Curriculum Developer (On-Site)

acehardware; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 103,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Comprehensive health coverage

Vacation and holidays

Tuition assistance program

Employee discounts on Ace merchandise

Job summary

Ace Hardware is seeking a Curriculum Developer to design training solutions for 80,000 Ace retail associates. You will consult with stakeholders to align curriculum with Merchandising, Store Systems, Operations and B2B, delivering multiple modalities to drive high performance.

The role emphasizes project management, objective-based design, and maintaining content alignment with Higher Ground standards, including both in-person and virtual delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Curriculum, Learning & Development or related field.
• 4-8 years of curriculum development experience, retail industry a plus.
• Proficient in instructional design and curriculum development processes.
• Virtual training content development experience.
• Demonstrated facilitation skills.
• Knowledgeable in assessment practices including performance-based assessment.
• Ability to manage multiple curriculum projects with timelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop curriculum solutions that align with organizational strategies and drive learner performance.
• Consult with strategic business partners to ensure training solutions align with business needs.
• Work with development vendors to ensure timely, on-budget training solutions.
• Deliver training virtually to retailers to grow product knowledge and leadership skills.
• Own and maintain multiple curriculum projects with defined plans and milestones.
• Maintain and update curriculum content for instructor-led courses to achieve alignment.
• Design/deliver instructor-led courses, e-learning sessions, and curriculum presentations.
• Ensure curriculum assessment practices reflect current best practices.
• Leverage rapid development tools to meet stakeholder needs when speed-to-market matters.

Skills

Curriculum development

Instructional design

Virtual training

Facilitation skills

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Learning objectives design

Rapid development tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Curriculum, Learning & Development or related field

Tools

Articulate

Excel

PowerPoint

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Job description

About this Role

The Curriculum Developer will design training solutions and curriculum for our 80,000 Ace retail associates. They will consult and create behavioral-based curriculum with stakeholders throughout the organization with key areas of support including Merchandising, Store Systems and Operations and Business to Business.

As part of the retail training team the Curriculum Developer will design and create curriculum in various modalities that aligns across the Ace organization and results in learning objectives that drive high performance, continuous development and support our retailers in delivering the Ace Helpful Promise.

The Curriculum Developer will define learning objectives, design comprehensive training solutions, identify gaps, evaluate and maintain curriculum. Demonstrate outstanding skills in project and time management.

This position will require advanced knowledge and application of instructional design, curriculum development practices and project management to ensure Ace Hardware remains the training and performance development leader across the retail industry.

What You'll Do

• Develop curriculum solutions that align with organizational strategies and drive learner performance.
• Consult with strategic business partners to ensure training solutions align with the needs of the business and learner.
• Work with development vendors to ensure training solutions are completed on time and within budget.
• Deliver training virtually to retailers to grow their product knowledge and leadership skills.
• Own and maintain multiple curriculum projects, each with their own project plan with curriculum developers, deliverables, milestones and due dates.
• Maintain and update curriculum content for instructor-led courses to achieve 100% alignment to Higher Ground.
• Design/deliver instructor-led courses, electronic training sessions and curriculum presentations as assigned/needed.
• Ensure curriculum assessment practices are varied and reflect current industry best practices.
• Leverage rapid development tools to meet stakeholder and learner needs when speed-to-market is the priority.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Curriculum, Learning & Development or related field
• 4-8 years of curriculum development experience, retail industry experience a plus
• Proficient in instructional design and curriculum development processes
• Virtual training content development experience
• Demonstrated facilitation skills
• Micro learning development experience preferred
• Knowledgeable in sound assessment practices included performance-based assessment, job-embedded assessment, e-learning assessment theory and formative/summative assessment theory
• Participatory and distributed leadership style that builds strength, collective wisdom and servant-first principles when working across all stakeholder groups
• Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills with retailers, vendor partners, field staff, and Corporate
• Ability to develop and deliver instructor-led training, both in-person and virtual
• Ability to effectively communicate project priorities and develop multiple curriculum projects simultaneously
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills that demonstrate an ability to apply logical thinking to gather and analyze information, design and test solutions to problems, formulate plans and meet deadlines
• Excellent software skills including e-learning technologies including Articulate, Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, online meeting/training software including Zoom and Microsoft Teams
• Travel: Up to 15%

WORK AUTHORIZATION: This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Compensation Details

$102900 - $128600 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Company Car, phone and fuel card are provided for field-based positions
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• We know the work environment matters. That’s why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more

• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• Identity theft protection

* Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ace Hardware Corporation is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.

Disclaimer

The pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but could be higher based on education and experience. Please note, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each opening. We take into consideration the minimum requirements outlined in the job description, such as an individual’s education, training and experience, the position’s work location, required travel (if any), and external market conditions when determining the final salary for potential new hires.

Be aware that salary estimates published via alternate online job boards may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position. Please refer to the Ace position description for the accurate starting pay range information and feel free to discuss this with a Talent Acquisition professional if you are chosen to move forward with an interview.

This written “Position Description” is not intended to cover all aspects of the position listed. It is meant to cover the basic/general essential job functions of a particular position. Ace Hardware Corporation reserves the right to change job duties, including essential job functions, according to business necessity.

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