Onboarding & Learning Subject Matter Expert

Applied Training Solutions; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Onboarding & Learning Subject Matter Expert to enhance organizational culture and staff development. This role involves defining target audience personas, developing learning pathways, and facilitating onboarding activities for new hires. You will collaborate with various communities to ensure effective skills development and communication of business information. If you are passionate about fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and have experience in organizational development, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in organizational development and learning in complex organizations.
• Experience in shaping onboarding and communication for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define personas and develop learning pathways for target audiences.
• Collaborate to design specific pathways and conduct workshops.

Skills

Organizational Development

Instructional Design

Experiential Learning

Communication Skills

Cultural Awareness

Education

Degree in Organizational Development

Advanced Professional Qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Position: Onboarding & Learning Subject Matter Expert Posted: 04/17/2025 CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD Onboarding & Learning Subject Matter Expert Norfolk, VA (On-site) Taskings: 1. Define "personas" to demonstrate understanding of the ACT target audience(s) and to test pathways. 2. Collect and consolidate business information requirements for staff, shaped to levels of experience and cultural awareness. 3. Develop learning pathways / maturity models that consider staff competencies (knowledge, skills, and experience) for cross-organizational culture, NATO-specific topics, and in defined functional areas. 4. Collaborate with ACT culture and functional communities to design specific pathways. a. Research functional or skills standards, where functions have reasonable civilian or military equivalents with accessible information. b. Run workshops to elicit, consolidate, and / or validate functional requirements. c. Consolidate job descriptions to identify stated functional levels. 5. Communicate pathways via maturity models and / or competency roadmaps, using standard MS Office tools and / or central intranet resources. 6. Define and support onboarding activities for new staff up to 12 months from arrival to embed organizational culture. 7. Develop learning games, role-play, and other experiential learning events. 8. Collect, consolidate, and act on feedback received across competency development activities. 9. Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to culture assessment and formation, or staff training development. Essential Qualifications: 1. Certification, including a degree or other advanced professional qualification, in Organizational Development, instructional design and education, or a related field. 2. Minimum of 3 years in the last 6 in the field of organizational development and learning, or corporate skills development in complex knowledge-based organizations. 3. Experience shaping experiential learning and skills development for multinational audiences, especially for high and low power-distance audiences. 4. Experience in shaping staff onboarding and communication of business information. 5. NATO nation citizenship. 6. NATO secret clearance. 7. Able to read, write, communicate in English. Applied Training Solutions, LLC is a leading simulations company providing innovative systems, products, and solutions to government and commercial customers. Applied Training Solutions, LLC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.