Learning and Development Specialist
Jane Street•4h ago
United StatesOnsiteFull-time
Visa-friendly
Top focus
Learning Development
- About the Position
- We are seeking a Learning and Development Specialist who can help our Talent Development team design and facilitate high-quality learning experiences. Ideally, you should have a teaching or training background, a strong understanding of how people learn
- a passion for creating impact through education.
- In this role, you will create and maintain a broad set of content—including developing new objectives and assessments
- rewriting and reshaping existing content. You’ll work closely with HR partners, subject-matter experts, peer instructional designers
- other external partners as you analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate
- maintain engaging and effective learning experiences for your colleagues.
- Additional responsibilities of the role will include:
- Managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment while delivering high-quality work on time
- Performing the research and needs analysis required in the development of content; and mapping course content and learning activities to the appropriate learning objectives
- Using a content-development framework to create engaging and effective learning content (e.g., courses, presentations, videos, one-pagers, hands-on activities, assignments)
- Designing learning experiences to support a variety of modalities (e.g., self-paced online training, virtual classroom training, in-person classroom training, or a blend thereof)
- Facilitating classroom-based training where appropriate
- Evaluating feedback and prioritizing updates to improve experiences for future learners
- About You
- Have 7-10 years of experience developing, implementing, and improving online and in-person learning experiences
- Have a BA or MA in instructional design, education, or similar with excellent knowledge of learning theories and instructional-design models
- Experienced with implementing adult-learning best practices and leading end-to-end instructional design projects
- Able to write, edit, and proofread effective copy, instructional text, presentations, and audio and video scripts
- Excellent verbal and written communicator; able to facilitate small and large group sessions
- Have a highly collaborative mindset; proven able to work with employees across a wide range of disciplines and build credibility throughout an organization
- Experienced in developing relationships with technical and non-technical people alike
- Organized with strong project management skills; experienced with managing complex projects
- If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com.