What are we looking for?
The Learning & Development Trainer will play a key role in fostering an inclusive safe & high-performing working environment.
You will assess employees' skills and capabilities, identify learning and development gaps and create targeted opportunities to address these needs. By designing & delivering a broad range of training solutions, you will support both the individual growth and organisational performance.
A core part of the role is developing clear and accessible career pathways, ensuring continuous learning at every stage of the employee journey.
Key Priorities
- Work with key stakeholders across the St Helena Group to identify any skills gaps and future workforce needs.
- Lead on the development and delivery of training activity for all employees, ensuring all development programmes are high-quality and fit for purpose.
- Oversee core training areas including management development, compliance training, mandatory training and preparation and monitoring of the training budget with the P&C Associate Director.
- Hold joint responsibility with the Associate Director of P&C and the P&C Business Partners for driving and enhancing the Line Manager training agenda across the St Helena Group.
- Design, deliver and evaluate engaging training that meets organisational needs and supports continuous development.
- Maintain and manage a consistent learning calendar covering mandatory, induction and development pathways.
Strategic Learning & Workforce Development
- Identify & be responsible for future training needs, creating training strategies and workforce development plans aligned to organisational objectives with oversight from the Associate Director of People and Culture.
- Conduct organisation-wide training needs analysis and develop the Commercial and professional services Education and Training Plan, in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Review the appraisal process, including updating forms and documentation to ensure alignment with organisational needs.
- Work closely with line managers to identify training and development needs, and implement effective, practical solutions.
Mandatory, Compliance and Core Training
- Lead & manage all mandatory training requirements for staff across the St Helena Group including subsidiaries.
- Produce monthly mandatory training compliance reports for the Senior Leadership Team
- Support the planning, delivery & review of all mandatory training activities
- Identify when training agreements are required and ensure they are implemented appropriately.
- Responsible for compliance on all mandatory training across the St Helena Group.
- Maintain accurate training records within Bluestream, including ownership of competency skills uploads and ongoing updates.
- Monitor mandatory training assessment compliance and ensure that records & evidence are complete & up to date.
Training Delivery and Facilitation
- Plan & execute delivery of the training programme objectives.
- Design & deliver training sessions, courses and learning interventions as required.
- Create & source learning materials, external providers and training resources appropriate to organisational needs.
- Identify & source suitable internal & external training opportunities to support staff development.
Leadership, Coaching & Management Development
- Support the development of strong people-management skills in managers
- Responsible for training needs analysis across the St Helena Group and the development of the St Helena group education and training plan in conjunction with stakeholders
- Manage the organisational coaching caseload, providing support to staff at all levels, including senior managers.
External Partnerships & Funding
- Build & maintain relationships with external training providers.
- Coordinate opportunities for St Helena group to deliver or sell mandatory training externally where appropriate.
- Identify & secure suitable external funding, sponsorship or education grants to enhance the training offer
Financial Responsibilities
- Prepare & monitor the training budget in collaboration with the Head of Hospice Education and AD of People and Culture, ensuring efficient use of resources.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Quality Assurance
- Monitor & measure the effectiveness of training activities, including evaluating return on investment impact.
- Ensure accurate recording, reporting & evaluation of all training activities.
Qualifications
- Evidence of CPD in L&D or people development.
- Qualification or formal training in delivering training (e.g., Train the Trainer, basic facilitation skills course)
- CIPD Qualified Level 3 / Part qualified / Degree educated or relevant qualification
Experience
- Experience of conducting Training Needs Analysis to identify skills gaps and development priorities.
- Experience designing, delivering & evaluating training sessions, courses or learning interventions for a range of audiences.
- Experience managing or coordinating mandatory/compliance training & monitoring completion rates.
- Experience creating or sourcing learning materials, resources and training providers.
- Experience maintaining training records, producing reports & using HR or Learning Management Systems for tracking and compliance.
- Experience managing a training budget, including costing, forecasting or procurement of training services.
- Experience working with managers & stakeholders to identify learning requirements & implement development solutions.
- Experience supporting management & leadership development initiatives.
- Experience working in a busy HR/People & Culture/ L&D environment, managing multiple priorities & deadlines.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret we are unable to respond to all candidates.If you have not heard within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful.