Learning & Development Manager

About Four Seasons

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Oceanfront elegance within an iconic social club setting. From the moment it first opened its doors on New Year’s Eve 1930, The Surf Club has hosted history. It is here that you will find Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club. An icon in the Miami Beaches, located near Sunny Isles, this beachside hotel brings a new era of luxury, with celebrated dining and a world-class spa, to its Surfside shores.

About The Role

• Regularly benchmarks the learning function with Learning Success Levels
• Bases the direction for learning on a thorough Learning Needs Analysis
• Designs solutions for learning needs by rapidly creating and developing learning programs (or blended Learning programs) that target performance gaps and management competencies
• Prepares and produces training calendars that reflect performance gaps and learning needs
• Markets the learning function’s programs, initiatives, and online learning
• Evaluates the effect of training programs and initiatives through measuring results and monitoring behavioral change
• Creates and adheres to an annual budget for all training programs, initiatives, and learning resources
• Plans and executes property-wide change initiatives, including service initiatives, Company-wide change initiatives, and other large-scale projects related to growth and learning
  
  

What You Will Do

• Manages and facilitates (in collaboration with other presenters) Embark for all new employees
• Manages and facilitates (in collaboration with other presenters) all other core programs including Service Foundations, Introduction to Leadership Behaviors, NLO, GROW, and annual compliance requirements.
• Ensures new managers to the company are given the knowledge and skills to successfully complete their 90-day probationary period through the New Leader Orientation program Maintains an effective Designated Trainer program
• Manages an effective standards training program and ensures Standards Training Manuals are updated regularly and training checklists are turned in for new hires
• Partners with hotel management teams to determine performance gaps, and advise on actions that are likely to meet those needs
• Plans and co-facilitates training activities if/when training is part of the solution
• Coaches managers to ensure the necessary training and learning is conducted in departments on a consistent basis
• In collaboration with People & Culture or relevant Department Head, manages all compliance and safety training related to the property
• Ensures new managers to the company are given the knowledge and skills to successfully complete their 90-day probationary period through the New Leader Orientation program
• Facilitates and/or coaches others to facilitate management development programs including GROW
• Assists Managers with writing their development plans, ensuring the contents are focused on experience-based learning
• Ensures every college recruit completes a structured program with learning objectives
  
  

What You Bring

Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a managerial capacity; Experience in adult education or a similar environment; Experience in hotel operations, preferably luxury hospitality or other service environments; Experience managing in diverse cultures and required to have a university degree or equivalent experience.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary, wages, and a comprehensive benefits package
• Excellent Training and Development opportunities
• Complimentary Accommodation at other Four Seasons Hotels and Resort
• Complimentary Dry Cleaning for Employee Uniforms
• Complimentary Employee Meals
• Complimentary Parking
  
  

Schedule & Hours

• Full Time
  
  

Candidates must have valid work authorization for the U.S. Internal Four Seasons Management Employees outside of the US may qualify for an L1 Visa. Please note that due to the large number of responses we receive, only candidates being considered for the above position will be contacted for an interview.

Four Seasons is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To access the 'EEOC is The Law' Information poster please visit this website - https://eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf

Four Seasons is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To access the 'EEOC is The Law' Information poster please visit this website - https://eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf