Job Description
Title: Communication Implementation Consultant – USA Virtual
Location: Lincolnshire Illinois United States of America
Our story
At Alight, we believe a company s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to Be Alight.
It s why we re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team s expertise in human insights and cloud technology, gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com
Job Description
Alight s Consumer Experience practice is seeking a Communication Implementation Consultant to join our team. Our consultants are passionate about developing creative strategies to solve problems, shift perceptions and drive employee behaviors for our clients.
As a Communication Implementation Consultant, you will apply your effective communication, change management and consulting skills to develop strategies that achieve your client s goals and objectives. You will lead large communication implementation projects for select clients. You are a skilled communication strategist who confidently guides your internal team of content developers, designers, project managers and technical experts to deliver quality work. You are experienced in developing and implementing complex digital communication strategies that engage users and produce results. You also will contribute to business development initiatives and practice growth.
This is a virtual / work-from-home / remote opportunity available anywhere in the U.S.
The Communication Implementation Consultant responsibilities include:
- Managing large, complex client implementation projects and relationships
- Planning strategic development of effective multi-media communication and change management campaigns that inspire consumers to take action
- Staying current with communication trends and demonstrating fluency with delivery channels.
- Consulting with select clients at the senior HR level
- Anticipating client needs through the study of industry trends and the business environment and addressing them with the savvy application of human insight, creative strategy and friendly technology
- Helping to build cohesive, high-impact teams, leveraging colleague skills and talents
- Proactively identifying and addressing downstream impacts through cooperative problem solving
- Working collaboratively with other workstream leads to deliver large multi-service, complex communication projects successfully.
- Mentoring and coaching junior consultants
- Identifying opportunities to extend and expand work with existing or new clients
- Contributing to proposals and advancing sales initiatives
Required skills, experience and technical knowledge:
- Exceptional communication skills, demonstrating creativity, as well as HR/benefits and digital communication expertise
- Minimum of 7 to 10 years of relevant work experience
- Comfortable engaging with and presenting to clients
- Able to assimilate source materials, input from subject matter experts and other relevant documentation to create strategic recommendations and content
- Able to understand role on project/team, while going beyond to add value
- Able to collaborate efficiently and effectively with clients and colleagues
- Accountable for assignments/projects to ensure they re delivered with excellence and profitability
- Demonstrated experience in coaching, leading, motivating and/or managing people
- Able to partner with subject matter experts from other lines of business
- Can learn and apply new technologies
- Software fluency, including the Microsoft 365 suite and Adobe Acrobat
- Excellent organizational and project management skills and experience working in formal project management routines
- Ability to effectively balance and prioritize multiple competing deadlines and workflows
- Demonstrated presentation and business development skills
- Flexibility to travel (up to 15%)
Education:
- Bachelor s degree or higher in related discipline.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Alight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we re committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve.
As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement.
Diversity Policy Statement
Alight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.