Initial Posting Date:
03/05/2026Application Deadline:
03/23/2026Agency:
Oregon Business Development DepartmentSalary Range:
$5,712 - $8,757Position Type:
EmployeePosition Title:
Learning & Development Partner (Learning & Development Specialist 2)Job Description:
Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency, is currently hiring a Learning & Development Partner (Learning and Development Specialist 2 -Limited Duration). If you are passionate about adult learning and committed to fostering continuous professional development this is the role for you. This role plays a critical part in enhancing Business Oregon’s workforce performance, strengthening skills, and supporting our organization’s strategic goals through innovative and impactful training initiatives.
Note: We are committed to fostering a supportive work environment that promotes work-life balance and flexibility. This is a hybrid position that may have the ability to work from home, with the expectation of an occasional in-office presence as needed to support business operations.
This is a Limited Duration position and is currently approved through June 30, 2027. This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current positions and may be used to fill future vacancies.
Here’s what you will do:
This position will be the training and development specialist for the agency’s system modernization project, Economic Development Management System (EDMS). This project will have a go-live in mid-2026. Creating and leading training and job aids for this project will be a predominant focus for the first six to twelve months.
Assesses organizational and programmatic needs based on agency goals and initiatives in collaboration with leaders, managers, HR staff, employees, and partner talent development organizations.
Designs agency-wide training and learning solutions that encompass a wide range of topics that meet assessed needs and further the talent life cycle of the agency.
Creates lesson plans and builds training materials including slide decks, handouts, workbooks, and job aids to support learners.
Creates assessment and evaluation methodologies to measure the effectiveness of offerings relative to the defined learning objectives.
Provides educational opportunities using appropriate formats including in-person classrooms, online/webinar style classrooms, blended learning, and asynchronous learning.
Consults and collaborates with managers and leaders at all levels on needed organizational development solutions.
Adheres to adult learning theory best practices for accessibility, equity, engagement, and retention of learning.
Provides customized offerings to meet team needs/goals, while aligning to agency-wide goals and initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications:
Five years of work experience designing, planning, and implementing adult education courses, or applying web-based technologies in a blended learning environment; OR
Five years of work experience designing, planning, and implementing organizational development strategies.
A bachelor's degree in Education, Organizational Psychology, Business or Public Administration, Training and Development, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, or related field may substitute for three years of the work experience stated above.
Requested Skills:
The ideal candidate will possess a combination of some or all the following skills.
If you have these requested skills, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose who will move forward! You do not need to have all these skills to be eligible for this position.
Experience training frontline staff, managers, executives, and/or external stakeholders with the ability to facilitate discussion.
Experience creating videos, job aids, eLearning modules, facilitator guides, and quick reference tools.
Proficiency in tools such as Articulate, Camtasia, Captivate, Adobe products, Learning Management Systems (LMS) platforms, video editing tools, etc.
Experience designing complex system training tied to new systems or enterprise implementations.
Experience supporting organizational change efforts with an understanding of adult learning.
Managing multiple deliverables under tight timelines within implementation schedules.
Experience creating and delivering training for a system modernization project.
We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every one of our requested skills listed.
What Business Oregon does:
Business Oregon is the economic development agency for the state of Oregon. We have about 200 people on our team, and we work with communities and businesses. We use our programs and expertise to help businesses grow, so they can in turn add jobs, diversify the economy, and increase Oregon prosperity. We work with communities to enhance and expand infrastructure and community safety with projects such as water/wastewater systems, seismic rehabilitation for schools, or rural broadband development. This also sets the stage for future business development. Our mission is to invest in Oregon’s businesses, communities, and people to promote a globally competitive, diverse, and inclusive economy, all carried out with an agency strategic plan.
Through a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility we can advance towards our vision of prosperity for all. As the state of Oregon’s economic development agency, Business Oregon advances socio-economic justice by applying an equity lens to our programs, partnerships, and investments, ensuring that our decision-making and resource allocation reflect the needs of all Oregonians. By embedding diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into our agency’s culture and practices, we work to expand access, dismantle barriers, and promote equitable economic opportunities across the state.
The Operations Division serves every part of the department and includes all central administrative services. The Operations sections include Employee Services (ESS), Fiscal and Budget Services (FABS), Information Technology (IT), Internal Audit, Communications & Research Services, Modernization & Internal Business Support (MIBS), and Procurement and Contracts (PAC).
The Modernization Program supports the division and its mission by providing continuous evaluation of OBDD’s processes and systems that directly support strategic initiatives and transformation that will grow capability and capacity of internal and external functions, process improvement of business processes, and implementation of technologies that enhance the economic development system for stakeholders resulting in increasing regulatory efficiencies, reducing regulatory burdens, and overall improved delivery of services.
How to Apply
Please Note: Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM PDT/PST on Monday, March 23, 2026.
Complete the following required steps:
Fill out the application. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday account through the Jobs Hub.
Attach your current resume and cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that are listed under the “requested skills” section above.
Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.
Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “requested skills” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the requested skills.
Clearly demonstrate in your resume and cover letter how you meet all the minimum qualifications and requested skills listed above.
Failure to submit the required resume and cover letter may remove your application from consideration.
Complete the questionnaire. After you submit your application, please go to your Workday inbox and respond to the public records request authorization, and gender identity questionnaire.
Answer the checkbox-style questions in the questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit your application, which completes the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.
Warning – Workday will timeout after 15 minutes of inactivity and will not save your application progress unless you use the “save for later” function. If you need to take a break, please be sure to click the save for later button to save your progress. You will find your unfinished application in your Workday inbox.
Veterans, Disabled Veterans & State Servicemembers
Eligible veterans and Oregon National Guard servicemembers (current and former) who meet the qualifications of the position will be awarded candidate preference. For more information, please visit Veterans Resources. Be sure to submit your documentation prior to the close date of this posting to have the preference considered. Click on the Veterans, Disabled Veterans & State Servicemembers link for additional information. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.
What’s in it for you:
Work/life balance, generous benefit package, 11 paid holidays a year, 3 paid personal days, flexible work schedules, paid leave, employer contribution retirement plan (PERS), and so much more. Learn more about working at Business Oregon and the benefits we offer.
Planning for your future. Pension plan, and deferred compensation packages.
Deepening employee engagement by connecting and building strong teams, using enhanced communications, transparency, mentoring, and coaching.
Care for our people and culture. At Business Oregon, we value community and foster a sense of belonging for our employees. We invest in our employees’ well-being including training and professional development, addressing burnout and other efforts that contribute to healthy, whole employees.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness. If you’re employed by a government agency, you may be eligible. Learn more.
Additional Information:
Business Oregon does not offer visa sponsorship. Within three days of hire, all applicants will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security's Form I-9, confirming authorization to work in the United States. Learn more.
Hiring a successful candidate will be contingent upon the results of a criminal background check. Adverse background data may result in immediate disqualification.
This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current position and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.
Per the Pay Equity Law passed in 2017, a pay equity analysis will be conducted to determine what pay step the successful candidate will be offered. The analysis will be based on the relevant experience, education, training, and certifications documented in the application materials.
This position is a management service non-supervisory, full-time position, exempt and is not represented by a union.
This is a PERS qualifying position. Employees new to the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) will get a 6.95% base salary increase and will pay a 6% employee contribution to PERS, after an initial six-month waiting period.
Are you looking to live in and experience Oregon? Learn more about life in Pendleton, Salem, and Portland.
Need help?
We invite you to contact the recruiter for application questions or job-specific questions.
The recruiter for this position is Caroline LeQuieu, HR Analyst. If you contact the recruiter, please include the job requisition (REQ) number at the top of this job post.
Email: Caroline.LeQuieu@biz.oregon.gov
Phone (call or text): 503-779-8071
It is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation for all applicants who may need it. Should you need assistance or accommodation, please contact the recruiter at Caroline.LeQuieu@biz.oregon.gov to discuss how we can best meet your needs.
Business Oregon is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.
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