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Plymouth, England, Gb

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Leading the learning and development function for the Responsible group, including directly managing a team of learning and development advisers and supporting a network of team trainers. Developing and implementing a comprehensive learning and development strategy aligned with business goals, collaborating closely with executive committee teams to ensure effective communication and alignment of L&D initiatives with overall organisational objectives.Created and successfully implemented a new leadership programme, including a specialised succession planning programme for new managers, which has been running successfully for the past three years. The programme ensures a smooth transition and effective development of future leaders within the organisation.Successfully built and led a training network of 17 team trainers, enabling the efficient deployment of bespoke training programmes across our business. The team trainers play a crucial role in delivering tailored learning initiatives, ensuring the development of skills and competencies specific to individual teams and departments.Deploying training interventions on regulated topics, designing and delivering compliance training programmes to ensure strict adherence to regulatory requirements and effective mitigation of organisational risks.Creating and organising our group welcome event for new starters, providing a warm and inclusive onboarding experience.Creating a new learning portal containing self-directed learning resources, providing our employees with a centralised platform for accessing a wide range of learning materials and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.Establishing management information (MI) reporting on L&D figures, providing key insights and metrics to measure the effectiveness of training initiatives.

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Proactively identify opportunities for learning and complete detailed learning needs analysisMake recommendations for learning solutions to line and senior managersAnalyse organisation learning trends using MI Designing a variety of learning solutions including eLearning, workshops, training events and coaching sessions Deliver training, coaching and facilitating learning events Evaluate using Kirkpatrick model, use survey monkey and report using ROI and ROE. Coach and support others including line managers and staff Managing stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met Liaise with coaching/L&D colleagues across the business to share and implement best practice Maintain training documentation, version control and documents within company standards

• Proactively identified opportunities for learning and completed detailed learning needs analysis• Delivered training, coaching and facilitated learning events • Made recommendations for learning solutions to line and senior managers• Analysed organisational learning trends using MI • Designing a variety of learning solutions including eLearning, workshops, training events and coaching sessions • Managing stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met • Liaised with coaching/L&D colleagues across the business to share and implement best practice • Oversight and development of a team of 6 trainers.