Learning Partner

Busey; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Profit sharing

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Medical

Dental

Vision

Company-paid life insurance

Long-term disability

Wellness incentives

Employee assistance program

Pre-tax health savings accounts

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Busey is seeking a Learning Partner to help ensure operational effectiveness, onboard associates, and manage the Busey University training calendar. You will collaborate with HR, Wellness, and business lines, acting as Brand and Communications ambassador for development initiatives.

The role includes facilitating monthly trainings, designing programs with adult learning principles, coordinating events, producing training media, and analyzing feedback to improve onboarding for new associates.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong customer service orientation and attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of talent development practices and adult learning theory.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate standing monthly training sessions and ongoing training series, including planning, scheduling, working with subject-matter experts, survey analysis and follow-up.
• Facilitate associate onboarding programs, ensuring a consistent, engaging, and high-quality experience for new hires.
• Design, develop, and facilitate training programs as needed using adult learning principles and a variety of delivery methods (in-person, virtual, and blended).
• Manage and maintain the Busey University training calendar in collaboration with the Professional and Leadership Development team, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and timely advertising and communication with stakeholders.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute in-person training events, including logistics, materials, room setup, technology needs, and participant communications.
• Serve as an administrative point person for niche or specialized Professional and Leadership Development initiatives.
• Organize team meetings, planning sessions, and special occasions.
• Serve as a Brand and Communications ambassador for the Professional and Leadership Development team, ensuring consistency in branding, messaging, and customer-facing materials.
• Produce, edit, and maintain training videos and multimedia content to support learning initiatives and on-demand resources.
• Ensure training materials and communications align with organizational brand standards and reinforce a positive associate experience.
• Analyze training survey data and feedback, identifying trends and summarizing key themes and insights for leadership and stakeholders, especially as it applies to new associate onboarding.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and recommend enhancements based on data, feedback, and organizational priorities.
• Collaborate with Professional and Leadership Development and HR partners to align training efforts with organizational goals and workforce needs.
• May have supervisory or workgroup-lead responsibilities as opportunities arise, including providing guidance, coordination, and peer support.

Skills

Strong oral and written communication

Customer service orientation

Adult learning theory

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Talent Development, Organizational Development, or related field

Job description

Position Summary

The Learning Partner is responsible for ensuring operational effectiveness within the team and supporting the timely execution of quality training deliverables to Busey associates. The Partner facilitates associate onboarding, coordinates and manages standing monthly & series trainings and manages the Busey University training calendar. This role also serves as an administrative point person for niche initiatives and as a Brand and Communications ambassador for the Professional and Leadership Development team, ensuring a consistent and professional image across all internal customer-facing resources. The Partner collaborates closely with subject matter experts in Human Resources, Wellness and lines of business across the organization, reporting to the Professional and Leadership Development Manager.

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Training Program Partnership & Facilitation

• Coordinate and facilitate standing monthly training sessions and ongoing training series, including planning, scheduling, working with subject-matter experts, survey analysis and follow-up
• Facilitate associate onboarding programs, ensuring a consistent, engaging, and high-quality experience for new hires
• Design, develop, and facilitate training programs as needed using adult learning principles and a variety of delivery methods (in-person, virtual, and blended)
• Manage and maintain the Busey University training calendar in collaboration with the Professional and Leadership Development team, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and timely advertising and communication with stakeholders

Training Operations & Event Management

• Plan, coordinate, and execute in-person training events, including logistics, materials, room setup, technology needs, and participant communications
• Serve as an administrative point person for niche or specialized Professional and Leadership Development initiatives
• Organize team meetings, planning sessions, and special occasions

Brand, Communication & Media

• Serve as a Brand and Communications ambassador for the Professional and Leadership Development team, ensuring consistency in branding, messaging, and customer-facing materials
• Produce, edit, and maintain training videos and multimedia content to support learning initiatives and on-demand resources
• Ensure training materials and communications align with organizational brand standards and reinforce a positive associate experience

Evaluation, Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Analyze training survey data and feedback, identifying trends and summarizing key themes and insights for leadership and stakeholders, especially as it applies to new associate onboarding
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and recommend enhancements based on data, feedback, and organizational priorities

Leadership & Team Support

• Collaborate with Professional and Leadership Development and HR partners to align training efforts with organizational goals and workforce needs
• May have supervisory or workgroup-lead responsibilities as opportunities arise, including providing guidance, coordination, and peer support
• Other duties as assigned

Education & Experience

Knowledge Of

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong customer service orientation and attention to detail
• Working knowledge of talent development practices and adult learning theory

Ability To

• Learn new programs and systems quickly
• Analyze and solve problems
• Perform duties and make decisions under frequent time pressures
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently and effectively in a fast-paced environment

Education And Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Talent Development, Organizational Development, or a related field required
• Minimum of 2 years of previous training or facilitation experience required
• Experience supporting or leading onboarding, training programs, or learning initiatives preferred

Every day, our associates live Busey’s core values, doing better business, building stronger relationships and creating thriving communities - while delivering meaningful value to shareholders.

Compensation And Benefits

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $27-$33/hr)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being - now and in the years to come - are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering

• 401(k) match
• profit sharing
• employee stock purchase plan
• paid time off
• medical
• dental
• vision
• company-paid life insurance
• long-term disability
• supplemental voluntary life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• wellness incentives
• employee assistance program
• pre-tax health savings accounts
• flexible spending accounts

Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering extraordinary excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.