Learning and Development Business Partner

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Job Description:

Airbus Commercial  is looking for a Learning and Development Business Partner to join our team in Mobile, AL.

In this role you will support learning and development topics for an assigned business area. Acting as a trusted advisor to  ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations (FAA, EASA, Transport Canada, OSHA, etc.) and support the business in driving  training schedules, databases and programs for the U.S. Manufacturing Facility. This role’s primary objective is to enable business performance and ensure our people reach excellence in their field.

The Learning and Development Business Partner also contributes to the creation of common learning, development, awareness and knowledge solutions to deploy a continuous learning and self-directed development culture for all of Airbus.

Meet the Team:

Working in our Human Resources department, it’s our mission to help support Airbus’ greatest assets: our team members. Our team works cross-departmentally as well as with our global counterparts to ensure we are making a positive impact on all aspects of our employee experience.

Your Working Environment:

Nearby on ‘Airbus Way’ you will find the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility for commercial aircraft. Opened at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in 2015, the facility produces A320 Family aircraft and added a second product line for the A220 in 2019. The facility, which strengthens the U.S. aerospace industry, is part of Airbus’ strategy to enhance its global competitiveness by meeting the growing needs of its customers in the United States and beyond.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. 

• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

Learning Business Partnership : 40%

• Understand the overall business strategy in order to develop a tailored-learning strategy for the assigned business-unit

• Support the dc learning paths for assigned business units 

• Contribute to the creation of common learning, development, and knowledge solutions in collaboration with the Airbus Academy and business-unit subject matter experts 

• Deploy instructional design solutions, such as action-mapping, learning needs assessments, and learning effectiveness methodologies 

• Support the deployment and team-upskilling of Airbus learning tools and processes 

• Propose development recommendations and actions to mitigate identified risks and the benefits of those opportunities

• Act as a consultant to the business, highlighting internal/external regulatory policy requirements to ensure compliance 

• Define learning objectives and related support materials necessary to implement performance pre-assessments 

• Ensure relevant mandatory certifications are in place and maintained in the learning management systems and are in line with Quality Management Systems

• Support the FAL employees to be trained and evaluated on specific skills as required per company standards

Competency Strategy Deployment :  30%

• Partner with assigned business unit to support the deployment of the Airbus and business-level competence strategy 

• Provide visibility on job profiles mapping, competences assessment & learning deployment progress through relevant Key Performance Indicators for the business

• Contribute to Competence assessment campaign exercise and analysis with learning recommendations

• Identify risks & opportunities and translate it into impacts on jobs and competences by knowing the business context and global trends

Learning Process, Policy, and Procedure Improvement:  20%

• Manage the jobs and competences referential, working in close relationship with the Academies in Europe 

• Ensure harmonization between the referential catalogs and the FAL’s business

• Support trainer qualification and availability in ensuring alignment to the learning priorities.

• Build a trustful network with the stakeholders

• Define, organize and manage milestones and deliverables

• Establish sustainable stakeholder networks including identification of relevant organizations and decision makers while also knowing when to timely and appropriate involve them

Additional Responsibilities:

Other duties as assigned: 10%

Your Boarding Pass:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Instructional Design, Human Resource Development or related field OR equivalent prior experience 

• Master’s degree or other post secondary education in HR, Instructional Design, or HR Development is preferred

• Minimum 3 years of prior Human Resource Development experience with demonstrated exposure to Learning and Development topics (required)

• OR 2 years of experience with a Master’s degree 

• Experience working with both hourly and salaried client groups

• Experience in a manufacturing environment or other fast paced industry (preferred)

• Experience with skills and competence management strongly preferred 

• Up to 5% Domestic and 5% International

• G Suite and Microsoft products knowledge

Citizenship: 

• Authorized to Work in the US

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite Role: 100 % FAL Mobile Manufacturing Site

• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and technical drawings on a daily basis. 

• Hearing: able to hear and be able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms on a daily basis. 

• Speaking:  able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications on a daily basis.

• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment on a daily basis.

• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs several times a month. 

• Lifting:  able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs several times a month.

• Pushing / Pulling:  able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools several times a week.

• Sitting:  able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer on a daily basis.

• Squatting / Kneeling:  able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.

• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor for meetings. 

• Travel:  able to travel independently within the Americas and Europe.

• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents):  able to walk through the office on a daily basis and production areas including uneven surfaces on a weekly basis.

• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

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A full job description will be provided to candidates who progress to the interview stage or any candidate upon request.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Americas, Inc.

Employment Type:

US - Direct Hire

Experience Level:

Professional

Remote Type:

On-site

Job Family:

HR Expertise

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