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Independence Blue Cross

Learning Consultant

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Learning & Development 🗓️ October 22nd, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Independence Blue Cross is hiring a Learning Consultant. The role involves creating and executing enterprise and business area learning program strategies by partnering with leaders to assess skills, develop learning solutions, and drive organizational change. The consultant also manages instructional design, delivers training sessions, and evaluates learning effectiveness to support business outcomes.

Highlights
  • Build and maintain strategic partnerships with business leaders to identify learning needs and solutions.
  • Analyze business performance and use data to recommend effective learning strategies.
  • Develop and manage learning strategies for multidisciplinary and enterprise-wide programs.
  • Create and align curriculum with learning strategy, overseeing learning specialists' work.
  • Facilitate virtual and classroom training sessions, develop facilitation criteria.
  • Evaluate learning program effectiveness and implement measurement plans.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of instructional design, adult learning theory, and organizational behavior.
  • Seven or more years of experience in workplace learning roles with a bachelor’s degree required; master’s preferred.
  • Strong project management, communication, relationship management, and business acumen skills.
  • Experience working with executives and facilitating executive-level meetings.

Learning Consultant Full Description

Learning Consultant


Learning Consultant
Learning Consultant roles within a functional business area are responsible for the creation and execution of enterprise and/or business area learning program strategy. In this role, the Learning Consultant builds strategic partnerships to understand needs, assess workforce skills and capabilities against future needs, and proactively identify opportunities for integrated learning and development solutions.  

Performance consulting
·         Build and deepen strategic partnerships with leaders within a business area and/or across the organization.
·         Analyze business and performance needs, determining what solutions are required to address those needs.
·         Use effective data analysis and decision-making methods to derive findings, reveal trends and patterns in performance, and make recommendations.
·         Use effective presentation techniques to report findings and recommendations and gain agreement from decision-makers to move forward.
Learning strategy
·         Define, create, manage, and maintain learning strategies for multidisciplinary and/or enterprise-wide learning programs.
·         Engage in cross functional-collaboration and consulting with key leaders and business partners to address performance, business goals, and needs of the organization.
·         Assist with planning for and improving the readiness of the organization to benefit from the changes that are triggered by strategy implementation.
·         Create and execute detailed plans to deploy elements of the strategy.
Instructional design and development
·         Ensure alignment between learning strategy and curriculum development.
·         Create and curate high-quality, high-impact learning materials as needed.
·         Oversee the work of other learning specialists assigned to a development project.
Learning delivery
·         Schedule, prepare, and facilitate virtual and classroom sessions as needed.
·         Develop facilitation criteria for instructor-led program components.
·         Provide monitoring and oversight of program sessions delivered by other learning specialists.
Evaluation and measurement
·         Evaluate the effectiveness of learning strategies in supporting business outcomes.
·         Create and implement a measurement plan for key elements of the learning strategy.
Knowledge and skill requirements
·         Comprehensive knowledge of instructional design methodology and best practices, adult learning theory, and organizational behavior.
·         Experience interacting with executives and facilitating executive-level meetings.
·         Demonstrated ability to quickly assess organizational needs/ culture and implement appropriate interventions.
·         Strong written and oral communication skills, including skills in developing and delivering presentations for audiences of all levels of business.
·         Demonstrated ability to create momentum and foster organizational change.
·         Strong business acumen.
·         Ability to exercise good judgment within broadly defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
·         Seeks new information out to increase effectiveness and quickly assimilate new knowledge.
·         Strong relationship management and influencing skills at all levels; getting results with and through others
·         Strong project and program management skills and experience; planning, time management, stakeholder and vendor management
 
Experience and education guidelines
·         Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Learning and Development, Instructional Design, Business, or Human Resources; master’s degree preferred.
·         A minimum of seven years in a variety of workplace learning roles designing and delivering a wide array of learning solutions.
 
Independence has implemented a “Hybrid” model which consists of Associates working in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) and remotely 2 days a week (Monday & Friday). This role is designated as a role that fits into the “Hybrid” model. While associates may work remotely on our designated remote days, the work must be performed in the Tri-State Area of Delaware, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania.
 
IBX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.
 
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Inclusion and Belonging

At IBX, everyone can feel valued, supported, and comfortable to be themselves, and all associates have a fair opportunity to achieve their full potential.  We put these principles into action every day by acting with integrity and respect.  Celebrating and embracing diverse thoughts and perspectives that make up our workforce means our company is more vibrant, innovative, and better able to support the people and communities we serve.

About Our Company

Serving more than 8 million people nationwide, including 2.5 million in southeastern Pennsylvania, Independence Health Group — together with its subsidiaries — is the leading health insurance organization in the Philadelphia region. Our mission to build healthier lives for you, your family, and your employees shapes our actions and decisions every day.
 
At Independence, we see each of our members as an individual, with unique needs and concerns. We’re dedicated to harnessing the very latest ideas and technologies to deliver access to care that meets those needs and surpasses your expectations.  For more information about Independence access our website at www.ibx.com. We’re revolutionizing health care, and our focus is on you!
 
Equal Employment Opportunity

IBX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.
 
Agency Disclaimer

All resumes submitted directly to an Independence Blue Cross employee from a vendor via email, the Internet or in any other form without a valid written search agreement in place for this position from the Independence Blue Cross Family of Companies Human Resources Department will be deemed the sole property of Independence Blue Cross and the Independence Blue Cross Family of Companies. Please note that no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Independence Blue Cross or the Independence Blue Cross Family of Companies as a result of the referral or through means other than our established process.