Education Specialist

Job Description 

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 10

About the Role: Education Specialist 

The Team:

The MI Education team is a high-performing group of L&D professionals, dedicated to providing superior learning experiences that align with business needs and strategy. Our mandate is to continue to build, curate & deliver a Product training curriculum that tightly aligns to MI’s Go-To- Market strategy across all product suites and business units. 

Responsibilities and Impact:

MI Education is committed to promoting learning as a core part of our company culture by delivering learning experiences that promote excellence, enable sustained business success, and empower employees around the globe to fulfil their career potential. From onboarding to continuing education, we seek to provide relevant and engaging learning experiences that enables our Commercial front lines to hit their growth targets.

Project management of L&D Activities:

• Supports a portfolio of L&D projects, including key L&D initiatives across several business units including, onboarding, continuing education, and strategic assignments
• Identifies and aligns internal resources and drives implementation of agreed solution/s at pace.
• Works with the business partners and internal teams to manage L&D project activities timeline, identify risks and potential solutions
• Manage project communications/updates to key audiences

Business partnering and consulting:

• Builds strong and trusted working relationships with business leaders and their teams including Marketing / Sales / Product partners, interacting with, and effectively managing collaborators, including leadership team.
• Provides learning consultation and expert L&D advice to business leaders and subject matter experts to ensure new learning content builds skills and capabilities that drive business performance goals.
• Identifies and recommend opportunities to support business unit and team mandates (e.g., leveraging learning technologies, supporting implementation of LMS, establishing learning/course standards, maintaining, and enhancing documentation and templates, etc.)
• Works with internal operations and digital content teams and provides project oversight across all projects, partners & stakeholders including integration of multimedia elements such as audio and video into eLearning modules and educational presentations

Design & Delivery of L&D initiatives:

• Supports the maintenance and delivery of targeted, instructor led, and technology deployed training content and solutions to the Sales and Marketing team at S&P Global Market Intelligence team
• Assists in the development of innovative approaches to educational program design including
  • Course and curriculum design
  • Editing and developing online learning materials
  • Creation of learning experiences and environments
• Undertakes learning needs analyses for key groups, articulating strategic learning needs, and translating these needs into learning offerings and/or recommendations.
• Brings strong L&D expertise to design and builds high quality learning solutions that blend education, exposure, and experiential elements to drive relevant business focused learning outcomes
• Directly (or indirectly) manages and is responsible for the delivery of virtual and/or in-person training events; from training logistics, schedules / trainers, communication activities, delegate attendance and follow-up activities
• Maintains awareness of current trends in learning and development practices and keeps understanding of the learning landscape current, fresh and engaging for the modern employee. Brings innovative approaches to functional learning activities along with ideas / recommendations for the R&D enterprise.

Communication and Driving Change:

• Delivers effective communications to support L&D activities and instils a culture of continuous learning. Champions and promotes L&D collaboration, using internal networks to extend reach and impact.
• Strengthens and builds L&D capability within S&P Global Market Intelligence (SPGMI) through active participation and collaboration with all relevant partners, stakeholders, learners
• Supports L&D operations & technical teams involved in capability development of L&D activities and projects

Learning Insight and Evaluation:                                          

• Conducts regular review of program success measures and metrics & recommends improvements and refinements where needed
• Contributes to the development of the L&D evaluation strategy, establishing key measures, data collection and building insightful reports and analyses for leadership (and the R&D enterprise L&D team) to demonstrate clear value and return on investment for learning activities.
• Monitors, evaluates, and analyzes business impact and the practical, on-the-job application of delivered learning programs

Compensation/Benefits Information:

(This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $98,000 to $120,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Instructional design experience including e-learning and blended learning,
• Strong knowledge of adult learning methodologies and ability to build practical, applicable, and results-driven learning programs
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to work in a matrix environment and influence / lead others without authority
• Delivery and outcome focused, ability to set and manage priorities, resources and goals for complex, fast-paced projects

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Problem solving skills; able to conduct root cause analysis and apply critical / analytical thinking to identify the most appropriate solutions to drive business performance.
• Excellent communicator and facilitator. Possesses gravitas when engaging with senior leaders and can motivate and inspire the learner by simplifying the complex and making learning relevant
• Creative thinker, able to bring new ideas and learning innovations to life for the business
• Able to quickly adapt to a continuously evolving business and learning landscape
• Highly collaborative, excellent relationship builder and connector, resourceful and well organized
• Experience working in a global organization, across countries, cultures, and time zones.

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Return to Work: 

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we’re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world’s leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://www.spglobal.com/en/careers/our-culture/

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.   

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

US Candidates Only: 

The EEO is the Law Poster 

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf  describes discrimination protections under federal law. 20 – Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), SLSGRP202.1 – Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 296358

Posted On: 2024-01-11

Location: New York, New York, United States