Learning And Development Specialist

About this job

Reporting to the Head of Learning, the Learning & Development Manager will be responsible for the facilitation and management of leadership development for Patra's current and aspiring leaders. You will interact with various teams to gather requirements, develop project plans, create content and facilitate delivery to support the learning needs and opportunities. This position is responsible for managing learning projects from needs analysis to deployment, considering the complexities of a diverse audience. You will build on a strong foundation to up level and scale our existing learning programs and talent management processes, with the opportunity to be innovative and creative about how to grow our talent internally.

Core Duties by Competency:

Knows the Business

• Facilitate both soft skills and technical skills training through live learning activities and workshops remotely and in person as required.
• Partner with business leaders and Human Resources to determine how to best support the development and career progression of Patra employees.
• Manage learning projects from needs analysis to deployment, considering the complexities of a diverse audience.
• Manage programs for first-time managers, coordinating with admin staff on logistics, training facilitators, managing program quality.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the latest trends, best practices, and methods as they relate to leadership development, adult learning theory and learning technologies.

Leads Others

• Be a leader, coach and mentor for all things training, learning, and development.
• Champion a culture of learning and people development throughout Patra.
• Contribute to development and maintenance of learning standards, templates, and best practices.
• Motivated by challenges; have a positive outlook and an energy for rolling up your sleeves and doing whatever needs to be done.

Accountable

• Collect metrics and communicate results. Make updates and improvements as needed.
• Partner with vendors to enable solutions that drive flexibility, speed and learning innovation.
• For identified needs, develop detailed design roadmaps which include key activities, timelines, and resource requirements needed to achieve objectives. Define metrics and methods for evaluating results

Team Player

• Interpersonal Skills:
• Demonstrates the ability to work well with Patra colleagues and clients and with external organizations
• Promotes Culture of Respect & Safety:
• Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety and respect; Communicates concerns
• Uses and promotes safe respectful behaviors based on training and lessons learned

Minimum Requirements

• Masters degree in leadership development, Human Resources, Workplace Performance, or related field preferred.
• Five+ years experience in learning and development preferably in a corporate environment.
• An exceptional communicator in both written and verbal interactions; strong presentation skills.
• Experience delivering leadership training using all available delivery modalities, including in- person instructor-led and virtual instructor-led, webinars, eCourses, blended training, etc.
• Emotionally intelligent and able to build strong relationships and trust (both in person and virtually) with leaders and employees of diverse backgrounds and all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver quality, client-focused results on time and within budget.
• Experience leveraging adult learning methodologies, standards, learning modalities, learning management systems, eLearning authoring tools (Articulate suite preferred), and MS Office.

Working Conditions

• 95% Work from home, with occasional in person visits to India offices
• Ability to sit for long periods of time and flex hours to collaborate with potential direct reports and other team members in other countries.

Patra Corporation is an equal opportunity employer committed to celebrating diversity and creating a safe and inclusive environment for all employees.