Senior Play Engagement Manager

Job Description

Do you believe that play has the power to unlock essential skills like creative thinking, empathy and resilience in human beings – especially children? And would you like to help our colleagues and social partner organizations become true agents for learning through play?

Bring your expertise as a skilled learning expert, inspiring facilitator, and strong advocate for the power of play and help concept, design, and execute playful initiatives that build understanding of learning through play, enabling LEGO colleagues across the globe to be active in bringing our company vision “a global force for learning through play” to life.

Please note: No relocation assistance is offered for this position. The level of the role is Senior Manager Specialist (individual contributor).

Core Responsibilities

• Create and drive a Learning through Play Community of Practice for colleagues in Social Responsibility to enable them to engage with our partners on the ground.

• Responsible for equipping and enabling our partners (Social Responsibility partners and beyond) through training and materials to bring Learning through Play to children in our communities – online and offline.

• Responsible for driving engagement and building network across the company to provide Learning through Play understanding to colleagues and equip them to apply in their professional audience-facing outcome. Provide systematic, contextualized Learning through Play expertise to selected business units and innovation hubs to preserve the unique LEGO mark of Learning through Play based on expert knowledge, research and child-centric thinking.

• Lead enablement strategy – aligning with other people-related streams such as our core company culture program; Leadership Playground, our digital HR platform; Workday, our companywide skill building program; LEGO U, volunteering and others so it provides fit-for-purpose training for our diverse and global workforce.

• Design, implement, and maintain a strong suite of learning through play content that builds, deepens, and refreshes the learning through play understanding for our colleagues in Social Responsibility and beyond as well as amongst our dedicated social impact partner organizations across diverse geographies.

• Innovate the HOW of content sharing through an increased variety of tools and initiatives that ease the engagement for Social Responsibility colleagues, LEGO Group colleagues and partners.

• Draw on the play expertise & evidence from LEGO Foundation and other academic sources to design and facilitate learning through play initiatives as well as continue to evolve content suite that will strengthen understanding and confidence to apply Learning through Play for both LEGO colleagues and external partners.

• Support evaluation of Learning through Play implementation around the globe and the impact on knowledge, attitude and behaviour amongst children and adults. 

Play your part in our team succeeding

This role is critical in ensuring that Learning through Play best practice is embedded into the social responsibility organization, providing expertise, training and support internally and externally. This renewed focus on building capacity may result in higher quality partnerships and social initiatives closely tied to Learning through Play as a methodology, manifesting our leading position as a socially impactful company.

Do you have what it takes?

• Learning design and facilitation expertise or similar background is key. Plus, several years of experience of designing and delivering context-based learning experiences to colleagues/partners/adults to enable them to apply a methodology in their work.

• Thorough understanding of the educational and psychological benefits of play, playful experiences, and a playful mindset – or other relevant background.

• Skilled facilitator, preferably with playful Learning experience and comfortable with presenting in front of smaller and larger audiences.

• Strong communicator, natural networker, and a phenomenal collaborator who comfortably works cross-functionally and engages stakeholders with respect and empathy.

• Creative problem-solver and design thinking experience.

• Solid process understanding and experience from working in large organizations.

• Embraces a playful approach to work and life in general, curious and excited to become part of the global force of Learning through Play.

• Proficient in English, both written and spoken.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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