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Learning Consultant
Overview
Skillsoft’s Professional Services team provides world-class, value-add services that enable our customers to maximize the impact of their learning investment. We do this through the strategic utilization of content, technology and learning and development methodologies that drive business results.
We are currently seeking a Learning Consultant (LC) who will execute a portfolio of standard and custom projects for the Federal Team. The Learning Consultant is responsible for drafting or modifying a project plan for each project and ensuring that all projects are completed within scope and to the quality standards required. Projects can include facilitating live sessions, developing workshops; driving and executing a Customer’s learning strategy, creating marketing plans and materials, curating content, building blended learning programs, conducting needs analyses, advising customers on best practices, measuring results/reporting and similar learning and development activities. Establishing solid rapport and working relationships with all external stakeholders to ensure a delighted customer experience for the duration of the project and to deliver clear value in accordance to the customer’s needs as described in the contract will be important for this role. The Learning Consultant is responsible for establishing solid working relationships with internal stakeholders across all areas of the organization as needed.
Opportunity Highlights
The following responsibilities represent the daily activities of a Learning Consultant:

• Keeps up to date on course/curriculum offerings, changes to certification tracks, newly released versions of Percipio and Skillsoft products to inform customer of appropriate changes as required.
• Work with account teams to focus on customer specific program needs. (E.g. engagement with stakeholders throughout the customer enterprise for analysis and alignment of learning solutions, aligning content to competency models and training needs, custom reporting and trend analysis to support value measurement, change management to support learning adoption, marketing and communication to support solution awareness, complex global roll-outs, etc.)
• Manage the delivery of service engagements for Skillsoft clients.
• Develop and maintain detailed project work plans, completing all deliverables on time and in scope.
• Conduct and participate in customer meetings virtually to collect and understand customer business needs around those services provided.
• Keeps up to date on L&D industry trends and best practices to align with customer’s goals and business priorities
• Evaluate project risks and raise to management in order to develop contingency plans and to respond to change in risk factors as the project progresses.
• React to change productively and undertake other tasks as assigned.
• Participate and follow through on professional development opportunities as they arise.
• Communicate project status on a weekly basis to management and account team, maintaining a repository of meeting minutes and project issues.
• Escalate issues that impact client relationships to Skillsoft management and internal resources for resolution.
• Acts as a liaison for Skillsoft and provides a communication point of contact as it relates to the customer’s service engagements within the parameters of the contract.
• Pursue understanding of the customer's business and learning priorities and goals as the basis for consulting and recommendations.

Skills & Qualifications

• Presentation skills: Can confidently deliver an engaging message to a group of people which achieves the meeting’s objectives.
• Influence and negotiation: Able to use persuasion to gain the support and cooperation from stakeholders, superiors, colleagues, subordinates and other parties to achieve a desired course of action consistent with the project's(s) strategic goals and objectives.
• Facilitation experience
• Project management: Creates and maintains an environment that guides a project to its successful completion.
• Project management, time management and organizational skills
• Advanced level of desktop application skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Access) with ability to learn new technologies and applications quickly as new application skills are required for the position.
• Relationship Management: Ability to establish effective working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders using diplomacy, courtesy and tact; to provide guidance in accordance with best practices and in a manner that enhances the customer’s perception of Professional Services and Skillsoft overall; to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent customer service experience
• Consulting Skills: Experience with applying L&D theories and methodologies with the ability to share recommendations, best practices and guidance for a variety of unique customer needs
• Intermediate L&D knowledge: Understands foundational principles of adult learning and development and the effective application thereof
• Strong experience with virtual and collaboration web tools.
• Familiarity with LMS or LCMS platforms, and preferably the integration of learning content with LMS platforms.
• Travel Limited, 10% on average annually
• Ability to conduct business in a virtual environment, working with multiple virtual teams
• Facilitation: Ability to engage participants in a virtual session; mastery of WebEx and/or other virtual delivery tools
• University degree in education, business, computer science, or a combination of post-secondary education and related experience.
• Experience or familiarity with the computer-based training market
• Data Literacy: The ability to analyze data to derive meaningful information, insights and provide recommendations that align to the customer’s goals. The ability to recommend data combinations/slices to best illustrate and track a customer’s progress towards learning goals.
• Experienced practitioner of learning facilitation, leadership development, learning ROI metrics and measurement, and/or learning strategy
• Team player and a strong relationship builder
• Accountability: Taking ownership of their responsibilities and executing autonomously; Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient and cost-effective manner. Shows readiness and ability to learn new concepts, processes, and tools.

Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be $82,000 - 124,000 annualized.
We offer full benefits. The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.
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As a federal contractor, Skillsoft requires all team members working in the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, any Skillsoft team member traveling to the United States for business will also need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
More About Skillsoft
Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.
Skillsoft is partner to thousands of leading global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company features three award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform, which offers measurable impact across the entire employee lifecycle. Learn more at www.skillsoft.com.
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