We’re looking for a Training Specialist to help us build and facilitate instructor-led training workshops, subject specialist training content, and eLearning modules for our worldwide Customer Support teams. You’ll be working on onboarding and other training programs to help ensure the ongoing, long-term improvement of Customer Support Advocates’ skills, enabling them to fulfill their potential within the Customer Support team. This role is Hiring in Mexico City, Mexico and will report to Manager, Customer Support Training & Development.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Facilitate onboarding for all new Customer Support Advocates, including assessing new hires’ knowledge and providing feedback and guidance
- Create and lead training programs for Customer Support Advocates across our Ecommerce, Enterprise, and Escalation Center teams on technical skill-building and soft skills such as upselling techniques, contact handling when dealing with difficult customers, business acumen, troubleshooting, chat, and phone-based customer support
- Create and lead specialized training programs as needed with flexibility and adaptability to deliver some courses in various time zones
- Collaborate with the product team, Customer Support leadership, and senior Customer Support Advocates to develop and implement training for new product launches, features, and functionality
- Report on training feedback and results, contributing to monthly data reviews and global updates
- Assist in the maintenance of existing courseware and materials
- Assist in the maintenance of the internal knowledge base
- Research and present new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- 3-5 years experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience) in course design, course facilitation/instruction, or e-learning design/delivery
- Experience coordinating and delivering webinars, in-person training, and other virtual training
- Ability to create engaging live and digital content, and present this in a clear and easy-to-learn manner
- Self initiative and a track record of working effectively on an independent basis
- Knowledge of adult learning theory, training needs analysis, instructional design, information design, training methodologies, learning technologies and measurement strategies is an asset
- Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
- Accountability: holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
- Customer Focus: demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers meet their needs
- Interpersonal Savvy: relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
WHO YOU ARE:
- Solution seeker. You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked.
- Lifelong learner. You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t.
- Resilient adapter. In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
- Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
- Critical challenger. You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
- Active communicator. You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
- Integrated thinker. You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals.
- Accountable owner. You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
- Bar-raiser. You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.
In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:
Step Up: Dare to go beyond the expected to achieve greatness. #StepUp
One Team: Make Hootsuite a place we soar together by respecting each other's individuality, building trust, and showing up for the team. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe
Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed
Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile
Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses
Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies
Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
This posting is for a current vacancy for which we are actively hiring.
Use of AI in Hiring
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Skills Required
- 3-5 years experience in course design, facilitation, or e-learning design/delivery
- Experience coordinating and delivering webinars, in-person training, and virtual training
- Ability to create engaging live and digital content and present clearly
- Self-initiative and demonstrated ability to work independently
- Knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, learning technologies and measurement strategies
- Ability to facilitate onboarding, assess new hires' knowledge, and provide feedback and guidance
- Flexibility to deliver courses across various time zones
- Experience collaborating with product teams and support leadership to develop training for product launches
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Accountability and ability to meet commitments
- Collaboration and teamwork skills
- Customer-focused mindset and interpersonal savvy with diverse groups
What We Do
Hootsuite has been on the pulse of how people use social media for over a decade. As the global leader and world’s first social media management platform, we put social to work in every corner of every organization, from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. We are committed to helping customers harness the power of social media to ignite their brand and business. How? Over time, we’ve adapted our software to help businesses reach their customers more efficiently across multiple platforms, improve their customer service and gain deeper analytics and consumer insights. Through our deep expertise in social media management, social insights, employee advocacy, and social customer care, we empower organizations to strategically grow their brands, businesses, and customer relationships – while guiding them through the wild world of social media. Put simply, we help our customers with: Social media marketing: Create, schedule, publish, and manage content and ad campaigns across social networks from a single dashboard. We help maximize the impact of social marketing by providing real-time insights, so customers can focus on other areas of their business. Social care: By combining the power of conversational AI with the human touch of our customers’ team(s), our customer messaging platform delivers exceptional customer experiences at scale. Social customer care: We help our customers meet their customers where they are at. Using Hootsuite, businesses can view and manage all of their customer conversations in one dashboard, providing service that’s seamless and personal.
Why Work With Us
As the creators of social media management, Hootsuite has been on the pulse of this dynamic and ever-changing space since our inception. Working at Hootsuite means being at the forefront of social innovation, tapping into courageous creativity to guide customers through the wild world of social, and helping to define what it means to ‘be social.’
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