Employee Trainer
Location: Harrisonburg, VA - with regular travel to Roanoke
Do you enjoy teaching others and helping employees build the skills to provide safe, caring, and effective support? Cornerstone Support Services is seeking an Employee Trainer based in Harrisonburg to conduct training for employees in our Harrisonburg and Roanoke locations.
We especially welcome candidates with experience supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in residential and day support settings. This experience is preferred and would bring valuable practical knowledge to the role.
About the Position
The Employee Trainer will provide onboarding, orientation, ongoing training, and hands-on skills instruction. Working within Human Resources and collaborating closely with our training leader and program teams, you will help employees understand and apply Cornerstone’s approved training in their daily work.
This position focuses primarily on delivering established training, assessing employee understanding, maintaining training records, and sharing feedback to improve our courses.
Responsibilities
- Conduct engaging training for new and current employees in Harrisonburg and Roanoke.
- Use approved materials, group discussions, demonstrations, videos, and practice activities to help employees learn.
- Coordinate training schedules with HR and program supervisors.
- Evaluate employee understanding and skills, provide additional instruction, and identify retraining needs.
- Maintain accurate records of attendance, course completion, assessments, and training renewals.
- Collaborate with residential and day support teams to identify training needs and connect instruction to daily responsibilities.
- Share employee questions, feedback, and suggestions with the training leader.
- Prepare training spaces, materials, supplies, and equipment.
- Maintain certifications and instructor credentials applicable to assigned courses.
Qualifications
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to explain information clearly, lead group learning, and provide constructive feedback.
- Strong organization, time management, and recordkeeping skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating with HR, supervisors, and program teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and the ability to learn training and recordkeeping systems.
- Ability to travel regularly between Harrisonburg and Roanoke.
- Availability for occasional evening or weekend training to accommodate employee schedules.
- Ability to obtain and maintain certifications needed to teach assigned courses.
Preferred Experience
- Experience working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, particularly in residential and day support settings.
- Experience training, teaching, mentoring, or coaching employees.
- Experience providing direct support or supervising employees in disability services.
- Current instructor credentials in CPR/First Aid/AED or Therapeutic Options.
Why Cornerstone?
Your work will help employees build the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills they need to provide high-quality support to the people we serve. You will also have opportunities to contribute ideas that improve training across Cornerstone.
To Apply
Apply through Indeed with your résumé. Please highlight any experience in intellectual and developmental disability services, residential or day support programs, and employee training.