e-Learning Training Consultant

Envision Group Consulting is a privately held, aggressively growing consulting company specializing in learning solutions and performance consulting. Our current client base is heavily comprised of Fortune 500 companies within the Chicagoland area. We are looking for top performing training and performance consultants to join our team and support our growing client base.

To fit into our team, you must be dedicated to customer excellence, driven by goals and incentives and have the ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines. As an organization, we use the “work hard, play hard” motto—maintaining success in life is just as important to us as it is in business. We can deliver serious results without being “stuffy” and most of our team prefers to work virtually, set their own schedules, and tackling business challenges as they best see fit. Our e-learning Training consultants need to be self-starters as there will be no micro-managers here.

As a company, we stay on top of leading processes, leadership strategies and improvement techniques, and genuinely care about our customers. We treat every customer's business situation as though it were our own, and our e-learning training consultants will be expected to do the same. We encourage the development and growth of our people and share a great bond as a team.

Listed below are some of the core responsibilities for this critical role within our firm. Our E-learning Training consultants are seen as vital team members and will be supported by a strong team who will ensure they have whatever is necessary to be able to deliver great results to our clients.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with subject matter experts to offer optimal training services. This includes instructional design, development, and delivery of materials, following best practices in adult learning and engaging e-learning programs with assessments and simulations. Emphasis is on writing training materials appropriate to each mode of delivery (classroom, synchronous online, and asynchronous online).
• Develop job aids, such as training handbooks, demonstration models, multimedia visual aids, and reference works. Write storyboards, outlines, content, and commentary.
• Revise design of training curriculum and methods to improve effectiveness.
• Collaborate with client managers and subject matter experts to develop curriculum requirements and program designs that support organizational needs and objectives.
• Conduct front-end analysis and content analysis and lead the course design process or participate on a development team.
• Refine, document, and maintain instructional design strategies and standards utilized by Envision Group Consulting learning services consultants.
• Organize learning analytics data and maintain and develop reports for the assessment of learner feedback, trends and opportunities for additional client programs, or revisions to existing programs.
• Maintain awareness of the project budget and understand the impacts that decisions may have on budget and timeline.

Professional Requirements

• Ability to learn and achieve a high comfort level with new technologies.
• Four or more years of experience in all phases of instructional design (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation), curriculum design/development/delivery with e-learning.
• In-depth knowledge of current trends and best practices within the e-learning industry.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial business environment.
• Knowledge of evaluation methods, needs analysis, and adult learning theory.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio. Knowledge of Snag-it, Lectora, Authorware, Flash, Articulate, and Photoshop or similar are required.
• Bachelor's degree in education, instructional design, instructional technology-related fields, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong creative thinker who possesses excellent communication, brainstorming, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to motivate others and build consensus within a team, but willing to assertively secure action and closure when necessary to achieve results and meet deadlines.

In exchange for your hard work and commitment to our company and our clients, Envision Group Consulting provides a competitive hourly rate. Hourly rates are based on comparable industry rates, your experience, and your ability to manage projects and clients while working independently. We regularly celebrate our e-learning training consultants' achievements and milestones through reward programs, bonuses, and celebration dinners.

We are members of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and prefer for our consultants to be members of appropriate professional organizations as to support this professional growth and development.

e-Learning training consultants and performance consultants who exhibit exceptional skills and client management abilities may be offered full-time positions with the company. Full-time employees receive comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and legal insurance, plus opportunities for project/performance-based bonuses and profit sharing.