Learning Consultant

BerryDunn • Hamden, CT

2d • $90,000 - $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Learning Consultant serves as a business partner to business area leaders, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to identify talent development needs and design solutions that drive business results and build workforce capabilities. This role manages learning initiatives from discovery and analysis through design, implementation, and evaluation, leveraging evidence-based learning strategies, instructional design expertise, and strong consulting skills.
The Learning Consultant recommends and develops learning and non-learning solutions to improve individual and organizational performance while supporting business goals. Solutions may include professional and technical training, compliance education, performance support resources, learning pathways, and other talent development initiatives. The role manages multiple projects simultaneously while building trusted relationships, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring learning solutions align with organizational goals.
This position may be based in one of our office locations or fully remotely.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design or technology, adult education, organizational development, I-O or educational psychology, or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience consulting with business leaders to identify learning and development needs and recommend solutions that improve performance and achieve business outcomes.
• 5+ years’ experience applying adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, and learning consulting practices to design and deliver a variety of learning solutions in corporate settings.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and collaborating across functions.
• Ability to collaborate across functions, influence, negotiate, and facilitate productive discussions with leaders and teams.
• Skilled in business partnering, stakeholder management, conducting needs analysis, information synthesis, and solution recommendation.
• Proficiency with virtual collaboration technologies, Microsoft 365 applications, learning management systems, and authoring tools (e.g., Articulate Rise and Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, or similar).
• Strong skills in facilitation, project management, communication, presentation, and organization.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with cross-functional partners.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and strengths-based work environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in professional services, consulting, or other knowledge-based industries.
• Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) or Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credential
• Gallup®-Certified Strengths Coach credential

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with business area leaders, subject matter experts, HR partners, and other stakeholders.
• Consult with stakeholders by facilitating strategic discussions on development strategies, learner engagement, and talent development best practices.
• Serve as a learning and development advisor to the assigned business area.
• Contribute to a collaborative community of Learning Consultants by sharing ideas, building capabilities, and advancing learning consulting practices together.
• Conduct needs analysis to identify business challenges, capability needs, desired outcomes, and success measures.
• Recommend evidence-informed learning and non-learning solutions aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructor-led (in-person and virtual), blended, and self-paced learning experiences and solutions that apply adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, and incorporate continuous development practices.
• Develop courses, learning paths, curated content collections, job aids, and other resources to support job performance.
• Facilitate engaging and learner-centered virtual and in-person experiences.
• Lead learning projects from analysis through implementation and evaluation.
• Create project plans, reflecting scope, timelines, dependencies, roles and responsibilities, and planned deliverables and/or outcomes.
• Coordinate activities across stakeholders and project team members.
• Document and communicate project status, risks, challenges, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Manage multiple priorities while ensuring quality, responsiveness, and achievement of business objectives.
• Update project workload indicators in tracking systems to show capacity, communicate progress, and support informed decision-making.
• Establish success measures and strategies to evaluate the impact of learning initiatives.
• Analyze learner and business leader feedback, performance insights, and business outcome data to inform recommendations and continuous improvements.
• Stay current on learning science, workplace learning trends, and emerging technologies to drive innovation.
• Support learning technologies, learning management systems, and digital learning platforms.
• Maintain learning records, reports, communications, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable continuing education, regulatory, accreditation, or organizational standards where applicable.
• Contribute to the planning and execution of enterprise learning programs and annual development initiatives.

Benefits

• Eligible employees have access to benefits that go beyond what’s expected to support their physical, mental, career, social, and financial well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level