Learning And Development Specialist

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill's food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Learning and Development Specialist, will lead the effort to develop, implement and evaluate adult learning and talent development activities. In this role, you will use your knowledge as the domain specialist to, create learning curriculum and materials, select appropriate delivery methods and assess learning effectiveness for the general workforce and for targeted field and technical areas.

Key Accountabilities

• Analyze adult learning needs and collaborate with site leadership to develop new programs or modify and improve existing programs.
• Plan, develop and provide education and staff development programs, with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• Interpret business issues to determine recommendations for the use of internal and external industry leading benchmark practices for adult learning content design and delivery.
• Develop sustainable learning plans with metrics, processes and management systems to measure and ensure adult learning effectiveness.
• Lead vendor partner management and coordination for ongoing adult learning classes.
• Coordinate and organize learning materials, multimedia visual aids and other presentation materials.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Leading our new hire onboarding team and improving employees onboarding experience.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Proven digital experience related to adult learning including expertise in virtual training and facilitation tools
• Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and learning design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups and the measurement of outcomes
• Knowledge of Microsoft suite

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Human resources certificate

Position Information

• Relocation assistance can be provided for this position.

Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill's safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet