Learning Expert - Business Partner i Göteborg

Learning Expert – Business Partner
Gothenburg, Sweden 

Everything we do starts with people.

Our human-centric focus is what makes us different from all other car companies, and it’s at the heart of everything we create. If you want to join us in our mission to make people’s lives less complicated, we offer you a chance to grow together with talented people who want to make a true difference.

About Us:
Our mission in People Experience is to attract, recruit, develop, engage, and retain the people that build the future for Volvo Cars. We support and facilitate Volvo Cars strategic transformation with our HR deliverables, and we are on an exciting change journey. Within the Global Talent Management team, our overarching purpose is to excite great talents to join us and invest in them to stay and grow. We achieve this through a deep focus on the employee experience. 

We now have a very exciting opportunity to join our Learning Development team as Learning Expert - Business Partner reporting to the Head of Learning Development.

Whats in it for you?
This is an exciting opportunity to truly make an impact in delivering value to Volvo Cars employees. The automotive industry is going through its biggest transformation journey ever. The future is electric, autonomous and online with groundbreaking technologies and new innovative business models. For us to deliver on our corporate strategy we need to secure that all employees globally are able to continuously develop competencies needed for the future, resulting in learning becoming an increasingly fundamental success factor. 

This Learning Expert – Business Partner role will work in close liaison across teams within Global Learning and Leadership Development with excellent opportunities to be an integral part in shaping this journey!

What You Will Do:

In this role, you will be securing that we have a business and quality-oriented approach to our way of working, and our central offer is in line with the set strategic approach within the field of Learning & Development for Volvo Cars. You do this in close collaboration with our business function and a broad network of employees working in adjacent areas and through external insights. You will play a critical role as key partner for learning across Volvo Cars. More specifically, you will:

• Actively participate in the creation of a company-wide learning strategy and contribute to our transformation on different unit levels.
• Contribute to existing learning culture change by advocating the journey of life-long learning.
• Structure and implement strategic learning programs and initiatives in alignment with our global People philosophy and L&D strategy and vision.
• Ensure the learning & development portfolio you are responsible for is suitable, is impactful and makes our teams and our overall organization future-ready.
• Coordinate the delivery of global learning programs and continuously enrich and advance the portfolio of company-wide programs.
• Provide guidance and support to the business in relation to instructional design and adult & social learning principles.
• Support the business/functions in establishing practices for identifying and reaching their learning goals.
• Act as a trusted key partner in developing a community of practice for learning.
• Design and execute scalable learning experiences that will enable a continuous learning culture and that supports, “just in time, just enough and just for you” learning through relevant, first class, innovative principles, processes, initiatives, and tools.
• Leverage a strong, diverse and best in class network of external learning providers.
• Adopt a data and KPI driven approach and follow up on return on global learning initiatives’ ROI.

You will bring:
We believe you have a solid professional experience in Learning & Development, ideally in a fast-scaling company where you are recognized for your portfolio management skills. You have proven expertise in creating impact-focused relationships with internal stakeholders. You have the ability to be part of many teams and have the passion to deliver with and through others.

You are able to build relationships quickly, gaining trust and buy-in. You have the ability to manage multiple projects at once and work flexibly in order to respond to changing priorities. 

You will have knowledge of learning theories, instructional design and new suitable technology of learning methods, and you eager to update yourself on the latest learning trends. You have experience working across cultures and with global teams. This role requires you to be fluent in English, spoken and written.

Do you fit the profile?
As a person, you are a self-managed high performer with a can-do attitude, and an Intelligent listener with the ability to capture information thoroughly, analyze it and make it impactful! You are an excellent communicator, in both face-to-face and digital environments, effective in leading workshops, discussions, and other events. You have analytical skills combined with a structured approach, and you are energized by working with people from a diverse set of backgrounds. You are also flexible and enjoy working within a changing environment, since this area is at an early phase of development.

How to learn more and apply?
Does this sound like your next challenge? Please apply for this position through our portal no later than the 22nd of December 2022, enclose CV written in English. Note that due to GDPR we cannot accept applications through e-mail. Selections will be running continuously.  If you have additional questions regarding this opportunity, you are welcome to contact the hiring manager, Head of Learning Development, Riitta Elliot at riitta.elliot@volvocars.com. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Roza at roza.cizek@volvocars.com. We look forward to receiving your application. 
 

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