Job Description

About Northern Trust: Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Role: Consults with all levels of management to translate business requirements into learning and organization development strategy. Ensures that learning and organization development interventions are aligned with the needs of the Business Unit and/or the Northern Trust as an organization. Designs, guides and/or assists management in the development, implementation and maintenance of programs that support talent identification, management and/or development. Delivers and/or oversees the delivery of a wide range of learning and performance support solutions, likely to be highly visible and complex in nature. The key responsibilities of this role include:

• Consults with all levels of management to translate business requirements into learning and organization development strategy.
• Develops and implements programs to support talent identification, talent management and/or talent development.
• Develops and implements programs that support individual or organizational performance.
• Ensures that learning and organization development interventions are aligned with Business Unit and/or enterprise-wide needs.
• Designs and implements proactive communication plans to ensure that learning and organization development initiatives are communicated effectively to target populations.
• Analyzes and evaluates training and organization development interventions to ensure return on investment and to identify areas for improvement.
• Identifies and evaluates applicability of new learning and/or organization development vehicles, tools or programs developed by other organizations or vendors. Recommends purchase of programs to management, as appropriate.
• Facilitates/conducts learning and organization development solutions.
• Serves as an expert resource for one or more of the following: a specific field of learning content , organization development, business unit strategy and performance.
• May review the work of and/or mentor more junior staff.
• Acts as project manager for major, complex and high-profile learning and organization development initiatives. Manages project budgets.
• Keeps abreast of learning and development and/or organization development best practices and introduces them to Northern.
• Responsible for direct interaction with different committees and/or management
• Develops performance support tools and/or adopts industry best practice that support group performance related to culture, change, strategy implementation or team dynamics.

Skills/Qualification: The successful candidate will benefit from having:

• Is a technical expert with in-depth knowledge in area of expertise and strong knowledge of the business unit and corporate strategy.
• Is able to consult independently with and influence all levels of the organization, particularly senior leaders.
• Requires strong project management capabilities.
• Has excellent communication, marketing, relationship, facilitation and motivational skills.
• Shows strong judgment in the ability to formulate plans based on needs and leadership styles of key leaders.
• Executes efficiently and effectively.

Working with Us: As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose. https://www.northerntrust.com/content/dam/northerntrust/pws/nt/images/careers/taleo-manila.png We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater Reasonable accommodation Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com. We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people. Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.