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Location

Aurora, ON | Canada

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Job description

We put our people first. As an employer of choice, Acera Insurance  offers an outstanding workplace and employee culture that creates valuable opportunities for all employees.

Our people are:

• Encouraged to challenge the status quo and never stop learning in their commitment to excellence.
• Empowered with a sense of accountability and autonomy to take ownership of their work.
• Treated with respect and act with integrity by putting clients, colleagues, and community first.
• Recognized for their achievements and celebrate festivities, big and small, to make work fun.

We also proudly offer most employees the opportunity to become owners. With over 550 employee owners, Acera Insurance is the only Canadian brokerage that is widely owned by its employees. Our employee owners have a vested interest and get to share in Acera Insurance’s success — which they make possible.

Join our award-winning network of over 1,000 professionals across Canada and change the way people feel about insurance.

Job Details

Status: Full-time, permanent

Location: Any location with an Acera Office

Salary Range: $60,000-$100,000 per year

Job Summary

The Director, Learning & Development is responsible for improving the productivity of Acera’s employees and ensuring that National Standards are upheld across the organization. This position assesses company-wide developmental needs to drive training initiatives and identifies and arranges suitable training solutions for employees. This position actively searches, creatively designs and implements effective methods to educate, enhance performance and recognize performance.

Responsibilities

• Using the understanding of the business needs to create, execute, and oversee national learning strategies and programs
• Evaluate individual and organizational development needs
• Implement various learning methods companywide (e.g. coaching, job-shadowing, online training)
• Assess the success of development plans and help employees make the most of learning opportunities
• Hire and oversee National L&D Specialists, while working in close partnership with Regional leaders and L&D specialists
• Foster two-way communication and collaboration with Regional L&D teams, taking a train-the-trainer approach where applicable 
• Develop and maintain organizational communications such as the intranet to ensure employees have knowledge of training and development events and resources.
• Conducts follow-up studies of all completed training to evaluate and measure results.
• Organizes and supports training for new initiatives such as new software systems and tools
• Contributes to the development and roll-out of Acera best practices across all business units
• Organizes and leads training for new partner integrations, in partnership with regional stakeholders

Requirements and skills

• Proven past experience in insurance as a Learning & Development leader
• Current knowledge of effective adult learning and development methods
• Experience in project management
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills; sharp business acumen
• Ability to build rapport with
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to design and implement effective training and development.

Acera Insurance is one of the largest independent, employee-controlled brokerages in Canada. With over 60 locations across Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and the Yukon, and $1 billion in gross written premium, our team provides individuals, families and businesses unbiased insurance and risk management solutions that have a distinct Canadian perspective. Our collaborative work structure combines our people’s strength and expertise to offer greater value, knowledge, and resources to our personal and commercial clients nationwide, including comprehensive group benefits.

Acera Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to all forms of diversity in the workplace. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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Salary

$60k - $100k per year