Education Specialist

Fort Collins, CO

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Telvent is seeking an Education Specialist in Fort Collins, CO. As a member of the Education Services team, this position would be focused on core and custom course development and delivery efforts surrounding the ArcFM Solution suite of products. Please read the full job description below.

Company Overview:

Telvent delivers Information Technology for a sustainable and secure world.  Telvent delivers sustainable smart electric grid solutions – offering proven, real-time information management tools and practical utility experience. Its complete Smart Grid Solution suite is built on a single data model available across the enterprise for optimized decision making.

This integrated, scalable solution will let utilities efficiently plan, design, operate and evolve a reliable and efficient smart electric grid for the benefit of customers and the environment, today and tomorrow. At the source of Telvent’s success are its people.

Job Description:

Education Specialists at Telvent are highly skilled, personable professionals who are passionate about learning and technology. They possess strong facilitation skills and an impressive ability to translate and convey difficult concepts to groups with varied skill sets. The role is predominately outward focused as you interact directly with our client and partner communities, often as the face of Telvent. Course development and classroom-based delivery targeting the ArcFM Solution suite are the foundations of the position. Education Specialists are a tightknit team of talented individuals constituting the Education Services group which is housed within the larger functional division of Delivery; the arm of our company responsible for configuring, customizing, and implementing Telvent technology for clients across the United States and around the world. Intra and inter team collaboration and coordination are key components of this technical training and development centered position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver technical training courses to clients and partners both domestic and international
• Develop core training courses, informal workshops, and custom educational solutions
• Maintain existing training content in conjunction with a quarterly based software release cycle
• Create new training content in parallel with new and evolving products, oriented to both GIS and Smart Grid technologies
• Lead fully custom course development projects for unique client implementations of the ArcFM Solution suite of products
• Conduct Training Needs Assessments in support of custom course development projects
• Instruct and ramp up internal Telvent employees
• Support other Telvent teams with projects, conferences, client demonstrations, and benchmarks
• Author text-based and multimedia-based content for posts on public facing company blog-
  ArcFM Buzz
• Interact directly with client, partner, and employee personnel in support of project implementations
• Troubleshoot, install, and configure local and VM environments comprised of software and databases
• Design and deliver an emerging prototype set of e-learning offerings (web-based tutorials, on-line instructor-led courses, virtual training video libraries, etc.)
• Support content updates to the Education Services section of the Telvent Utilities Group microsite
• Execute the Telvent Train-the-Trainer and Authorized Telvent Instructor programs
• Assist with administrative tasks related to the preparation and delivery of educational offerings
• Perform other education related duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

• BA or BS in adult education, computer science, engineering, GIS, or related field
• Experience in instructional design and technical training
• Experience working with adult learners in a technical setting
• Strong foundation in technical writing
• Independent, self-motivated, team player with a people-oriented personality
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, and a honed ability to multitask
• Outstanding facilitation skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, demanding environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (specifically Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access) required
• Familiarity with WebEx, Microsoft Visio, Camtasia Studio, Camtasia Relay, Captivate, FullShot, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, and Adobe CS5 a plus
• Basic knowledge of commercial RDBMS, specifically Oracle and SQL Server
• Experience with ArcGIS Desktop and other Esri products a plus
• Experience with utilities, GIS, or Smart Grid a plus
• Experience with an object oriented programming language, such as C# or Visual Basic .NET, a plus
• Experience with ArcObjects a plus 
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally: 25% to 50%

About Telvent
Telvent is a global IT solutions and business information services provider dedicated to helping improve efficiency, safety and security for the world’s leading companies. Telvent serves markets that are critical to the sustainability of the planet, including the energy, transportation, agricultural and environmental sectors. (www.telvent.com)

About Schneider Electric
As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine manufacturers, Non-residential buildings, Data centers & Networks, and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group’s 110,000 plus employees achieved sales of 20 billion euros in 2010, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.
www.schneider-electric.com/company

To Apply:

To be considered for this position, please email your resume to recruit@telvent.com and state the job title in the subject line. You may also mail or fax your resume to:

Telvent
Attn: Kara Cutter
4701 Royal Vista Circle
Fort Collins, CO 80528
Fax: 970-223-5577

An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V