Who We Are
SCC is a small but impactful Crown corporation that reports to Parliament through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Using our expertise and vast network, SCC helps organizations by opening a gateway to possibilities, both at home and abroad. We bring people together, foster collaboration and expand their horizons in trade, sustainability and global connectivity. We represent and advance Canada’s interests on the international stage in ways no other organization can.
As Canada’s national standardization body, SCC offers more than a few pieces of the standards development and conformity assessment puzzle. We provide comprehensive strategies that allow Canadian businesses and innovators to contribute to shaping established and emerging markets. We help knock down trade barriers and create opportunities for businesses to innovate and expand into new markets by laying the foundation for their success.
SCC’s work also helps drive Canada’s health, well-being and economic prosperity. Whether it’s the food we eat, the products and technologies we use, or how we get to work, every aspect of our lives is touched by standards. Standards and conformity assessment not only provide confidence in the quality and safety of products and services, they also play an integral role in improving the overall health and safety of Canadians, and of their environment. At SCC, everything we do is aimed at improving Canadians’ quality of life and economic prosperity.
Our Culture
A recipient of Waterstone’s Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures award in 2023, 2024, and 2025, we foster a culture grounded in our core values of respect, professionalism, and integrity. Our culture continues to evolve as we adapt to new ways of working, strengthening our ability to collaborate, remain agile, and support one another. This sustained recognition reflects a workplace defined by compassion, flexibility, and a shared commitment to excellence.
A Day in the Life of a Learning and Development Specialist
The Learning and Development Specialist plays a key role in designing and implementing learning strategies and programs that build capacity across assessment personnel, accreditation personnel, clients, and ASB staff. The position involves collaborating with internal teams to ensure training solutions align with organizational goals, support continuous development, and meet regulatory and compliance requirements, including existing and emerging standards. Responsibilities also include creating engaging training materials and managing and maintaining the Learning Management System (LMS) to ensure learning resources are accessible, effective, up to date, and support ongoing compliance.
Your Background
Requirements
Security clearance: Reliability
Language: Bilingual Imperative (SISS)
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, adult education, business administration or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience and skills
- 5–10 years of experience in corporate Learning and Development or Talent Development roles
- Experience supporting organizational effectiveness, including leadership development, employee engagement, change management, and team performance
- Proven ability to design, deliver, and evaluate impactful learning programs aligned with business objectives
- Strong capability in leveraging learning metrics and people data to assess program effectiveness and inform continuous improvement
- Experience developing reports, dashboards, and insights to communicate learning impact to senior leadership
- Ability to guide leaders and teams in applying learning insights and tools to support performance and decision-making
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate learning data and outcomes into clear, compelling narratives for a corporate audience
You May Also Have
- CHRP/CHRL designation
- CTDP designation
Key Activities
- Develops and updates learning solutions in collaboration with subject matter experts, these may include classroom programs, e-learning, workshops, webinars, on-the-job interventions, mentoring programs, or any other learning program.
- Conducts needs assessments to identify performance gaps and learning solutions to support ASB personnel (contract and staff) in closing identified gaps.
- Designs learning solutions, in consultation with learners and other stakeholders, capable of ensuring that ASB personnel have the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to deliver on service commitments.
- Implements the learning project from beginning to end, ensuring deadlines, budgets and deliverables are achieved, and negotiates project expectations with key stakeholders.
- Facilitates classroom and online learning sessions, ensuring that learners benefit from a supportive and productive learning environment capable of achieving learning objectives.
- Evaluates learning solutions through multi-level evaluation techniques and recommends improvements to better achieve corporate performance objectives.
- Supports the management of competence records for assessment personnel through expert advice on competence management, and the use of tools such as the Learning Management System and other technology.
- Coordinates ongoing communication and engagement activities (newsletters, etc.) to support continuous development of assessment personnel.
- Maintains LMS and records as it pertains to Learning and Development
- Creates reports, dashboards and presents findings to facilitate Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM)
A Final Note
Note 1: Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Note 2: SCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.
Please attach a detailed cover letter to your resume. In addition to learning about your education, training and experience, we want to hear your story! We’d love to hear about how your accomplishments, and the skills you applied to achieve them, relate to the role and why you think this opportunity is a good fit for you.
We are committed to creating and fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment that reflects the peoples’ lives that we impact and the Canadian community that we work within. We strive to create an environment where everyone is comfortable being their authentic selves. We welcome Indigenous peoples and persons from all races, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, and physical or mental abilities to be part of our team.
We strive to ensure a barrier-free selection process. If you are contacted regarding a job opportunity, testing or interview, please advise the HR representative of the accommodation measures that you require to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.
Please complete all fields in this online application and submit before the closing date.
Upon our review of all applications, those who appear to be the best fit with the mandate of this role and with SCC’s mission and vision will be contacted. You will receive confirmation that your application has reached us.
Thank you for your interest in SCC and for taking the time to review this ad. We look forward to hearing from you!
