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Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what's possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what's next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

Role Summary:

The Learning & Development Specialist designs, delivers, and continuously improves learning experiences that build capability across Wiley's global workforce. This role partners with stakeholders across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC to translate business needs into effective, engaging learning solutions, from concept and build through facilitation, measurement, and iteration. This position is ideal for a learning professional who applies adult learning principles, leverages learning technologies (including AI-enabled tools), and collaborates effectively across functions, cultures, and time zones to deliver measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Design & Develop Learning Solutions:

• Design and develop engaging learning programs across multiple formats and modalities, grounded in adult learning principles.
• Support end-to-end curriculum development, including needs analysis, instructional design, content creation, and post-learning evaluation.
• Apply an AI-enabled mindset to learning design and delivery to improve scale, personalization, and effectiveness.

Deliver & Facilitate Programs:

• Plan and deliver learning experiences across onboarding, leadership and management development, skills-based training, and strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate virtual and blended learning sessions with a strong focus on learner experience and business outcomes.

Manage Learning Platforms & Processes:

• Maintain and optimize learning platforms, dashboards, and supporting tools.
• Drive continuous process improvements that enhance the learner experience and reduce operational friction.

Measure & Analyze Impact:

• Track, analyze, and visualize learning metrics to assess program effectiveness.
• Translate insights into actionable recommendations to inform future learning design and delivery.

Collaborate & Consult:

• Partner with subject matter experts, People Org colleagues, business stakeholders, and L&D team members to co-design learning solutions.
• Provide guidance on learning and development best practices to employees, managers, and leaders.
• Independently lead assigned projects and workstreams from initiation through completion.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Education, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3-5 years of experience in learning and development with hands-on exposure to instructional design, facilitation, and learning program execution
• Strong instructional design capability with a solid grounding in adult learning methodologies
• Experience designing and delivering virtual, blended, and self-paced learning solutions
• Proficiency with learning platforms and technologies, including:
• Learning Management Systems (LMS): Workday Learning or comparable systems
• Learning Experience Platforms (LXP): Any market-available LXP
• eLearning Development Tools: Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate
• Video Creation & Editing: Camtasia, Powtoon, or similar rapid development tools
• Audio Editing: Audacity or equivalent tools
• Reporting & Analytics: Power BI, advanced Excel
• Documentation & Content Tools: Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat
• AIPowered Learning Creation and Delivery Tools
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to measure learning effectiveness and translate data into actionable improvements
• Excellent communication and project management skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed environment across multiple time zones
• Learner-first mindset with a strong commitment to colleague success
• Results-oriented, adaptable, and comfortable balancing quality and pace under competing priorities
• Curious and motivated to continuously innovate within the learning and development space

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing-creating impact that reaches everywhere.

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles.
When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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