Learning & Development Specialist

Job Description

Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a $300 million+ Canadian-based, family‑owned, globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B‑Corp certified, Triple‑Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, "better‑for‑you" snacks such as Made Good and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.

We’re on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2027, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you’ll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain – and yes, it will get rough.

But that’s what makes the journey worthwhile.

So, lace up your boots and let’s tackle the climb together.

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The Learning & Development Specialist supports Riverside’s ability to achieve its business goals by developing the skills, behaviors, and leadership capabilities needed across all levels of the organization. Through well‑designed and effectively delivered learning programs, this role improves leadership, collaboration, engagement, and readiness for growth. It blends facilitation, instructional design, learning technology, and collaboration with business partners to ensure learning drives measurable impact for the organization.

This is a growth role for someone who is curious and motivated to link learning outcomes to business results while building future leadership in Learning & Development.

• Partner with the L&D Manager, business, and P&V leaders to understand Riverside’s strategic goals and emerging priorities, identify capability gaps, and design learning solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Support in evaluating program effectiveness using participant data, feedback, and performance indicators to identify behavior change, measure business impact, and apply insights to strengthen future programs.
• Develop engaging, scalable learning materials using tools such as Articulate and Canva to ensure consistency and accessibility across teams and sites.
• Manage logistics, communications, and timelines for learning programs ensuring seamless execution and learner engagement.

• Facilitate and co‑facilitate engaging in‑person learning sessions for leaders across different levels to strengthen leadership capabilities, improved communication and collaboration across the organization.
• Apply adult learning principles and inclusive facilitation techniques, fostering trust with leaders to address real business challenges.
• Reinforce accountability for post‑training application through reflection tools or consistent touchpoints.
• Support vendor selection, contracting, and coordination to ensure high‑quality external facilitation where needed.

• Manage the Alchemy LMS to ensure accurate setup, data integrity, and reporting that supports learning decisions, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Build capability among functional partners by training and supporting them in using Alchemy administrative tools to create & manage learning content effectively and maintain data accuracy.
• Support exploration of new digital tools and learning technologies that increase efficiency, scalability and learner experience.

• Strengthen internal learning communications by improving clarity, consistency, and visibility across channels (SharePoint, newsletters, town halls).
• Build creative, consistent, and values‑based communication that brings Riverside’s values and culture to life and inspires engagement company‑wide.

• Facilitation and Communication:
  Delivers messages that motivate, influence, and drive behaviour change.
• Collaboration:
  
  Builds strong, trust‑based partnerships across teams to accelerate learning adoption.
• Project Management:
  Executes multiple programs with accuracy and timeliness, minimizing disruption to operations.
• Data‑Driven Improvement:
  Uses learning data to demonstrate business impact and identify opportunities for further capability…