About You
You know that innovation and strategic thinking are key to growth and success, and you’re dedicated to helping others unlock new ideas and approaches. With a strong background in coaching and training, you’ve worked with teams and leaders from a variety of industries, guiding them through creative problem-solving, strategic planning, and adapting to change. Whether you’re leading workshops, facilitating group sessions, or coaching individuals, you create an environment where people feel encouraged to experiment and think differently.
You have at least five years of experience in coaching, training, or strategy development, and your style is practical, collaborative, and results-oriented. You’re skilled at breaking down complex concepts into clear, actionable steps, making innovation and strategy accessible for everyone. You keep up with the latest trends in business innovation, strategic frameworks, and change management, ensuring your guidance is always relevant and effective.
If you’re excited about helping others drive innovation and achieve their strategic goals, we’d love to hear from you.
About Us
Skills U is a platform focused on developing the skills people need for today and tomorrow. We work closely with leading employers and universities to build courses, workshops and training programs that equip learners with the skills, tools and mindset to help them succeed in todays rapidly evolving digital economy.
About The Role
We are building a global network of experienced freelance trainers, coaches and consultants who we can bring in on specific corporate training projects. We are looking for people with a deep passion for sharing knowledge and developing people.
You are naturally outgoing, well-organised, and a self-starter who doesn’t wait to be told what to do. You are highly empathetic, and feel comfortable coaching and inspiring our students and fellow team members. You will be joining a global team of instructors, trainers, program managers, coaches, and community managers.
You should have a solid understanding of your field of expertize, and extensive experience as an instructor, trainer and / or coach. You have a deep passion for learning with significant real-world experience.
Your role will be to deliver workshops, training and learning programs through live online sessions or in person delivery in your local market, providing learning and development support to learners, and helping them to gain the skills they need to succeed in their careers.
Above all - you have a great attitude and love working with and supporting people.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Prepare and deliver an exceptional learning experience, using an active, project-based learning approach.
- To build, refine and update the learners' syllabus and curriculum, including learning materials, projects, assignments and assessments.
- To develop courseware, supplemental written materials and learning content to ensure that learners effectively gain the skills covered under each topic.
- Provide 1-on-1 coaching to learners, usually delivered online via Zoom and provide compassionate, constructive feedback to learners, as well as inspiring them to reach their full potential.
- Actively contribute to our growing global community, and work effectively with all of the other members of our global team.
Skills and Attributes we are looking for:
- You are a great presenter, and a compassionate and charismatic communicator.
- Fluency and deep technical expertise in your field, and a knack for simplifying complex topics in a way that people understand.
- You are confident in front of people, with a positive mindset, have an ability to quickly analyze and problem-solve on the go.
- You are proactive, autonomous and resourceful.
- You are the person that your colleagues naturally gravitate to when they are looking for guidance.
- Above all, you have a great attitude, a passion for working with people, and a deep love for what you do.
We are an equal opportunities employer and actively encourages applications from all backgrounds.