operate
  
• Work with and through Issues Management Team to execute issues management learning and development strategy
  
• Provide strategy, planning, and direction for the learning and development for Public Affairs team members ' including soft skills and technical skills.
  
• Work with and through HR liaison linkages to execute a Public Affairs leadership and staff learning and development strategy
  
• Design, develop, and deliver training, including management of internal and external resources
  
• Develop and maintain relationships with Monsanto departments to facilitate providing issues management learning and development programs
  
• Train internal personnel to deliver, facilitate, or coordinate some aspects of training
  
• Develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders in order to involve them in issues management learning and development initiatives, and programs where appropriate

Required Skills:

• Exceptionally strong knowledge of current and future-oriented training, learning, and development methodologies including but not limited to: e-learning, blended learning, learning communities, performance support, information repositories, and web-supported events
  
• Results-oriented with a strong focus for achieving short- and long-term goals
  
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to work with people at all levels of the organization, from varied cultural backgrounds
  
• Exceptionally strong ability to manage and influence internal relationships
  
• Strong knowledge of and experience working with outside vendors of training products and services
  
• Demonstrated experience deploying a multi-country learning initiative with focus on behavior change outcomes
  
• Ability to define learning objectives and alternate courses of action including tactics for achieving them
  
• Ability to receive and incorporate feedback and input from a variety of sources and to adjust plans as appropriate
  
• Ability to think creatively and craft learning solutions based on varying situations and conditions
  
• 10+ years of progressive experience designing, conducting, and leading employee learning including most if not all of the following: classroom training, instructional design, curriculum development, e-learning, coaching, and organization development
  
• Minimum B.A. in adult learning, human resource development, or related field. Masters degree preferred.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience conducting individual and focus group interviews as well as other relevant organization development methodologies
  
• Experience living and working outside the US
  
• Experience working for a global organization
  
• Ability to champion new ideas and technologies to meet business needs
  
• Corporate communications and/or public affairs experience
  
• Experience evaluating training and development at progressive levels:
  
  • Level 1: Reaction to the training
    
  • Level 2: Learning at the end of the training
    
  • Level 3: Behavior change on the job

Source: Indeed 06/26/08

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