About the Job
Position Summary
The Learning and Engagement Lead is responsible for assessing company-wide developmental needs to drive training initiatives and identify and arrange suitable training solutions for employees. This position actively searches, creatively designs, and implements effective methods to train, develop, and enhance the skills and performance of Panorama employees.
This position will be responsible for building and driving a strategy reporting on the Voice of the Employee (VoE) that identifies opportunities to enhance the employee experience, then owns resulting strategies that further enable Panorama’s culture and talent growth. This position will enhance and facilitate the myriad of ways employees develop and grow their careers and skills. In this role you will have the autonomy to pilot new ideas and be accountable for creating and implementing measurable employee engagement initiatives. You will deliver scalable solutions and mechanisms to improve the employment experience at Panorama.
This full time, exempt position reports to the VP, People and Culture and is available on a fully remote basis within the United States.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads the development and continuous management of comprehensive learning and development plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Conducts assessments and analyzes to define performance, skill, and knowledge gaps to develop programs aimed at driving individual and organizational capabilities
- Collaborates with the People & Culture Team and other stakeholders to enhance employee engagement programs through annual and pulse surveys, townhalls, and other means
- Designs and implements an HR engagement strategy that cultivates a positive, open and innovative culture
- Develops competency-based learning pathways
- Leads Manager roundtables and brown bags
- Facilitates Employee Resource Group structure and collaborates with DEI consultant on embedding our culture compact principles and goals into ongoing L&E work
- Plans, organizes, and facilitates ongoing employee learning and HR engagement calendar
- Ensures employees have knowledge of learning and engagement events and resources, closely collaborating with Internal Communications Manager
- Conducts follow-up studies of all completed learning to evaluate and measure results and modifies programs as needed
- Sets KPIs and goals, and tracks measurable deliverables to understand the effectiveness of our educational efforts as we grow
- Supports our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion goals and incorporates those goals into trainings, facilitation, learning and engagement roadmaps, and overall strategy
- Ensures the development, integration, and adoption of inclusive approaches to all learning and engagement programs
- Explores, cultivates, manages, and expands vendor relationships, as needed
- Leverages internal and external data to provide deep analysis and insight
- Earns trust with key stakeholders by diving deep into business challenges and partnering on solutions
- Coordinates with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure content brand consistency, alignment, and efficiency across L&E communications
- Adapts material to a variety of multimedia training platforms and methods
Typical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Communications, Education, or relevant field
- Minimum of five years of experience designing and implementing employee learning and engagement initiatives/programs
- Strong experience with content development, specifically leveraging Learning Management
- Systems (LMS) and authoring/curriculum development and management tools, learning experience platforms (LXP), and content authoring tools
- Ability to design and implement effective training and development courses for new and shifting needs
- Experience with leading and monitoring employee engagement surveys, tools, and trends
- Very comfortable facilitating cross-functional and cross-level discussions
- Ability to synthesize data, learnings, and recommendations to provide executive summaries as needed
- Outstanding communication, listening, facilitation, and presentation skills–you are comfortable in a room or presenting content digitally
- Ability to quickly and efficiently synthesize and deliver information in digestible ways
- A strong understanding of adult learning principles, with a demonstrated track record of success in developing, delivering, measuring, and improving L&D programs
- A flexible, adaptable professional in the face of ambiguity – you’re not afraid to take an intelligent risk or change direction
- Strong understanding and interest in engaging in the intersection of DEI work with managerial leadership training in fostering team environments that are diverse, inclusive and psychologically safe
- Fluent in English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to evaluate and research training options and alternatives
- Are self-motivated and can work independently to meet deadlines and produce quality results without frequent supervision
- Like to problem solve and can maintain flexibility to adapt during change
- Manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously with ease
- Equally comfortable leading quick wins as well as long-term planning
Desired Qualifications
- Experience designing competency-based learning frameworks by job family
- Demonstrated ability to design curricula with a continuous-learning approach
- This job description is subject to change at any time.
About the Company
The Panorama Group
https://www.thepanoramagroup.com/
Panorama is a platform for social change dedicated to solving the world’s most intractable problems. Our goal is to maximize social impact by partnering with visionary leaders, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to codevelop solutions with audacious thinking, radical collaboration, and bold action. Panorama’s value proposition is helping partners to operate in smarter, more impactful, and more efficient ways.
The Panorama Group is a community of organizations that includes:
- Panorama Global, a social impact nonprofit that empowers changemakers through radical collaboration,
- Panorama Strategy, a social purpose consultancy that accelerates progress for clients through audacious thinking, and
- Panorama Action, which mobilizes voices and resources through bold action.
Compensation
Compensation & Benefits
The starting salary for this position is $85,000 alongside a comprehensive benefits package including:
90-100% employer-paid monthly premiums for employee only medical coverage depending on individual plan selection and 15% employer-paid contribution toward dependent coverage premiums
99% employer-paid monthly premiums for employee-only dental and vision coverage (family members can be added at employee cost),
Flexible spending account options for health, dependent care, and transit
100% employer-paid monthly premiums for life insurance, short-term disability, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
401(k) safe harbor plan with non-elective 3% employer contribution
Employer subsidized wellness membership with ClassPass
Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program which includes employee + dependent access to counseling services of up to 6 sessions per issue
Up to $500/year per employee in matching contributions to eligible 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.
Flexible paid time off
Employer-sponsored supplemental paid family medical leave benefit of up to 16 weeks after 90 days of consecutive employment
Flexibility to work from home anywhere in the U.S. (we provide the technology)
Commitment to professional development and growth
