Freelance jobs in United States

About You

You know that great leadership is the engine behind thriving organizations—and you’ve made it your mission to help others realize their full business potential. With a strong background in business, executive, and performance coaching and training, you bring a wealth of experience to every conversation, whether you’re working with emerging leaders or seasoned executives.

You’re energized by the challenge of turning complex business and leadership concepts into practical, actionable strategies. Your approach is hands-on and results-oriented, always focused on creating real impact for individuals and teams. You keep up with the latest in executive development, leadership trends, and performance science, and you’re always eager to share new insights that can drive meaningful growth.

You bring at least 5 years of professional experience in coaching, training, or facilitation, and you’re just as comfortable leading an interactive workshop as you are designing a long-term leadership development program. What sets you apart is your genuine commitment to helping others grow—the satisfaction you get from seeing someone step into their potential, overcome challenges, and achieve breakthrough results.

About Us

Skills U is a platform focused on developing the skills people need for today and tomorrow. We work closely with leading employers and universities to build courses, workshops and training programs that equip learners with the skills, tools and mindset to help them succeed in todays rapidly evolving digital economy.

About The Role

We are building a global network of experienced freelance trainers, coaches and consultants who we can bring in on specific corporate training projects. We are looking for people with a deep passion for sharing knowledge and developing people.

You are naturally outgoing, well-organised, and a self-starter who doesn’t wait to be told what to do. You are highly empathetic, and feel comfortable coaching and inspiring our students and fellow team members. You will be joining a global team of instructors, trainers, program managers, coaches, and community managers.

You should have a solid understanding of your field of expertise, and extensive experience as an instructor, trainer and / or coach. You have a deep passion for learning with significant real-world experience.

Your role will be to deliver workshops, training and learning programs through live online sessions or in person delivery in your local market, providing learning and development support to learners, and helping them to gain the skills they need to succeed in their careers.

Above all - you have a great attitude and love working with and supporting people.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Prepare and deliver an exceptional learning experience, using an active, project-based learning approach.
• To build, refine and update the learners' syllabus and curriculum, including learning materials, projects, assignments and assessments.
• To develop courseware, supplemental written materials and learning content to ensure that learners effectively gain the skills covered under each topic.
• Provide 1-on-1 coaching to learners, usually delivered online via Zoom and provide compassionate, constructive feedback to learners, as well as inspiring them to reach their full potential.
• Actively contribute to our growing global community, and work effectively with all of the other members of our global team.

Skills and Attributes we are looking for:

• You are a great presenter, and a compassionate and charismatic communicator.
• Fluency and deep technical expertise in your field, and a knack for simplifying complex topics in a way that people understand.
• You are confident in front of people, with a positive mindset, have an ability to quickly analyze and problem-solve on the go.
• You are proactive, autonomous and resourceful.
• You are the person that your colleagues naturally gravitate to when they are looking for guidance.
• Above all, you have a great attitude, a passion for working with people, and a deep love for what you do.

We are an equal opportunities employer and actively encourages applications from all backgrounds.