Edward Jones

Job Title

Senior Learning and Development Specialist

Recruiter

Demi Terveer

Opportunity Overview

Team Overview:

The Home Office Leadership Development team in Human Capital is responsible for developing, executing, and measuring the impact of the learning and development strategy for approximately 1500 home office leaders, team leader through director. As a member of the team, you'll have the opportunity to shape the strategy, design innovative and impactful learning experiences, tailored to the unique needs of your audience, deliver first-class learning experiences, and measure the impact they have on your learners.

The Senior Learning and Development Specialist is responsible for providing strategic consultation to key business partners in service of supporting and enhancing a leadership development ecosystem that demonstrably impacts business results and supports the ongoing development and engagement of home office leaders. This role is further responsible for designing, developing, curating, deploying, managing, and measuring innovative, best-in-class learning experiences and holistic solutions that align to leader "moments that matter," and support division and firm outcomes.

What You'll Do:

• Identify current and emerging learning and performance needs through ongoing consultation with key business partners within Human Capital.
• Design, develop and implement learning and development solutions through strategic partnerships with key stakeholders across the firm, positively influencing key performance indicators.
• Continuously develop and utilize expert knowledge to ensure recommended and designed learning solutions align with business needs, learner needs and best in class leadership development principles and theory.
• Partner with vendors to align solutions to Edward Jones leader needs, colleague experience and business outcomes.
• Apply broad business perspective and learning expertise to uncover, prioritize and address leader learning needs.
• Partner with data and analytics team to identify and implement measurement strategy to determine efficacy of learning solutions on performance and business outcomes. Provide regular reports of learning, performance and business impact of learning solutions.
• Demonstrate expert level facilitation skills in asynchronous, virtual and in-person classroom experiences.
• Design learner-centric development experiences that align to user/customer experience (UX/CX) best practices.
• Key business partners include but are not limited to division leaders, HC business partners, and business unit leaders and leaders/associates in the Talent organization, including the Leadership Development leadership team.

Req ID

107081BR

Position Type

Home Office

Position Schedule

Full-Time

EEO Statement

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Posting Location

Arizona, Tempe, Missouri, St. Louis

Company Description

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

External Flexible Work Option(s)

Hybrid

Awards and Accolades

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

Country

United States

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Position Requirements

What Experience You'll Need:

• • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in a learning related role (i.e. leadership development, instructional training design, development, learning measurement, consulting, facilitation, vendor management)
  • 5+ years of experience in influencing and consulting with key stakeholders to enable learning initiatives and projects affecting large audiences with positive outcomes. Ability to define strategy, implement action plans, recommend and implement continuous improvement, develop and monitor expense, manage and implement projects, and manage external resources
  • Deep expertise in current leadership development theory, principles, assessments, and frameworks
  • Ability to lead and manage multiple mid/long term projects concurrently
  • Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills
  • Ability to adapt to a dynamic and fast paced business environment
  • Ability to work successfully in ambiguous contexts and projects
  • Strong project management, project planning, time management and coaching skills
• Candidates that live within in a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**

Current INTERNAL home-based associates: While this role is posted as hybrid, if selected and accepted, you may retain your home-based status. Edward Jones intends in good faith to continue offering the role as home-based, though future business or regulatory needs may require on-site work.

Salary Information

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

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