Senior Talent Development Specialist

WCLC is evolving how our culture enables strategy and performance. You will help design talent solutions that build capability, support change, and strengthen a shared culture of growth and accountability. Be part of a team shaping the next chapter of culture and capability at WCLC. 

Do you have a passion for designing meaningful learning experiences that engage employees, accelerate growth, and elevate performance across the organization? Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) is looking for a Senior Talent Development Specialist to drive high impact learning, leadership, and talent initiatives across our organization. In this role, you will design and implement enterprise-wide programs, strengthen leadership capability, support succession planning, and advance DEI learning efforts. You will collaborate with leaders, People and Culture team partners, and external vendors to build effective, scalable development experiences that support organizational success 

Key Responsibilities 

•  Designing enterprise‑wide learning and development programs that build capability, support organizational priorities, and enhance the overall employee experience.
• Developing and maintaining leadership development frameworks and tools that strengthen leader capability at all levels.
• Facilitating workshops, leadership sessions, and learning experiences that reinforce our culture and empower employees to achieve their goals.
• Coordinating and managing vendor relationships, ensuring high‑quality learning solutions and alignment with organizational needs.
• Maintaining succession planning tools, analyzing readiness data, and recommending actions that support long‑term talent growth.
• Supporting DEI initiatives through training, engagement programs, and inclusive development practices.
• Collaborating across departments to ensure alignment between learning programs, business needs, and regional priorities.
• Documenting and standardizing processes and methodologies to support consistent, scalable development practices across the organization.

Qualifications 

• Diploma or degree in Human Resources, Adult Education, Organizational Development, or related field, or equivalent experience. 

• 3–5+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or Talent Management. 

• Strong knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, and leadership development. 

• Skilled facilitator with experience delivering workshops and leadership programs. 

• Strong project leadership and consulting skills; ability to manage multiple priorities. 

• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and collaboration skills. 

Who you are: 

• A proactive contributor with a strong sense of urgency, initiative, and follow through, especially when collaborating to move work forward. 

• A relationship builder who can influence at all levels and thrives on partnering with others to achieve shared outcomes.  

• A passionate developer of people, committed to advancing inclusive, meaningful learning experiences that help others grow.  

• A curious, creative problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset and a drive to elevate learning programs.  

Who we are: 

 You may not have heard of us before, but you’ve almost certainly heard of the products we help bring to players throughout the Prairie Provinces and the North every day; lottery games like LOTTO 6/49, SPORT SELECT, and dozens of instant scratch tickets.

WCLC is the non-profit organization authorized to manage, conduct, and operate lotteries – at retail and online – and other gaming-related activities for the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as well as the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. We work closely with our provincial partners to bring a first-rate lottery experience to our players and meet their changing needs with new technology and tools.

We know it’s our people that make this possible, which is why we invest in building talented, adaptable, and accountable teams. We’d love to talk to you about how you fit into that.