ADVISOR / SENIOR ADVISOR, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT (Temporary 16 months)

Position overview

Challenges and responsibilities

• Collaborate across the organization to improve the learning and development offering and provide a standardized employee experience.
• Analyze development needs and design, deploy, and measure learning strategies with subject matter experts.
• Use artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to improve learning efficiency, personalization, and impact.
• Facilitate virtual and in-person workshops using adult learning practices.
• Build trusted relationships and influence leaders on strategy, decisions, and priorities.
• Establish project governance and engage stakeholders at the appropriate level for project complexity.
• Evaluate the effects of interventions, measure effectiveness, and adapt to changing business needs.
• Advise internal partners and provide strategic guidance to internal and external partners.
• Maintain external partner and vendor relationships to deliver targeted initiatives.
• Track emerging learning, development, and organizational development approaches and contribute to evolving the practice.
• Act as a resource and mentor to more junior team members when required.

What the employer is looking for

• A bachelor's degree in business administration, human resources, learning and development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least five years of learning and development experience, including organizational learning program design, development, and deployment in a large corporate environment.
• Experience in governance, organizational project management, and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to align skills development and learning initiatives with organizational strategy and desired culture.
• Strong business acumen and interpersonal and influencing skills.
• A master's degree is an asset; banking-sector experience is an asset.
• Onboarding program and sales training program design experience is a strong asset.

Work model

• BDC describes its work model as hybrid.

Benefits and development

• The employer describes flexible benefits, an employee savings and investment plan with employer matching, a defined benefit pension plan, and a wellness and health care spending account.
• The posting mentions paid vacation, personal and sick days, and offices closed from December 25 to January 1.
• The posting describes opportunities for learning, training, and development.