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Employee Development Specialist

Location: This is an onsite position based out of Berlin, CT 5 days a week

ASSA ABLOY is a global leader in door opening solutions dedicated to providing a safe, secure, and accessible building environment. Every day, we help billions of people move through a safer, more open world with ease. If you've ever walked through an automatic door, stayed in a hotel, or gone through passport control, you've probably used one of our products or services. 

The Door Security Solutions Sales and Marketing team represents more than 30 door, frame, and hardware brands, along with complementary products that come together to deliver comprehensive opening solutions that are safe, secure, and convenient. Our industryleading portfolio enables customers to achieve the highest levels of security, performance, and design from a single, trusted source-allowing for fully customized solutions tailored to their unique needs. 

What you will be doing:

The Employee Development Specialist will support the execution and continuous improvement of the company's employee onboarding, development, and engagement programs. This role will be responsible for coordinating onboarding activities, supporting employee development initiatives, facilitating training and mentorship opportunities, and helping employees successfully navigate key career development experiences.

This individual will support a high-volume onboarding and employee development program while partnering with hiring managers, HR, leadership, IT, Marketing & Training, and business teams to deliver a consistent and engaging employee experience. Success in this role will require exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, strong project management capabilities, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key areas you will contribute to the role include:

 Employee Onboarding & Development:

• Support the coordination and execution of onboarding and employee development programs across the organization.
• Manage onboarding schedules, communications, checklists, training resources, development materials, and key milestones.
• Partner with hiring managers, HR, IT, Training, and business leaders to ensure onboarding and development activities are completed successfully and on schedule.
• Maintain onboarding tools, resources, program documentation, and development materials to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
• Support continuous enhancements to onboarding and development experiences that promote employee success and engagement.

Employee Experience & Stakeholder Coordination:

• Facilitate new hire orientation sessions, onboarding events, employee experience activities, and professional development programs.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for new employees throughout their onboarding journey.
• Coordinate welcome communications, mentorship assignments, networking opportunities, and employee engagement touchpoints.
• Build strong relationships with managers, leaders, mentors, trainers, and cross-functional partners to support employee success and development.
• Conduct onboarding and development check-ins and assist in addressing challenges or opportunities for improvement.
• Provide logistical and program support for the Sales Trainee Educational Program and other employee development initiatives.
• Support participant progression through training, onboarding, development, and career advancement opportunities.

Program Operations & Administration:

• Maintain detailed program schedules, timelines, tracking tools, and implementation plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities to ensure readiness for onboarding sessions, training programs, development events, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Support internal communications related to onboarding, development, and employee experience programs.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, documentation standards, and program requirements.

Data, Reporting & Continuous Improvement:

• Track onboarding, training, mentorship, and employee development program participation and completion.
• Maintain program records, reporting tools, dashboards, and employee development documentation.
• Gather feedback from employees, trainees, managers, and mentors to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support initiatives designed to improve employee engagement, development, readiness, retention, and overall employee experience.

What we are looking for:

• You have strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• You are highly detail-oriented with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to execute effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• You are a strong, clear, and effective communicator and relationship builder who works well across all levels of the organization.
• You are proactive, dependable, and solutions-oriented.
• You take ownership of projects and consistently follow through on commitments and deliverables.
• You demonstrate a passion for creating exceptional employee experiences and supporting employee growth and development.
• You are a multi-tasker who can manage time, priorities, and competing deadlines
• You have experience supporting onboarding, employee engagement, employee development, learning, mentoring, or training programs.
• You have strong interpersonal skills and can establish credibility and trust with employees, managers, and stakeholders.
• You are comfortable facilitating presentations, orientations, training sessions, and group discussions.
• You can balance strategic thinking with hands-on program execution.
• You have the ability to support data tracking, reporting, and program effectiveness measurement.
• You are adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving business needs.
• Ability to travel occasionally to support onboarding events, training programs, and employee development initiatives.
• Ability to work onsite at Berlin, CT 5 days a week and while traveling.

Education and/or experience:

• Your background includes a Bachelor's degree (preference for specialization in related curricula such as: Marketing, Communications, Business, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field), or have work experience commensurate with, minimum high school/GED diploma.
• Preferred: 3-5+ years of experience designing, coordinating, and delivering employee experience, learning and development, talent growth, onboarding, and engagement initiatives that support employee development and organizational effectiveness.
• Experience coordinating programs involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, and participant groups.
• Experience facilitating onboarding activities, employee events, training sessions, or development programs preferred.
• Experience gathering and analyzing feedback, tracking program effectiveness, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience supporting early career, trainee, internship, leadership development, or mentorship programs preferred.
• Exposure to B2B, sales, or corporate environments preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams).
• Experience supporting employee communications, internal events, or engagement initiatives preferred.

Organizational relationships:

• The Employee Development Specialist will report to the Sr. Manager, National Events & Prof. Dev. as part of the Marketing and Training department.

Special considerations:

• Must be available to work onsite at Berlin, CT 5 days a week.
• Must be willing to travel (up to 30%).

ASSA ABLOY offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including bonus, a 401(k) plan, education assistance, and an environment that reflects our commitment to our employees. The wage range for this role considers a broad scope of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions. Pay within each range is based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, to primary work job-related knowledge, skills, experience, training, licensure and certifications, business requirements, geographic location and other business and organizational needs. This salary range is a reasonable estimate for this position at the time of posting. ASSA ABLOY conducts regular review of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.

Working for ASSA ABLOY means that you will be part of a dynamic environment, developing innovative solutions to improve our customers' lives. As the global leader in door opening solutions, we are using the latest technologies to open doors to events, hospitals, education, homes, hotels, airports and businesses. Joining ASSA ABLOY means being part of a fast-moving company with many opportunities.

 "Let's open the doors to the future - together!"

ASSA ABLOY is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veteran

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access. 

As an employer, we value results - not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.