Learning & Leadership Specialist
Essity · Philadelphia
Learning and Leadership Specialist
Who We Are
Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene with our corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being. Essity does this through innovative brands in the areas of Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity you will find a caring and compassionate culture where we remain grounded in our beliefs & behaviors.
At Essity: This Is What We Do
About the Role
Essity North America is seeking a Learning & Leadership Specialist to support the execution of our learning and leadership strategy across the organization. Reporting to the Learning & Leadership Manager, this role partners closely with HR, business leaders, employees, and global Learning & Leadership colleagues to deliver impactful learning experiences and development initiatives.
The Learning & Leadership Specialist will facilitate workshops, coordinate leadership development programs, manage projects, support learning operations, and help create an engaging learner experience. Success in this role requires a proactive, hands-on approach, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to turn ideas into action while navigating changing priorities.
The ideal candidate should live in the Philadelphia, PA metro area, as this is a hybrid role.
What You Will Do
Facilitate Learning Experiences
- Facilitate instructor-led workshops, leadership development programs, onboarding experiences, and virtual learning events for employees and managers across North America.
- Create engaging and inclusive learning environments
- Build familiarity with Essity's Learning & Leadership portfolio and continuously enhance the learner experience through effective facilitation and delivery.
Support Leadership & Learning Programs
- Coordinate program logistics, communications, scheduling, enrollment management, materials preparation, and participant support.
- Assist in identifying learning and development needs and supporting solutions that align with organizational objectives.
- Support the successful implementation and adoption of global and regional learning initiatives, tools, and programs.
Manage Projects & Drive Execution
- Lead and support assigned learning and leadership projects
- Coordinate activities across multiple stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of initiatives and programs.
- Track milestones, manage timelines, and proactively drive progress.
Build Relationships & Collaborate
- Partner with HR, business leaders, employees, facilitators, vendors, and global colleagues to support learning and leadership initiatives.
- Serve as a trusted resource for learning-related questions, program support, and stakeholder coordination.
- Build strong partnerships across functions to promote a culture of continuous learning and development.
Support Learning Operations
- Support administration of learning technologies, systems, reporting processes, and learning records.
- Monitor compliance training activities and partner with stakeholders to address completion gaps.
- Assist with vendor coordination, invoice processing, and training administration activities.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, Psychology, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- 2-5 years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development, Human Resources, Education, Facilitation, Organizational Development, or a related field.
- Experience facilitating workshops, training sessions, presentations, or group discussions in virtual and in-person environments.
- Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications and virtual collaboration tools.
- Ability to travel up to 75%.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting leadership development programs.
- Familiarity with leadership development, coaching, feedback, change management, team effectiveness, and employee development concepts.
- Experience working with Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
Success in This Role
The ideal candidate is:
- A self-starter who takes initiative and follows through on commitments.
- A strong facilitator who can confidently engage a variety of audiences.
- A curious learner who seeks to understand the business and continuously develop new skills.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and identifying practical solutions when direction is not always clear.
- Highly collaborative and able to build strong relationships across functions and levels of the organization.
- Creative and willing to challenge the status quo to improve learning experiences and processes.
- Organized, proactive, and capable of balancing multiple priorities.
- Positive, adaptable, and energized by helping others learn and grow.
- A doer who moves ideas into action and consistently delivers results.
Why This Role Matters
This role is a critical member of the North America Learning & Leadership team, helping to deliver leadership development programs, support organizational change initiatives, strengthen employee capability, and drive adoption of key talent and learning priorities. Through facilitation, project execution, stakeholder partnership, and operational excellence, the Learning & Leadership Specialist helps ensure learning and leadership solutions create meaningful impact for employees, leaders, and the business.
About Our DEI Culture
Guided by our Beliefs & Behavior, our culture is the foundation that connects our history with our future. At Essity, care, collaboration and inclusion are more than buzzwords, they are practiced on an everyday basis. And with a purpose of breaking barriers to wellbeing, promoting gender equality and enable customers and consumers to lead a fuller life at all stages of life, DEI is in our core.
As we work in diverse teams across geographies, cultures and professional areas, inclusive leadership is something we expect from ourselves and each other. In our leadership platform, we express this as leveraging the power of differences. From experience we know that diverse and inclusive teams are key to innovate and profitably grow our business while simultaneously address our ambitious climate targets.
What We Can Offer You
At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.
Compensation and Benefits:
Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus/sales incentive + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.
Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:
- United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
- Wellness program provided through Rally
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- PTO offering with Paid Holidays
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
- Employee discounts program
- Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.
Collaborative and Caring Culture | Empowerment & Engaged People | Work with Impact and A Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning & Career Growth | Health & Safety Priority | Sustainable Value Together| Innovation| Sustainable Working Life | Competitive Total Rewards
Additional Information
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com
Together, we are improving lives, every day
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.