Learning and Development Specialist

Macildowie Associates ,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £40,000 per annum

Overview

Macildowie are working closely with a national organisation based in Milton Keynes, who are looking for an Learning and Development Specialist/Manager on a permanent basis.The L&D Specialist will be a key member of a newly created HR team and will have full responsibility of the L&D programmes within the organisation. Working collaboratively you will help to inform and create training plans and programmes for employees and deliver a host of training events within a specific region. Key Accountabilities of the Learning and Development Specialist/Manager include but are not limited to: -Design and deliver learning interventions that are commercially focused. -Work closely with the management team within the region to match their growth plans with the learning needs of employees. -Evaluate and monitor learning outcomes to identify the effectiveness of training courses and communicate results accordingly. Further finding suitable solutions -Proactively engage with your stakeholders to support with their personal development including soft skills training. -Support the successful onboarding of new starters by implementing the newly designed New Starter Programme which includes assisting with the delivery of the Company Induction Day. -Communicate closely with HR Business Partners to share best practices, but also to ensure the results of employee engagement surveys are followed through. -Develop content for E-Learning appropriate learning modules. -Manage all learning activity and records for your region using the LMS. -Take responsibility for specific L&D projects as directed by the HR director. Person Specification - Knowledge and Experience -Background and experience in start to finish L&D programmes. -Experience in supporting the full training cycle. -Knowledge and experience of blended learning solutions -Be a fantastic communicator with a style that is both engaging and confident. -Experience of designing learning programmes that encourage the learner to acquire new skills -Good level of coaching ability. -Be bubbly, trustworthy and personable. -Have confidence, when necessary, to say no. -Be as happy to work on own initiative as working with team members. -Be able to commute to an area on the outskirts of Milton Keynes. -Be IT 'savvy'. Salary and Benefits The Learning and Development Specialist/Manager will receive a salary of up to £45,000 per annum plus a fantastic benefits package which includes matched pension, healthcare, DIS and free on site parking in Milton Keynes. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at http://www.macildowie.com. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. After applying for this role you'll be sent a request for your consent to hold your data on our systems. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.