Sr. Talent Development Partner

Sr. Talent Development Partner

Requirements

• Advanced analytical, collaboration, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Advanced skills in building relationships, presentation, group facilitation, and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Advanced skills in multi-tasking, priority setting, organization, risk management, project planning, and project management.
• Advanced skills in applying a holistic view to performance problems, identifying root causes, and recommending learning solutions as required.
• Demonstrated experience in quality assurance testing of learning solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with both the instructional design and development of multi-channel (i.e., Classroom, eLearning, virtual synchronous or asynchronous, role plays, simulations, games, videos, job aid, blended, other digital) solutions in alignment with adult learning theories and instructional design methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of current and emergent trends in learning design and development.
• Some ability to develop content into engaging and accessible solutions for multichannel delivery including classroom, online courses, synchronous/asynchronous, virtual, simulations, webpages, videos, games, social platforms, mobile and print.
• Strong ability to conduct quality assurance testing of multichannel solutions against instructional design standards.
• Intermediate ability using Articulate 360 products including Rise & Storyline.
• Basic ability to develop SharePoint sites using SharePoint Designer and SharePoint workflows.
• Advanced ability using Microsoft Office Products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Knowledge of other applications such as and the Adobe Master Creative Suite, Audacity, Camtasia, Canva, Miro, SnagIt, Visme, Vyond, Zoom and other educational technology tools an asset.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, establish priorities, organize, and plan work.
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Ability to produce in a fast-paced environment, remain flexible, and adapt to shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with the HR Strategic Business Partners, identify and prioritize learning needs of specific employee segments, conduct skills assessments to identify specific learning needs, and recommend learning solutions for knowledge-gap and performance related problems.
• Conduct learning needs analysis and evaluate business unit’s overall learning requirements, business objectives, desired results, and constraints.
• Ability to act as a learning content curator. The learning content curator will identify the most relevant information for a specific group of target audience and contextualize and organize it before presenting it to them.
• Investigate available learning methods and procedures to determine the most effective manner by which to meet specific learning needs (i.e., facilitator-led, virtual synchronous, virtual asynchronous, online learning, blended learning, resource guides etc.).
• Work collaboratively with business SMEs where required to gather or vet content.
• Create instructional design documents for review and sign off by all stakeholders.
• Utilize a wide variety of educational technologies to develop meaningful learning experiences.
• Design and development include: change management, communication, pre/post activities and evaluation tools, adhering to adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies and an Agile learning development model (SAM/Llama).
• Assess learning program participants for knowledge and behavior changes as required.
• Analyze and recommend process improvements for team processes and procedures.
• Coordinate with the HR team and external vendors to plan and schedule learning/educational interventions.
• Recommend and coordinate updates to existing learning materials for continuous improvement of course content and program delivery techniques.
• Continually build a knowledge base of current and emergent educational technology trends, innovations, industry standards and best practices to ensure learning offerings continue to engage all learners.

Preferred Qualifications

• CTDP certification, CPTD certification, or Learning Guild membership an asset.
• Ability to thrive within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture.