Senior Leadership Advisor

State Employees' Credit Union • Raleigh, NC

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Leadership Advisor works directly with people leaders to support manager effectiveness through Leadership Development program delivery. The role facilitates skill intensives, provides mentorship, and connects managers with tools and educational opportunities aligned to business and personal development needs. The goal is to help SECU managers create an environment that empowers people to do their best work, embrace opportunities, and contribute to SECU’s success.

The advisor delivers interactive leadership and professional or soft-skills workshops, intensives, and cohorts in person and virtually. The role also builds trusted advisor relationships with leaders, supports strengths-based management, manages cohort components and surveys, and partners with Learning and Development and business leaders on communications, registrations, content curation, and special events. The position interacts with Center for Creative Leadership, LinkedIn Learning, and other leadership content providers to leverage resources and deliver best practices.

The role requires living in or within manageable commuting distance of Raleigh, North Carolina, and traveling to other training locations up to 40%. SECU reserves the right to fill the role at a higher or lower level based on business need.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Training, Human Resources, or a related field; an additional four years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree.
• Five to eight years of relevant experience.
• Five to eight years of experience leading a team and demonstrated strong competency in teaching or facilitating leadership or professional/soft-skills content.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to share knowledge and insight in compelling spoken, written, or visual form tailored to the audience.
• Currently hold or be willing to obtain certifications needed to become an expert in core focus areas, including Center for Creative Leadership, LinkedIn Learning, and other applicable programs.
• Knowledge of and curiosity about leadership and manager development, organizational health, adult learning, and human thriving.
• Experience and confidence interacting with leaders at all levels.
• Ability to execute and produce business results quickly and consistently with little intervention.
• Ability to succeed and establish partner relationships in a hybrid work environment.
• Must live in or within manageable commuting distance of Raleigh, North Carolina, and be able to travel to other training locations up to 40%.

Nice To Haves

• Professional coaching certification or equivalent, with coaching core competencies.
• Knowledge of adult-learning instructional methods and training techniques.
• Experience with change-management concepts and practices.
• Proficiency with virtual training delivery platforms such as MS Teams and Webex.

Responsibilities

• Lead interactive leadership and professional or soft-skills workshops, intensives, and cohorts in person and virtually, drawing on personal leadership examples to support leaders in addressing challenges and developing staff.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with leaders; serve as a mentor and accountability partner; and encourage leadership skill development and adoption of SECU’s strengths-based management approach.
• Manage cohorts, including component tracking, survey management, audience management, and collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Assist with communications, registrations, curation, and special events as a liaison between Learning and Development and business leaders.
• Interact with Center for Creative Leadership, LinkedIn Learning, and other leadership content providers to leverage resources and deliver best practices.

What This Job Offers

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