Training & Development Partner (Full-time)

Training & Development Partner (Full-time)

Salary

$61,185.00 - $82,611.00 Annually

Location

700 W State Street, Milwaukee, WI

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

2026-05684

Division

Human Resources

Opening Date

05/27/2026

Closing Date

6/10/2026 10:00 PM Central

Application Requirements

Application Materials: All applicants (both internal and external) must complete the job application in its entirety and attach a resume and cover letter for consideration. Incomplete applications or applications without the required attachments will not be accepted.

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Description

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) is Wisconsins largest and most diverse technical college, offering 170+ high-quality programs that connect students to a career in as little as one to two years. The college also offers a less expensive path to a four-year degree. MATC is transforming lives, industry and our community by preparing students today for the careers of tomorrow. Together, we are meeting the needs of the community we shared and committed to eliminating equity gaps in higher education for both students and employees. We are seeking passionate individuals to join our team who share the same passion in serving this purpose. Learn more about MATC at www.matc.edu.

Under the general direction of the Director, Training, Development and Credentialing; the Training and Development Partner serves as a member of the training department to recommend, develop, and facilitate virtual and in-person training to support college strategic initiatives. Serves as an employee success liaison for new employees and leaders. Establishes a successful start for new employees at the college and is responsible for orientation, onboarding and training to help acclimate employees to the MATC culture and develop key competencies for success. This role also collaborates with the Division of Student Success and Community Engagement initiatives and training and provides administrative tracking and facilitation backup for the colleges Leadership Academy.

Work requires the use of independent judgment, working from broad institutional and divisional policies and general objectives.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

• Training Planning and Stakeholder Engagement: Identifies, plans and organizes training and development needs. Partners with managers in the development of training plans, schedules training and development courses as needed for individual employees and teams, and facilitates in-person and virtual training and development workshops to support employee and team development. Assigns required and elective learning to employees throughout the year to meet college compliance requirements and position required training.
• Onboarding and Orientation Development and Administration: Develops orientation, onboarding and training plans for new employees and managers. Administers and monitors the college's onboarding processes to ensure timely completion of new employee and manager tasks, accuracy of information, and effectiveness. Facilitates New Employee Orientation and monthly onboarding training series for new employees on MATC essentials. Completes touch-base meetings with new employees to increase engagement at MATC and new hire success.
• Training Software Management and Education: Designs and updates content in college's onboarding software and learning management system. Transforms existing training content into computer-based courses using Articulate and/or other e-learning authoring software tools. Maintains data entry for the college's learning management system including attendance lists, course completions, and learning transcript records; and runs statistical reports to ensure timely follow up and completion. Serves as the technical trainer for software such as Zoom and the Google suite to ensure employees can successfully use technology while serving customers and students virtually.
• Training Execution: Prepares and coordinates agendas and support materials for meetings and training events, distributes materials to appropriate individuals, maintains attendance tracking, and provides follow-up of content when required. Creates feedback surveys to determine training effectiveness and utilizing findings to adjust training content in support of continuous quality improvement
• Compliance Training Planning and Tracking: Serves as the departmental lead for the colleges annual mandatory compliance training program. Leads a cross-functional team of internal subject matter experts (SMEs) to design, develop, and refresh annual compliance courses. Takes primary ownership of building the deployment calendar, launching training modules, and tracking institutional completion rates. Proactively monitors employee progress, manages escalation workflows for past-due training, and generates final compliance reports for HR and college leadership, while cross-training peer T&D Partners to ensure backup support.
• Cross Function Workforce Planning: Meets regularly with peer T&D Partners to assess department-wide bandwidth, map out upcoming training calendars, and dynamically allocate resources to high-priority college initiatives or high-enrollment programs. Participates in continuous cross-training with other T&D Partner(s) to understand all technical disciplines and programs. Serves as a reliable backup to ensure uninterrupted training delivery and support across the department.
• Leadership Academy Tracking and Backup

Partners with the Director to support the college's leadership development pipeline, including the Emerging Leaders Program and Advanced Institute for Leadership. Acts as the primary to track participant submissions, evaluate coursework completion, and monitor milestones to ensure accurate progress toward program completion and certification. Serves as the departmental backup to facilitate workshops and guide cohort discussions in the Director's absence as needed.

• Ethics and Confidentiality: Practices honesty by demonstrating a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles, values, truthfulness and accuracy in all actions. Addresses all student and employee behavior in a confidential and respectful manner.
• Collaborative Teamwork: Establishes, maintains, and enhances positive work relationships with staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Continuous Learning and Professional Development: Maintains current knowledge of best practices and standards in higher education with an emphasis on community Colleges. Actively organizes and/or participates in applicable workgroups, trainings, workshops, seminars, committees and professional associations or conferences to promote continuous learning.
• Other duties: Performs other related duties within the scope of the position as required for the efficient operation of the division and to support institutional objectives.

Qualifications

Compliance with all state, federal, and accreditation standards/requirements, as well as all MATC policies and procedures.

Required Education & Experience:

• Associate's degree or higher in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Course Development, Facilitation, or related field
• At least four (4) years of related occupational experience working in human resources including course development and facilitation of training, experiential learning, or similar role.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Course Development, Facilitation, or related field
• At least two (2) years of related occupational experience working in human resources including coaching emerging or new leaders, and/or certification in leadership training or coaching (e.g., CPLP, ICF)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong public speaking, course development, project management and analytical skills.
• Ability to compile narrative and statistical reports and conduct research and write policies and procedures.
• Ability to understand, interpret and explain policies, procedures, and written and oral instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively through both oral and written means.
• Proactive and self-directed with ability to achieve results with minimal structure and direction.
• Ability to convey an image of professionalism and dedication in work related activities.
• Ability to work with culturally diverse student and employee populations.
• Proficiency in the use of computers and software specific to position, including spreadsheets and the Internet.
• Ability to work successfully with minimal supervision and serve in a leadership role to others.
• Ability to establish workflows, manage multiple projects, and meet necessary deadlines.
• Knowledge of diversity and inclusion strategies.

Supplemental Information

Start Date: This position supports the Human Resources Department and is available to start as soon as possible.

Hours: This position is a full-time exempt position and works 40 hours a week primarily during normal business hours. This full-time position has a probationary period of six months and upon successful completion will then be eligible for hybrid hours. All work must be performed in the state of Wisconsin.

Compensation: Hourly pay rates are listed up to the midpoint of the range and placement is determined based on years of experience, internal equity, and a review of the applicants employment and educational background as listed on the job application.

Application Materials & Requirements: To be considered for this position, all applicants (both internal and external) must submit a thoroughly complete application. An incomplete application will not be considered or reviewed.

Please follow these steps.

1. Complete the Employment Application in its Entirety

You must provide thorough and detailed information for all sections of the application form. An incomplete application will not be considered or reviewed.

2. Attach All Required Documents (At Time of Application)

• Cover Letter

• Up to date - Resume*

• NOTE: submission of a resume does not satisfy the requirement for a thoroughly completed application.

Interview: Qualified candidates chosen will be invited to interview virtually for the first round.

EEO: Milwaukee Area Technical College will not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, creed, religion, political affiliation, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, disability, age, membership in any reserve component of the armed forces, union affiliation, arrest and conviction record, or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law.

Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need special accommodation for the application process, please contact our office at 414-297-6529 (Wisconsin Relay System: 711) or email jobs@matc.edu.

Health Insurance

• MATC offers a choice between two medical insurance plans. See below for plan types:
• Low Deductible PPO
• High Deductible PPO

Upon selection, the coverage begins the first of the month following start date. You will have 30 days from your start date to enroll. MATC contributes a generous percentage towards medical insurance premium. Both medical plans include prescription drug coverage at no additional cost to employees. Employees are offered an option to enroll in a Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with the selection of the Low Deductible PPO plan. Employees are offered an option to enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA) with the selection of the High Deductible PPO plan with employer contributions.

Dental Insurance

• MATC offers a group dental plan through Delta Dental.
• Upon selection, the dental insurance plan coverage begins the first of the month following start date.
• Annual maximum per covered person is $2,500; plan covers preventive, routine, restoration, and has an orthodontic benefit for dependents up to age 19.

Vision Insurance

• MATC offers a group vision plan through Superior Vision..Upon selection, the vision insurance plan coverage begins the first of the month following start date.
• Plan covers eye exam, frames, lenses and contact lenses.

Group Life Insurance

• MATC offers group term life insurance benefits through Madison National Life Insurance Company effective the first of the month of start date and is fully paid for by the College. The amount of insurance is based upon the employee's annual earnings rounded to the higher $1,000.00. The benefit is doubled in the event of accidental death.
• Supplemental Life Insurance is also available at group rates for employees, spouses, and dependents to purchase.

Long-Term Disability

• MATC offers long-term disability insurance through Madison National Life Company after 30 days of employment and is fully paid for by the College. Benefits provided are equal to 66 2/3% of base monthly earnings.

Flexible Spending Accounts

• MATC offers two types of Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA):
• Health Care FSA
• Dependent Care FSA

This type of benefit allows employees to set aside pre-tax dollars per calendar year for a variety of medical, dental, and vision expenses (for a Health Care FSA) and for day care expenses for children under 13 or family members that are dependent on you for more than half their support (for a Dependent Care FSA) up to a maximum amount.

Retirement Savings

• Regular full-time employees of MATC who are hired for greater than 12 months become members of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)'s pension system as of day one of employment. The College currently pays the full cost of the employer contribution (6.9%), and the employee pays the full part of the employee contribution of 6.9% of salary. There is a five year vesting period requirement in order to qualify for any employer contributions made on the employees behalf. Contribution rates are subject to change annually as set by the State.
• In addition to the WRS pension account, employees may enroll in other optional retirement savings plan such as a 403(b) account or a 457 account on a pre-tax or post-tax basis.

Sick Leave

• MATC offers employees a generous sick leave plan per year.
• Each employee may accumulate up to 165 days of full sick leave with an unlimited accumulation of half pay sick leave.

Vacation

• MATC offers a vacation policy to employees for the purpose of rest and relaxation.
• Vacation is earned at a generous rate each year of employment. (Not available for Instructors)

Paid & Flexible (Floating) Holidays

• MATC offers 12 paid holidays for non-Faculty positions and 7 paid holidays for Faculty positions.
• MATC provides two flexible (floating) holidays per employee per year. (Not available for Instructors).

Tuition Benefits:

• Employees are eligible for tuition reimbursement and waiver after completing probationary period.
• Amount allowed per fiscal year is 18 credits at MATC or $1,400 at other accredited institutions.

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Candidates (both internal and external) must complete the employment application in its entirety for further consideration. Have you included and fully completed the education and experience information on your application?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have an associate's degree or higher in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Course Development, Facilitation, or related field?

• Yes
• No

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Please list your degree(s) and conferred field(s)?

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How many total years of related occupational experience working in human resources including course development and facilitation of training, experiential learning, or similar role.

• No related experience
• Less than two (2 years of related experience
• More than two (2) but less than four (4) years of related experience
• More than four (4) years of related experience

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Please describe your related occupational experience working in human resources including course development and facilitation of training, experiential learning, or similar role. If none, type n/a.

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Do you have formal training and/ or coursework in project management. Please describe.

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Do you have experience working in a technical college or higher education environment?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have experience working with Microsoft Office AND Google Suite?

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Job Parameters: - Full-time, 40 hours a week year-round position - 100% on site during six month probationary period, then hybrid options available - Milwaukee Downtown Campus location, 5 days a week - Hours are typically 8:30 - 4:30 pm daily - Pay range is $61,185 - $82,611 per year (FIRM) Are these hours, location and pay range acceptable to you? Please type comments below.

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This position has a probationary period of six (6) months. The person, including internal employees, who is hired for this role would not be able to transfer into another role within the college until the six (6) month probationary period has been completed. Is this acceptable to you?

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(INTERNAL Staff APPLICANTS ONLY) Are you past your probationary period with MATC? This means six (6) months if you are a current full-time employee and twelve (12) months if you are a current part-time employee. (EXTERNAL APPLICANTS TYPE N/A)

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Internal MATC employees CANNOT hold two positions at the college at the same time. This includes faculty and staff or any combination. (e.g. holding a full-time position and adding a part-time position AND/OR holding two-part time positions). If you are an external application, type n/a. Do you understand this policy?

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(INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY) Please list all positions previously and currently held at the college. (External applicants type N/A)

Required Question

Employer Milwaukee Area Technical College

Address 700 W. State

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53203

Phone 414-297-6529

Website http://www.matc.edu