Job Description

Requisition ID: 168926 Career Group: Corporate Office Careers Job Category: HR Learning and Development Travel Requirements: 0 - 10% Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA) Province: Nova Scotia; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Québec City: Dartmouth, Calgary, Victoria, Mississauga, Montreal Location: Dartmouth Office, Bureau de Montréal-Nord, Calgary Office, Foord St. Office, King St. Office, Tahoe Office, Victoria Office Postal Code:
Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton’s Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

Sobeys Learning & Development Centre of Excellence is looking for a senior learning professional to support key strategic transformations and business functions requiring advanced learning and performance solutions. The Senior Advisor for Learning Performance is a key leadership role that requires superior consulting, project and stakeholder management, and innovation skills partnered with deep expertise in learning. Join our passionate learning team and let’s get started delivering the future of learning for our colleagues.

Business Function Learning Partner
Serve as the L&D CoE lead point of contact and learning partner for different Sobeys Business Functions:

• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships with leaders, subject matter experts and with L&D counterparts in the Business Function
• Understand the nature of the business in order to provide learning solutions that meet their unique requirements and priorities
• Partner with Business Function teams to develop learning strategies, curriculums and solutions and associated budgets that build internal capability
• Provide advisory services to assist with challenging client needs
• Ensure timely and quality delivery of L&D solutions and act as a point of escalation to address issues and challenges
• Work with the Business Function team to develop and track key metrics and provide insights that can be used for decision making
• Manage communications with the Business Function team to ensure that they are appropriately informed and consulted on L&D matters that impact them

L&D Project Lead
Lead the L&D Workstream on strategic projects that may impact multiple business functions:

• Take accountability for the end to end planning, management and oversight of the learning workstream of the project – from the initial needs assessment to delivery and implementation of learning asset, to evaluation and sustainment
• Define the learning solution and mobilize the necessary resources to deliver the solution
• Ensure learning solutions are aligned with the desired Sobeys culture, practices and standards and learning experience
• Provide direction, support and oversight to the learning team resources assigned to the project
• Secure learning vendors and manage the relationship with and performance of external resources to provide quality and timely work
• Partner with the Change Management Lead, Communications Lead and Project Manager to create a cohesive approach to the learning work stream and address any issues or challenges

Learning Program and Solutions Lead
Responsible for the end-to-end design, development, deployment (indirectly or directly), change management, and continuous improvement of one or more L&D programs

• Develop new or modify existing L&D programs including leading all necessary assessment, design, development, implementation, evaluation and reporting activities
• Ensure programs are aligned with the desired culture and leadership model, reflect a culture of inclusion, elevate the learning experience and meet the Sobeys L&D practices and standards
• Lead the communications/change management of new and changing L&D programs to ensure buy-in and adoption
• Own contracts with learning vendors and manage performance and budget for external resources
• Ensure ongoing measurement and evaluation of L&D programs to ensure effectiveness and efficiency

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Job Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma required, with a preference for adult education, instructional design, information architecture or education
• 8+ years direct experience in designing, developing and implementing learning programs across a number of areas
• 3 years experience in a consulting, learning partner, or account management role
• Experience managing/leading teams or project teams
• CHRP, CTDP or equivalent preferred
• Travel 10 - 30%

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