Director of Employee Development

The Director of Employee Development’s (DED) role is to support and enhance the capabilities of LandCare team members. The DED will execute effective onboarding to assure new employees know how to be successful in their role and create individualized development plans to prepare team members for advancement. They will also provide guidance to managers to assure that regular and effective coaching is being delivered to their teams. Success in the role will be measured in three fundamental ways:

• Employee retention
• Employee engagement scores (surveyed annually company-wide)
• LandCare’s ability to fill leadership roles via internal promotion versus outside hiring

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Lead the onboarding process for management level employees
• Provide guidance to branch leaders on best practices to coach team members
• Partner with leaders to build succession plans that will deepen and strengthen the bench
• Assist with training and development plans to ready team members for internal promotions
• Meet individual region training needs as identified by VPs including facilitation of retreats
• Support centralized learning programs by assisting with content creation, delivering training, and reinforcing the learning concepts
• Perform stay and exit interviews to understand how to better retain employees

Requirements

• Self-starter who works well independently, but who also thrives in a team environment
• College degree and a minimum of 3-5 years related professional experience required
• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to achieve strong business performance through measurable results
• Excellent written, oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong research, administrative, computer and problem-solving skills

Benefits

In addition to a great team environment, we have a strong benefits package for our team members:

• Competitive base salary
• Team based profit sharing program
• 401K for all employees with 3.5% company match
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid Time Off Policy + 9 corporate holidays