Position Description
POSITION TITLE: Director of Learning & Development
SALARY: $13,781.13 – $21,432.47 Monthly
$165,373.56 – $257,189.64 Annually
OPENING DATE: 1/26/2023
CLOSING DATE: Continuous
EXAM: R9586C
TYPE OF RECRUITMENT: Open Competitive
Priority consideration will be given to those who apply by February 9, 2023.
ABOUT THE COURT
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Court) is the largest unified trial court in the United States. Its 580 judges and commissioners work in one of the 40 facilities within the Court’s 12 judicial districts and are supported by more than 4,600 full-time Court employees. The Court has an annual budget of approximately $1 billion. The Court plays a significant role in the rich diversity of Los Angeles County as it serves and provides access to justice to more than 10 million residents across 4,000 square miles in 88 cities.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Director of Learning & Development (L&D) will oversee the Court’s expanding employee learning and development team and work closely with Court leaders to ensure that L&D programs are aligned with the Court’s transformation goals. The Director, along with the L&D team, is responsible for building a culture of continuous learning, establishing a vision for L&D, and developing a strategy to elevate learning and development within the organization. The Director will evolve current employee learning, training, and development programs, create new programs, and ensure departmental learning and development programs are properly supported.
For a detailed job description, please click here. Please note the requirements in the job description may vary from the requirements in the bulletin. Applicants must meet requirements stated in this bulletin.
TELEWORK OPPORTUNITIES
This role has the flexibility to work remotely with the understanding that there will be in-person meetings, trainings, or other in-person activities. The individual selected must reside in California and be available to report to the Court HR offices as needed and within 2 hours in emergency circumstances.
SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:
To qualify, you must meet the following upon the final filing date of this bulletin:
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university** with a major in human resources, business administration, public administration or a closely related field -AND- seven (7) years of progressively responsible, diverse professional human resources experience, three (3) years of which must have been in a leadership capacity* overseeing a team of departmental managers responsible for employee training and development, management development, organization development, talent management or other equivalent experience in the field of learning and development.
- Leadership capacity is defined as having the responsibility for planning, organizing, implementing, and administering the work of a functional program or section through subordinate supervisory staff.
**EDUCATION VERIFICATION:
A legible copy of your college diploma -OR – transcript(s) (unofficial are acceptable) with the degree posted from the college or university must be attached to your online application following the guidelines below.
- Attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and should not exceed 10 MB per application.
- Documents must be attached prior to submitting the application. Once the application is submitted, you will not be able to edit or add documents.
For a list of acceptable accredited institutions or international universities, please visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation, www.chea.org/search, or http://whed.net/home.php.
Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/members/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
- Cover letter
- Resume
Please attach the required documents to your online application following the guidelines below. Failure to submit the required documents at the time of filing will result in your application being disqualified.
- Attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and should not exceed 10 MB per application.
- Documents must be attached prior to submitting the application. Once the application is submitted, you will not be able to edit or add documents.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
All applicants must be able to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 prior to beginning employment with the Court.
You are considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 2 weeks after you:
- Received a Johnson & Johnson (J&J)/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, or
- Received a second dose of a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or
- Finished the series of a COVID-19 vaccine that has been listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization [WHO]
Individuals with a medical condition that prevents them from getting a vaccine, as verified by their medical provider, or those with a confirmed sincerely held religious belief that prohibits them from receiving a vaccine, may request to be excused from this vaccination requirement as a reasonable accommodation to their medical condition or religion. The Court will review requests for accommodation on a case-by-case basis consistent with its existing procedures for reasonable accommodation requests.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will possess the following desirable qualifications:
- Experience working in a transforming culture environment.
- 7+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organization Development, Leadership Development and/or Human Resources related experience.
- 3 + years leading teams of Talent Management, L&D, and HR experts. Experience leading managers of managers.
- Experience scaling L&D functions and creating a learning culture.
- A strategic partner: ability to understand the business strategy and connect it to a learning and development strategy.
- Ability to think conceptually and strategically, with the ability to operationalize strategies and effectively execute them.
- Problem-solving skills with strategic knowledge about learning systems and talent tools required.
- Experience and ability to build, scale and lead a team of direct reports and create a positive team working environment.
- Ability to effectively drive change management and communication strategies to various audiences for new programs and initiatives at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and progress forward with a bias for action.
- Excellent presentation skills. Ability to synthesize information and present to audiences at all levels.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application.
APPLICATION and FILING INFORMATION:
Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the Online Employment Application Guide. Los Angeles Superior Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.
Please provide a current and accurate e-mail address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via e-mail. We recommend that you add info@governmentjobs.com to your safe senders list to avoid the notification being filtered as spam mail.
Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click here.
Questions regarding this posting may be emailed to APatterson@lacourt.org.
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. Applicants who successfully pass each (and all) examination part(s) will be placed on an eligible list which will remain valid for up to one year. Other vacancies may be filled using this list.
Exam #R9586C
Director of Learning & Development
Applications may be filed online at: www.lacourt.org
OR via the HR computer kiosk at
Los Angeles Superior Court
Human Resources Administration
111 N. Hill Street, Room 203
Los Angeles, CA 90012