Senior People Development Partner

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

Pay Range: $88,300.00 - $132,400.00

Job Description

About the Role:

The Senior People Development Partner is a learning and development role focusing on creation of visual materials designed to support and enhance learning, development, and retention for leaders and staff. The role is responsible for creative visual solutions to enable learners' success in achieving learning objectives and providing data-driven results. The role may partner with and facilitate highly confidential talent management activities. The Senior People Development Partner is a resource for development and an advocate for success, enabling organizational results generated through learning and performance improvement solutions. 

Location: The position is 5 days per week and requires you to work in office 4 days at the WGU headquarters: 4001 South 700 East Salt Lake City, UT 84107. 

What You’ll Do:

• Design a variety of engaging learning experiences using blended learning approaches, including in-person and virtual workshops, coaching, and eLearning modules.
• Create decks, infographics, logos, and other materials which translate learning objectives into deliverables that achieve results.
• Collaborate with others, including learning design and organizational leaders, to develop, implement and influence learning and development solutions that equip leaders, faculty, and/or staff with the mindsets, skills, abilities, and knowledge they need to be successful. 
• Partner with organizational leaders and Business Partners to identify development needs for individual and team learning that align with organizational goals. 
• Stay current on emerging trends and best practices in learning and development.
• Engage in creative problem-solving to drive continuous improvement. 
• Work to achieve operational targets within job areas impacting department or function results, as well as help key stakeholders achieve their key results. 
• Promote and drive usage of People Development solutions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities You’ll Need to be Successful:

• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint, and other industry standard design and content production tools.
• Ability to convey complex ideas with simple graphics.
• Passion for design, typography and user experience as critical components of learning.
• Demonstrated ability to revel in feedback and apply to design work.
• Mastery of the user-centered design process – ability to strategically iterate based on audience and stakeholder feedback.
• Ability to design and develop engaging learning materials aligning with adult learning principles
• Demonstrates a creative mindset and self-motivation for recommending new initiatives.
• Ability to work collaboratively and creatively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a feeling of pride and ownership over the quality of your work.
• Ability to demonstrate a growth mindset and high emotional intelligence in all aspects of work.
• Consistently demonstrates Leadership Principles and Cultural Beliefs in all aspects of the role.
• Demonstrates a high level of professionalism in all situations.
• Capacity to present topics and information and facilitate learning and discussions in a dynamic, engaging, and effective way. This includes knowledge of virtual