Learning Consultant, Technical Capabilities

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

Our National office is looking for a Learning Consultant, Technical Capabilities to join the Learning & Development team and own the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate with National Technical Training teams and business leaders in Assurance, Tax, and Risk to understand their talent development objectives and provide insights and recommendations to support their talent development objectives.
• Conduct performance consulting and needs analysis to identify gaps and propose effective solutions tailored to local and national levels, focusing on technical capabilities and compliance learning.
• Support the alignment of technical skills learning curricula with the firm's competency frameworks, ensuring that skilling programs meet strategic technical capability needs.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between Centers of Excellence, offices, and locations throughout the firm to leverage resources and expertise to enhance the effectiveness of technical learning initiatives.
• Support the development of and uphold firm-wide learning standards, ensuring compliance with language, accessibility, effectiveness, and regulatory requirements, while promoting best practices to mitigate risks and achieve desired impacts.
• Provide guidance and consultation to technical training teams on learning strategies, methodologies, technical bodies of knowledge, and best practices to enhance learning outcomes.
• Develop and deliver learning resources, workshops, tools, and templates tailored to the specific needs of National Technical Training teams.
• Implement measurement on all learning interventions based on established key performance indicators (KPIs) and evaluation metrics to assess the impact on individual and organizational performance.

How do we define success at BDO?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
• You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; client describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high-quality work
• You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients
• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains and attracts talent
• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development

Your experience and education

• You have 5+ years of practical experience in instructional design of blended learning solutions.
• 1+ years of experience in performance consulting would be considered an asset (within a Professional Services Firm in consulting industry is preferred but not required).
• You have a deep understanding of the modern learning professional and how it adds value to organizations.
• You have practical experience in implementing measurement strategies for programs of various levels of complexity and scope.
• You have practical experience developing learning solutions using design thinking methodology.
• You have strong group facilitation and presentation skills at all levels.
• You have the ability to collaborate with others and manage a creative development process.
• You have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written and presentation).
• You have an excellent ability to build relationships and maintain trust with stakeholders.
• You have a curious mindset, strong critical thinking, and sense-making skills to continuously drive innovation in our learning and development practices.
• You are focused on providing an exceptional client experience.
• You have a learning mindset.

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2024. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.

• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.

• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public.

Ready to make your mark at BDO? Click “Apply now” to send your up-to-date resume to one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists.

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