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Cross River is hiring an Instructional Design Consultant. The role involves designing and implementing engaging learning and development programs that support the employee life cycle. It requires partnering with subject matter experts to design solutions, creating learner-centered training materials using instructional design principles, and evaluating the effectiveness of learning strategies.

Highlights

Design and implement learning programs for employee development.
Use instructional design principles and e-learning tools.
Compensation: $40.00 - $70.00 per hour.
Minimum 5 years of experience in Learning & Development or Instructional Design.
Proficiency in Articulate Storyline or Rise and MS Office.
Strong facilitation, graphic, and visual design skills.
Contract role with an estimated 6-month duration.
Potential projects include workshops and onboarding tools.

Instructional Design Consultant Full Description

Instructional Design Consultant

at Cross River

Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world’s most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion.

We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker’s list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple – our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team.

What We're Looking For

We want candidates who can build relationships quickly, ask thoughtful questions, design impactful and engaging learning solutions, drive for results, bring a solution orientation, and have a clear passion about Learning and Talent development. If you are all these, and you have a solid learning background, we want to talk to you.

This position reports directly to the Head of Talent Management. This is a 1099 contract role and is estimated to run for approximately 6 months.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement engaging, experiential learning and development programs and initiatives to support all stages of the employee life cycle to build a culture of continuous learning
Assess learning needs and requests; determine the most appropriate solutions based on consultation with business leaders or HRBPs
Partner closely with SMEs to design appropriate solutions, socialize proposals to ensure alignment, iterating based on feedback along the way
Use instructional design principles and adult learning theory to create impactful and visually appealing learner centered-training materials, including e-learning, simulations, videos, job aids, learning aids, and other multimedia content
Evaluate effectiveness of deployed learning strategies including content, delivery methods and learner outcomes, to improve the learning experience.
Facilitate workshops, programs, and discussions
Manage related leadership and employee development learning activities/events end-to-end
Align development programs to organizational values and business priorities
Participate actively in special projects and on-demand assignments
Elevate our compliance/technical/leadership program offerings
Effectively vet, partner and evaluate 3rd party learning and development vendors
Stay up to date and serve as an internal expert on latest industry trends in technical learning, new technologies, adult learning principles, and vendors in the marketplace

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in associated field to experience
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated Learning & Development and/or Instructional Design experience required
Advanced knowledge/skills/certifications of adult learning principles, accelerative learning, blended learning, workplace learning, organizational learning, social learning
Strong facilitation skills
High proficiency in e-learning tools (Articulate Storyline or Rise)
High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)
Strong graphic and visual design skills (e.g., Canva)
Knowledge of banking/finance industry regulatory compliance and standards is preferred
Knowledge of Learning Management Systems and advance technologies preferred

Competencies:

Excellent communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Highly collaborative; great team player
Problem solving skills
Well-developed planning and organizational / project management skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Innovative mindset
Analytical skills
Highly adaptable and open to feedback / pivoting
Ability to confidently interact with senior management and partnerships at all levels of the organization

Potential Projects to focus on:

“Know Your Company” – helping employees learn about Cross River
Creating tools and resources to support managers in Onboarding their employees
Career Development workshops
Performance Development workshops – Giving & Receiving Feedback, Coaching Skills, Difficult Conversations, etc.

#LI-ZN1 #LI-Hybrid

Hourly Rate: $40.00 - $70.00

Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

By submitting your application, you give Cross River permission to email, call, or text you using the contact details provided. We will only contact you with job related information.

Original Job Description

Instructional Design Consultant

at Cross River

Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

What We're Looking For

This position reports directly to the Head of Talent Management. This is a 1099 contract role and is estimated to run for approximately 6 months.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement engaging, experiential learning and development programs and initiatives to support all stages of the employee life cycle to build a culture of continuous learning
Assess learning needs and requests; determine the most appropriate solutions based on consultation with business leaders or HRBPs
Partner closely with SMEs to design appropriate solutions, socialize proposals to ensure alignment, iterating based on feedback along the way
Use instructional design principles and adult learning theory to create impactful and visually appealing learner centered-training materials, including e-learning, simulations, videos, job aids, learning aids, and other multimedia content
Evaluate effectiveness of deployed learning strategies including content, delivery methods and learner outcomes, to improve the learning experience.
Facilitate workshops, programs, and discussions
Manage related leadership and employee development learning activities/events end-to-end
Align development programs to organizational values and business priorities
Participate actively in special projects and on-demand assignments
Elevate our compliance/technical/leadership program offerings
Effectively vet, partner and evaluate 3rd party learning and development vendors
Stay up to date and serve as an internal expert on latest industry trends in technical learning, new technologies, adult learning principles, and vendors in the marketplace

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in associated field to experience
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated Learning & Development and/or Instructional Design experience required
Advanced knowledge/skills/certifications of adult learning principles, accelerative learning, blended learning, workplace learning, organizational learning, social learning
Strong facilitation skills
High proficiency in e-learning tools (Articulate Storyline or Rise)
High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)
Strong graphic and visual design skills (e.g., Canva)
Knowledge of banking/finance industry regulatory compliance and standards is preferred
Knowledge of Learning Management Systems and advance technologies preferred

Competencies:

Excellent communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Highly collaborative; great team player
Problem solving skills
Well-developed planning and organizational / project management skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Innovative mindset
Analytical skills
Highly adaptable and open to feedback / pivoting
Ability to confidently interact with senior management and partnerships at all levels of the organization

Potential Projects to focus on:

“Know Your Company” – helping employees learn about Cross River
Creating tools and resources to support managers in Onboarding their employees
Career Development workshops
Performance Development workshops – Giving & Receiving Feedback, Coaching Skills, Difficult Conversations, etc.

#LI-ZN1 #LI-Hybrid

Hourly Rate: $40.00 - $70.00

By submitting your application, you give Cross River permission to email, call, or text you using the contact details provided. We will only contact you with job related information.

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