Learning Consultant (Hybrid - 1 Day a Week Remote)
1 day ago
New York
GP Strategies Corporation has an exciting opportunity for a Learning Consultant to join our team. This is a full-time, benefitted role supporting one of our major financial clients located in Buffalo, NY. This position is onsite four days per week, with one day remote. In this role, you will be partnering with a leading financial institution to support learning initiatives. We are seeking candidates with prior experience in learning consulting with a preference for bilingual (Spanish/English) skills. The Learning Consultant is accountable for project managing the deployment of instructor-led and virtual instructor-led learning solutions. This role is responsible for participating in end-to-end solution from identification of learning need (needs analysis), to providing expertise on training deployment best practices, through to project management of delivery. The role will apply a consistent project management rigor to every new/updated course that is introduced to ensure successful launches. The role will partner directly with regional teams, and suppliers to maintain overall project governance, and serve as the single point of contact for deployment preparation including managing pilot activity (if required), trainer sourcing and local certification. The role will work in partnership with Regional and Local Learning Leads, Global Deployment Managers, Faculty, Administration Teams and Suppliers. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Engage with Learning Consultants and Specialists to understand the learning needs of the organization and how this supports the aims, objectives, values, and culture of the business., • Provide support during Solution Development phase to determine operational deployment strategy, ensuring that resources can be estimated, and local deployment/delivery needs can be represented., • Provide subject matter expertise on course catalogue to output delivery recommendations based on course feedback, trends, and current strategies., • Identify training delivery needs not currently supported by the course catalogue and support customers in sourcing new content., • Work with Global Delivery stakeholders to review and understand requirements of the Program Manual working in partnership with local clients for any regional requirements., • Act as main point of contact for stakeholders for the request of delivery needs, working with them to understand delivery requirements, scoping of required resources and prepare costing information in line with approved rate cards., • Ensure accurate class data is input into the Demand Process for scheduling and Service Order generation to support., • Lead Demand Planning Meetings, planned and ad hoc with recommended agenda to ensure accurate visibility into scheduled and planned delivery and outline recommendations via take up review for cancellations and action based on class volume and budget consumption insights and trends., • Liaise with other internal service areas and/or external suppliers to meet ensure the agreed deliverables and administration of classes are met as agreed in contract., • Proactively report and highlight any risks and issues to the project plan or deliverables with relevant mitigation actions as required., • Understand Course-specific communications needs and manage output of communication and marketing calendar updates needs through Administration Teams., • Manage any changes to scope and complete change requests as necessary. Qualifications: • Professional qualification/degree or equivalent, • Proven experience in the learning field, • Knowledge of learning interventions, • Experience in the deployment of informal and formal blended learning solutions to include e-learning, VILT, and ILT, • Experience with deployment of large-scale initiatives, • Analytical and data reporting skills, • Bilingual (English/ Spanish – LATAM) preferred Desired Skills: • Working knowledge of Organizational Development interventions, • An understanding of organizational matrix dynamics, • Previous consulting experience with Senior Leaders regarding business and learning strategy, • Understanding of excellent facilitation skills, • Experience in the design of informal and formal blended learning solutions to include e-learning, VILT, ILT and Modern Learner, • Previous experience of project management methodologies such as critical path, critical chain, and agile management, • Multi-cultural experience, • Experience in Leadership and Management training GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. 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