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Cross River is hiring an L&D Consultant to develop and implement learning and talent development initiatives aligned with the company's culture and business goals. The role involves designing training programs, partnering with HR and subject matter experts, facilitating workshops, and managing learning activities to enhance employee performance and development.

Highlights

Design and implement learning and development programs supporting the entire employee lifecycle.
Assess learning needs and develop effective solutions in collaboration with business leaders and HR Business Partners.
Create learner-centered training materials using instructional design principles and adult learning theory.
Facilitate workshops and manage employee development events end-to-end.
Vet and manage relationships with third-party learning vendors.
Use MS Office and Canva with proficiency; experience with Articulate Storyline or Rise preferred.
Required minimum 5 years’ experience in Learning & Development and/or Instructional Design.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
Knowledge of banking and finance regulatory compliance preferred.
Hourly pay range is $40.00 to $60.00.

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L&D Consultant

at Cross River (View all jobs)

Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world’s most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion.

We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker’s list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple – our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team.

What We're Looking For

Cross River Bank is seeking an experienced L&D Consultant to partner with our Talent Management team to help build, launch, and elevate Talent initiatives, programs, and processes (e.g., Promotion process, Onboarding, Performance Management, Employee Experience). The position reports directly into our Head of Talent management. We are looking for candidates who can build relationships quickly, drive for results, are resourceful, strong problem solvers, and passionate about Learning and Talent development. If you are all these, and you have a solid learning background, we want to talk to you.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement learning and development programs and initiatives to support all stages of the employee life cycle, in partnership with HR Business Partners, to build a culture of continuous learning
Assess learning needs and requests; determine the most appropriate solutions based on consultation with business leaders or HRBPs
Partner closely with SMEs to design appropriate solutions, socialize proposals to ensure alignment, iterating based on feedback along the way
Use instructional design principles and adult learning theory to create engaging and effective learner centered-training materials, including e-learning, simulations, videos, job aids, learning aids, and other multimedia content
Evaluate effectiveness of deployed learning strategies including content, delivery methods and learner outcomes, to improve the learning experience
Facilitate workshops, programs, and discussions
Manage related leadership and employee development learning activities/events end-to-end
Align development programs to organizational values and business priorities
Participate actively in special projects and on-demand assignments
Elevate our compliance/technical/leadership program offerings
Effectively vet, partner and evaluate 3rd party learning and development vendors
Stay up to date and serve as an internal expert on latest industry trends in technical learning, new technologies, adult learning principles, and vendors in the marketplace

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in associated field to experience
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated Learning & Development and/or Instructional Design experience (required)
Advanced knowledge/skills/certifications of adult learning principles, accelerative learning, blended learning, workplace learning, organizational learning, social learning
Strong facilitation skills (preferred)
High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point) as well as Canva (required)
Proficiency with Articulate Storyline or Rise (preferred)
Strong visual design skills
Knowledge of banking/finance industry regulatory compliance and standards (preferred)
Knowledge of Learning Management Systems and advance technologies (preferred)

Competencies:

Excellent communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Highly collaborative; great team player
Ability to confidently interact with senior management and partnerships at all levels of the organization
Problem solving skills
Well-developed planning and organizational skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Innovative mindset
Analytical skills
Project management skills

#LI-ZN1 #LI-Hybrid #LI-Onsite

Hourly Rate: $40.00 - $60.00

Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

By submitting your application, you give Cross River permission to email, call, or text you using the contact details provided. We will only contact you with job related information.

Original Job Description

L&D Consultant

at Cross River (View all jobs)

Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

What We're Looking For

Responsibilities:

Design and implement learning and development programs and initiatives to support all stages of the employee life cycle, in partnership with HR Business Partners, to build a culture of continuous learning
Assess learning needs and requests; determine the most appropriate solutions based on consultation with business leaders or HRBPs
Partner closely with SMEs to design appropriate solutions, socialize proposals to ensure alignment, iterating based on feedback along the way
Use instructional design principles and adult learning theory to create engaging and effective learner centered-training materials, including e-learning, simulations, videos, job aids, learning aids, and other multimedia content
Evaluate effectiveness of deployed learning strategies including content, delivery methods and learner outcomes, to improve the learning experience
Facilitate workshops, programs, and discussions
Manage related leadership and employee development learning activities/events end-to-end
Align development programs to organizational values and business priorities
Participate actively in special projects and on-demand assignments
Elevate our compliance/technical/leadership program offerings
Effectively vet, partner and evaluate 3rd party learning and development vendors
Stay up to date and serve as an internal expert on latest industry trends in technical learning, new technologies, adult learning principles, and vendors in the marketplace

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in associated field to experience
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated Learning & Development and/or Instructional Design experience (required)
Advanced knowledge/skills/certifications of adult learning principles, accelerative learning, blended learning, workplace learning, organizational learning, social learning
Strong facilitation skills (preferred)
High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point) as well as Canva (required)
Proficiency with Articulate Storyline or Rise (preferred)
Strong visual design skills
Knowledge of banking/finance industry regulatory compliance and standards (preferred)
Knowledge of Learning Management Systems and advance technologies (preferred)

Competencies:

Excellent communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Highly collaborative; great team player
Ability to confidently interact with senior management and partnerships at all levels of the organization
Problem solving skills
Well-developed planning and organizational skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Innovative mindset
Analytical skills
Project management skills

#LI-ZN1 #LI-Hybrid #LI-Onsite

Hourly Rate: $40.00 - $60.00

By submitting your application, you give Cross River permission to email, call, or text you using the contact details provided. We will only contact you with job related information.

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