Learning and development manager - united kingdom, leatherhead, surrey

are you a learning and development professional who would like the opportunity to lead a fantastic and growing portfolio of development activity?

we are really proud of our range of learning and development activity at wates and we're looking for a learning and development manager to help us deliver our future ambitions.

we are celebrating our 125th anniversary this year so it's an exciting time to join wates. it is a great place to build a career and our learning and development is designed to enable our people to be the best that they can be from their skills and behaviours through to leading their teams.

this is really important in delivering our purpose of together, inspiring better ways of creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow.

if this motivates you too and you are looking for a rewarding opportunity as a learning and development manager, we would welcome you to be part of our exciting journey. you will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience while really making a difference to our business.

about the team

our learning and development manager will play a key part in delivering our overall talent and resourcing strategy, leading a team of five who currently do an amazing job in this centre of excellence for the group.

about the role

responsibilities include:

leading a highly effective and efficient learning and development operation, from groupwide training needs analysis through to high volumes of training provision across a wide variety of development activity. collaborating with internal and external subject matter experts to design and develop programmes to build the knowledge, skills and behaviours aligned to our business success. ensuring our learning and development projects are aligned with our strategic objectives, and our internal talent has the capability needed for the future. building a flexible learning culture through the promotion of digital learning and virtual training across wates. developing the wates induction process, including the ongoing review and design of innovative solutions. managing the learning and development budget to maximise value. providing regular and accurate reporting on learning and development activity to key stakeholders.

about you

you are ....

a learning and development professional with excellent knowledge of current organisational learning strategies. an organiser with excellent planning skills, comfortable managing multiple activites and deadlines. passionate about designing and developing learning. an inspiring leader who enjoys motivating your team. a great communicator and influencer with an ability to develop successful relationships at all levels. highly motivated, tenacious, innovative and enjoy working in a fast paced, high volume environment. a collaborator who enjoys teamwork, but also working independently. a logical thinker with a solution driven approach. experienced in data management, analysis, and reporting, confident in the use of microsoft office, and new technologies.

what we offer

competitive salary and market leading family friendly benefits flexible working excellent learning and development opportunities to progress your career

working for wates

wates group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the uk. we are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. we celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

as a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with investors in people, and we are also a disability confident employer. being a family owned business means we understand and value long term relationships.

this role is offered is offered on a flexible working basis

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