Senior Learning and Development Specialist - Safety and Compliance Training Experience - Remote

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Learning & Development Specialist partners closely with a Principal Learning Consultant to design, develop, and maintain high‑impact learning solutions, with a primary focus on safety and compliance training. This role is heavily centered on e‑learning and online training development, supporting year‑round compliance efforts including new hire training, annual compliance releases, and training for new acquisitions as needed. While the Principal Learning Consultant typically leads stakeholder communication, needs analysis, and SME engagement, this role is designed to progressively grow into consultative responsibilities. The Senior Specialist will sit in on SME and stakeholder meetings, gain exposure to learning needs assessment and solution design, and increasingly consult independently with customers to recommend effective learning and performance solutions. The role requires strong proficiency across the adult learning development lifecycle, including assessing learning needs, designing and developing solutions, implementing training, and evaluating effectiveness. Learning solutions may include e‑learning and occasional instructor‑led or virtual components, with limited facilitation responsibilities as needed. This position also collaborates cross‑functionally with other departments to ensure learning solutions align with organizational goals, quality standards, and accessibility requirements. In addition, the Senior Learning & Development Specialist serves as a mentor and subject matter resource for peers, sharing best practices, tools, and innovative learning techniques.

Requirements

Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level: 5 years
Bachelor's (Required)
Adult Learning Theory (Advanced): Knowledge of the principles and practices of providing instruction to the adult learner. Able to focus adult learning goals and the ability to direct their own learning.
Training Needs Analysis (Advanced): A process of collecting information about a proposed learning program. A needs analysis addresses the following issues: restating the request, stating the business need, identifying the performance gap, conducting a task analysis, describing the learners, describing the learning environment, and identifying the project constraints.
Consulting (Advanced): The capability, normally based on a specific expertise, to influence others, manage the relationship and deliver results for a client in a professional manner
Educational Multimedia (Advanced): Multimedia is more than one training development medium, such as e-learning software, video/audio production editing, etc. Multimedia also includes the use of the combination of text, sound, and/or motion video in learning experience development.
Instructional Design (Advanced): The practice of maximizing the effectiveness, efficiency and appeal of instruction and other learning experiences consisting broadly of determining the current state and needs of the learner, defining the end goal of instruction, and creating the learning experience to achieve the intended goal of the learning.

Nice To Haves

Advanced proficiency in Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise for developing engaging, scalable e-learning solutions
Demonstrated instructional design experience, including designing, developing, and maintaining adult learning solutions aligned to business and compliance needs
Experience developing safety and compliance training, ideally in a regulated or enterprise environment with recurring annual training cycles
Highly receptive to feedback, with the ability to manage, prioritize, and incorporate high‑volume, organization‑wide feedback while meeting deadlines and quality standards

Responsibilities

Consults with customers to determine appropriate solutions for business need.
Conducts needs analysis to determine performance/engagement objectives.
Uses probing questions to determine root cause of issue or need for organizational development, learning or engagement experience.
Gathers content material from subject matter experts and performs research, as needed
Uses information obtained in analysis to design, develop, and implement program or solution that meets the need of customer.
Designs, creates and delivers effective in-class and virtual instructor-led classes, eLearning, job aides and performance-support materials as appropriate to meet the learning need.
Utilizes rapid instructional design tools and processes, adult learning theory and experience to develop and deliver effective training solutions.
Provides technologically innovative, engaging, and instructionally sound learning deliverables
Reviews, evaluates and reports program or solution effectiveness.
The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.