Associate Talent Development Partner

Summary

Join Niche as an Associate Talent Development Partner and provide critical logistical and program support to the Sr. Manager, People Enablement. You will play a key role in enhancing employee learning by managing the coordination, communication, and operational aspects of learning, onboarding, and performance programs. Support the Employee Comms & Experience Director on engagement-related initiatives, ensuring effective delivery of programs that connect, inform, and inspire employees. This role offers opportunities to design e-learnings, facilitate sessions, manage learning platforms, and contribute to talent management and employee communications. You will also handle administrative tasks and contribute to the People Team's knowledge base. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of experience in a Learning & Development or Talent Management support role or related administrative function
• Ability to design and deliver engaging self-paced learnings, presentations, and communications
• Strong presentation and stakeholder communication skills
• Strong organizational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail
• Proficiency in Google Suite
• Ability to move quickly, adapt, experiment, and proactively solve problems

Responsibilities

• Coordinate logistics for employee learning, including scheduling, communications, materials, vendor support, and assessment
• Design and maintain e-learnings, job aids, and presentations using adult learning best practices
• Support administration of learning platforms (LMS)
• Facilitate live sessions as needed and gather participant feedback for continuous improvement
• Deliver and coordinate logistics for corporate onboarding sessions
• Design, maintain, and update onboarding resources, presentations, and scheduling
• Assist in deploying talent review and performance cycles in systems like Lattice
• Coordinate logistics for high-potential programs, succession planning efforts, and related talent initiatives
• Create and schedule communications, refresh intranet and resource content, and maintain distribution lists
• Coordinate employee engagement platforms, swag, events, and vendor partnerships
• Collect and report on engagement data and feedback to support ongoing enhancements
• Process invoices and track expenses across talent development and experience programs
• Contribute to the upkeep of the People Team’s internal knowledge base and digital hygiene
• Learn Niche’s HR and learning tech stack
• Begin administrative support in platforms, content management, and communications
• Begin creating comms to support employee engagement
• Coordinate logistics for learning sessions and workshops, including scheduling, material preparation, and participant communications
• Support onboarding sessions by preparing materials, coordinating with presenters, and sending welcome communications to new hires
• Assist in the administration of the LMS, including uploading content, managing user access, and generating reports
• Draft and distribute employee communications, such as slack engagement questions and announcements
• Take ownership for employee experience routines like gift cards, birthday cards, meals, and swag
• Design and develop basic e-learning modules or job aids using authoring tools and incorporating adult learning principles
• Take ownership of specific onboarding or learning programs, coordinating all aspects from logistics to delivery and evaluation
• Set up and deliver performance management processes in Lattice
• Take ownership for employee experience comms plan and begin bringing new ideas to positively impact function engagement goals
• Begin implementing innovative ideas in People Enablement related to process improvement, ai adoption, and technology usage
• Facilitate components of onboarding, leadership development or skills development sessions or workshops
• Manage vendor relationships for specific learning or engagement programs, including negotiating contracts and managing deliverables
• Proactively identify opportunities to streamline processes or enhance efficiency within talent development and employee experience programs
• Lead the design and implementation of new learning or engagement initiatives based on identified needs and organizational priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Education or a related field preferred
• Experience with learning management systems (LMS) or other HR technology platforms is a plus
• Brings an experimental and innovative mindset to working with technology and AI

Benefits

• Our national target base salary range is $65,600-$82,000, plus participation in our Annual Bonus and Stock Option Program
• Base compensation will be commensurate with experience and skills
• Best-in-class 100% paid employee health plan, including vision and dental and supplemental coverage
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• Stipend that allows you to build your work from home office in a style and function that suits your personal preferences
• Parental leave for all employees (12 weeks fully paid) in addition to short term disability for birthing parents
• Meaningful 401(k) wit h employer match
• We are a fully flexible workforce empowering our employees to choose to work remotely, in our Pittsburgh office or whatever combination suits you