Learning & Development Adviser

Our client, an award winning employer based in Bedfordshire, is currently recruiting for a Learning & Development Adviser on an initial 6 month FTC.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation who in addition to providing an attractive salary package (£30,000 – £35,000pa), offer many additional benefits including flexi-time and home working, 28 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays), contributory pension and medical cover.

Duties will include (but not limited to):

• Responsible for the delivery of learning and development programmes for staff and managers which are aligned to meet organisational and individual needs
• Ensuring learning events are timely, focused, relevant and provide value for money
• Plan and assess the ‘return on investment’ of any learning or development programmes
• Support managers across the business to identify Learning and Development needs analysis within their teams and identify, tailor and implement modern and creative L&D solutions for the needs of a diverse and remote workforce
• Engage the business with the Learning Management System (LMS) as a learning resource and promote usage and maximise functionality
• Work with stakeholders to ensure compliance with all mandatory training with regular business engagement and management reporting
• Identify and make service improvements to embed L&D processes
• Working with Communications Team colleagues, create an L&D communications plan to promote engagement with the L&D offer and understanding of management responsibilities
• Work with HR team, supporting on-boarding of new starters to ensure L&D requirements are being met within probation period timescales
• Liaison with external training providers and internal subject matter experts who regularly deliver compliance training
• Produce regular L&D stats reporting (from both LMS and HR systems) and draft supporting narrative for management reports
• Management and monitoring of the central L&D budget, with monthly Finance reviews
• Implement apprentice proposals, working with providers and internal mentors to ensure this is working effectively
• Implement professional development qualifications where authorised, putting training agreements in place
• Support implementation of new L&D evaluation tools through the HR system and embed in the business to be able to more effectively assess L&D ROI
• Undertake all aspects L&D admin, including but not limited to; raising / authorising L&D purchase orders, procurement of L&D suppliers, booking trainers, scheduling training dates on HR system, checking attendance, reporting on training stats etc.

Your background:

• Experienced L&D professional with L&D qualification
• Delivery focused and hands on
• Experience of working with different internal and external stakeholders to provide a range of creative and modern L&D solutions
• Collaborative approach
• Experienced in working with managers with TNA within their teams and to support them to take ownership for supporting their employees performance
• Systems orientated

For further information on the position, please email enquiries to acragg@jarsolutions.co.uk.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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