Learning and Development Specialist

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid (Office: West Bromwich)

Here at the West Bromwich Building Society we are all about making a you-shaped career. We understand it’s not always easy juggling your career with all the important things outside of work. But with the right opportunities and support we can help you build a career that works for you.

We’re looking to recruit a Learning and Development Specialist to join our Learning and Development team. The role holder will identify, analyse and implement a wide range of learning solutions to support the people and organisational development requirements within West Brom.

What the role will look like:

• Liaise with Senior Managers and Managers across the business to provide expert advice on the best development methods for their staff.
• Complete needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation of learning solutions to meet individual/department/organisational needs and regulatory requirements.
• Work with the Digital Learning Specialist to design, implement and update blended learning programmes.
• Adopt new technologies to create exciting and engaging learning modules and materials.
• Contribute to Learning & Development related projects as required, liaising with key stakeholders, to ensure projects delivered within agreed timescales.
• Provide coaching and mentoring sessions for staff in support of all learning and development programmes.
• Maintain awareness and knowledge of current people development theory & methods and provide suitable interpretation to Senior Managers, Managers and staff within the Society.
• Identify, manage and monitor risks and their controls which relate to Learning & Development.

What you will bring to the role:

• Ideally, holder of CIPD Certificate in Learning and Development (or equivalent) or willing to study towards.
• Ideally, experience of the full training cycle gained within professional training environment.
• Experience in delivering training around excellent customer service/experience
• Ideally, a qualified coach or experience of coaching theory and practice.
• A strong understanding of all core Microsoft applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the Society’s core systems.
  Excellent communication and presentation skills.

What’s in it for you:

We wholeheartedly believe that our people are our greatest asset, that’s why in addition to your salary you will be rewarded with a wide range of other benefits:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days + 8 bank holidays, (pro rata)
• Pension scheme where we will augment your contribution by 0.6% (Up to 10.6%)
• Social club membership dozens of discounts available for a wide variety of family days out and events
• Performance related pay scheme
• Corporate health plan with the option to include family members
• Discounted travel cards
• Life assurance provided by the Society at 4 times your salary

Why choose the West Brom?

At the West Brom we appreciate that our employees are unique individuals with differing needs depending on their specific circumstances and stages in life. When we say our people are the West Brom 's biggest asset that doesn’t mean just viewing them as employees. We are proud of our heritage and absolutely believe that the West Brom is a great place to work.

The West Brom are a Disability Leader employer and encourage disabled applicants and applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. We will consider requests to make adjustments to our recruitment process and offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants meeting the essential criteria. Should you require assistance please do not hesitate to email careers@westbrom.co.uk.

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• Please note We reserve the right to withdraw our adverts earlier than the original published expiry date, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as soon as possible*

Head Office: 2 Providence Place West Bromwich B70 8AF. www.westbrom.co.uk The West Brom is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Register no. 104877. ‘the West Brom’ is a trading name of West Bromwich Building Society.