Consultant - Learning & Development

KPMG Global Services; Pune District; On-site; INR 650,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG Global Services is seeking an experienced Instructional Designer to collaborate with clients and SMEs to understand learning needs, design effective curricula, and deliver high-quality training materials. The role emphasizes applying Bloom’s taxonomy, rapid authoring tools, and innovative modalities to drive learning impact.

Ideal candidates have 5–7 years in ID/L&D, strong writing and editing skills, and proficiency with tools like Articulate, Captivate, and Camtasia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university or an MBA.
• 5-7 years of experience in Instructional Design and Learning & Development.
• Proficiency in Bloom’s taxonomy and instructional design theories.

Responsibilities

• Understand the business problem, audiences, and learning needs to define objectives.
• Collaborate with client team through design, development, and delivery phases.
• Develop training curriculum and content outlines.
• Review deliverables to ensure quality standards.
• Provide feedback to develop instructional design skills of team members.
• Identify risks and discuss mitigations with project leads.
• Design and deliver new learning modalities such as gamified learning, microlearning, and mobile learning.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Editing skills

Reviewing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree / MBA

Tools

Articulate

Captivate

Lectora

Camtasia

Storyline

VYOND

SAP Enable Now

WalkMe

Job description

• Together with the Functional Manager and Subject Matter Experts, understand the business problem, target audiences, learning needs, and develop learning and change objectives to implement in the proposed learning solution.
• Effectively collaborate with the client team to identify the solution approach and design, and work through the design, development, and delivery phases.
• Support the Functional Manager to develop/identify and take client buy-in on Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) measures for the project (Language Style guide, Guidelines, Checklists, templates, branding guidelines etc.) based on the project requirements.
• Conduct Training Need Analysis (TNA) and develop the training curriculum.
• Develop high-level and detailed content outlines as per the curriculum.
• Develop and review training deliverables as per the agreed upon quality standards and ensure that the deliverable quality is as per the project quality parameters and industry standards.
• Provide team members clear and effective feedback based on your reviews with the intent to develop their instructional design skills.
• Collaborate with the different internal and client stakeholders to design and develop the relevant and effective training deliverable.
• Ensure that the project meets all productivity targets as per the project plans.
• Identify and share the risks with the Project Leads/Functional Manager to discuss possible solutions/mitigations/alternatives.
• Ability to design, develop and deliver new age learning modalities, such as gamified learning, microlearning, mobile learning would be an added advantage.
• In-depth knowledge and experience to identify, select and recommend a variety of training modalities, learning strategies and technologies for a learning solution.
• Ability to apply proven learning methodologies and emerging technologies for adult learning.
• Proficient in Instructional Design models, theories and Bloom’s taxonomy and have the ability to apply these in all ID tasks.
• Proficient in rapid authoring tools such as Articulate / Captivate / Lectora / Camtasia and SAP Enable Now / WalkMe etc. and be comfortable with client proprietary authoring tools (The candidate should be aware of the technical functionalities and limitations of these tools.)
• Exceptional design and writing skills along with strong editing and reviewing skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, project-driven environment.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university or an MBA from an accredited college/university
• 5-7 years of experience working in the field of Instructional Design and Learning and Development
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, and rapid authoring tools such as Storyline, Camtasia, Captivate, and VYOND
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to quickly establish a rapport with colleagues and clients
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize work to meet strict deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills