Power BI Technical Trainer

Company: Softworld Inc
Location: Lansing
Posted on: April 19, 2024

Job Description:

Power BI Technical Trainer

6 month Contract

Hybrid in Lansing, MI - onsite 3 days, home 2 days.

Technical Trainer (preferably one with experience developing course curriculum for Power App/Power BI/Data Visualization and/or Python). Must be onsite 3 days a week in either Lansing MI. Idealy they are looking for someone to train users how to build out reports in Power BI.



The Technical Trainer is responsible for teaching, developing technical curriculum, and facilitating technical courses. The Trainer assists in analyzing the skills of current staff and tracking new developments and training opportunities at this client. In addition, the trainer will be responsible for developing and maintaining relations with third-party vendors and assessing their course offerings.



Essential Job Responsibilities

Coordinates technical training for the client's IT department.
Develops new course curriculum (ILT and e-Learning) with emphasis on appropriateness to the client's IT models and platforms.
Teaches and facilitates courses to internal personnel.
Learns new technical languages and materials.
Oversees scheduling, registration, attendance and billing of courses.
Schedules and maintains training facilities and supplies.
Communicates and negotiates price and content with potential training vendors.



Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Strong knowledge and experience with one or more of the following:
Instructional Design Methods (ADDIE/SAM) in developing strategic blended learning solutions (ILT & WBT).
ELearning design and development.
Microlearning development.
Adult education and knowledge of current research on the topic preferred.
Multiple programming languages, tools and technologies.
Various operating systems and environments.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Strong knowledge of software development processes and procedures.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Expertise in a variety of training concepts, practices, and procedures.
Ability to work with managers at various levels to recommend training solutions.
Ability to reason and simplify complex processes.
Strong knowledge of MS applications.
Strong project management skills.
Ability to travel between the client's various locations/offices as frequently as required to support training needs.
Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment to achieve desired results.
Ability to work extended hours as needed.



Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience and/or education. required.
5+ years of combined teaching and industry experience required.
3+ years of experience designing and delivering technical training for adult learners required.
3+ years of experience in designing e-learning required.
3+ years of a combination of web, client-server, and mainframe programming knowledge preferred.
UNIX and NT, Mainframe experience preferred.
JAVA, C/C++, COBOL, SQL, experience preferred.



Skills

Power App/Power BI/Data Visualization and/or Python

Azure, Software development, Development, Angular, Instructional design, E-learning, IT training, Document management system

Will be teaching this class via MS Teams meetings.

Will first develop the course and then be the lead instructor.

Various levels of students from employees in the business unit that wants to learn more about data visualization to senior software engineers that are looking to expand their development skills.

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