About the RoleEquitable is looking for a Learning & Development Specialistto join the Learning & Development team! You will develop and facilitate content and curricula aligned to enterprise skills, leadership development, business acumen and ways of working skills to grow enterprise capabilities and drive employee development with proprietary intellectual property.
The Learning and Development team is part of the broader HR talent organization and will guide and execute on Equitable's end-to-end approach to learning, development, and talent management programs. This team is responsible for improving performance by building leadership, enterprise skills and ways of working capabilities required to deliver business outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing- Problem-solve, design and develop measurable and impactful data-driven performance solutions that improve enterprise capabilities.
- Design, develop and facilitate content and curricula aligned to leadership development, business acumen and enterprise skills including our ways of working.
- Work independently and collaboratively with team members and senior stakeholders, excelling in an ambiguous environment, and have a committed focus on outcomes.
- Thrive in creating and implementing new capabilities, programs, and solutions, with a focus on collaboration, innovation, and results.
This position offers a hybrid work schedule, with an on-site presence of 2-3 days per week combining flexibility with team collaboration.
The base salary range for this position is $75,000 - $110,000. Actual base salaries vary based on skills, experience, and geographical location. In addition to base pay, Equitable provides compensation to reward performance with base salary increases, spot bonuses, and short-term incentive compensation opportunities. Eligibility for these programs depends on level and functional area of responsibility.
For eligible employees, Equitable provides a full range of benefits. This includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off. For detailed descriptions of these benefits, please reference the link below.
Equitable Pay and Benefits: Equitable Total Rewards Program
QualificationsWhat You Will BringRequired Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree
- 4+ years designing and developing training curricula and learning programs with experience leading learning and development training sessions in a corporate environment
- 2+ years working in an agile culture (iterative development, continuous improvement, minimum viable products, etc.)
- Ability to present complex topics logically and succinctly
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in financial services, insurance and/or consulting industries
- Experience in asynchronous learning content creation tools, Synthesia, Articulate suite, or equivalent
- Experience in building or facilitating leadership development programs
- Program management and change management capabilities, with experience designing, implementing, and scaling learning and development programs that drive measurable business outcomes.
- Highly organized and dependable, with the ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining a focus on outcomes and impact.
- Self-starter and comfortable interacting across multiple levels within the organization
- Strategic problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to analyze business needs, anticipate challenges, and translate insights into effective learning and development solutions.
- Grasp of Equitable business model (e.g., how Equitable makes money, different Equitable business lines and products, distribution channels, etc.)
SkillsCommunication: Understanding of the importance of insightful listening and communicating and ability to provide information and messages in a way that produces clarity and impact.
Curriculum Design: Knowledge of methods, tools and techniques of curriculum design; ability to develop an instructional delivery system that meets the learning needs of a given population in a timely fashion.
Group Facilitation: Knowledge of group facilitation best practices and ability to design and facilitate a group process, elicit contributions from group members, stimulate a focused group discussion, and achieve a desired outcome.
Multimedia Learning Systems: Knowledge of functionality and operation of multimedia learning systems; ability to utilize the systems to facilitate learning activities.
Training Programs Management: Knowledge of processes and procedures of training programs management; ability to design, implement, evaluate and develop an organization's training programs to achieve high business performance.
