How to hire training and development managers

Job description template

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[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Analyze training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs.
• Conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires.
• Confer with management and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.
• Develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
• Evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, providing recommendations for improvement.
• Plan, develop, and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.
• Prepare training budget for department or organization.
• Train instructors and supervisors in techniques and skills for training and dealing with employees.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Bachelor's degree]
• Strong learning strategies, active listening, reading comprehension, speaking, monitoring and writing skills
• Working knowledge of education and training, English Language, administration and management and personnel and human resources
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $63.94 an hour ($133,000 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for training and development managers

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to analyze training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to confer with management and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. How do you teach yourself a new process, and how would you teach it to someone else?
6. Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
7. Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
8. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What training and development managers do

• Analyze training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs.
• Conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires.
• Confer with management and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.
• Develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
• Evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, providing recommendations for improvement.
• Plan, develop, and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.
• Prepare training budget for department or organization.
• Train instructors and supervisors in techniques and skills for training and dealing with employees.

Skills that matter most

Learning StrategiesActive ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingMonitoringWritingEducation and TrainingEnglish LanguageAdministration and ManagementPersonnel and Human Resources

Education, experience and outlook for training and development managers

• Typical education to start: Bachelor's degree (BLS)
• Experience usually needed to start: 5 years or more (BLS)
• Job outlook: +6.4% over ten years, faster than average · about 4,100 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay training and development managers

Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:

See training and development managers pay in every state

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.