Learning and Development Specialist

Job Description

Established over 30 years ago here at Lifeplus our mission is to be the world leader in holistic wellbeing by helping millions of people to unlock the wellness within them.

We manufacture and distribute high quality nutritional supplements directly to our customers all over the world. We are proud to have a team of enthusiastic customers and colleagues who are all dedicated to creating a legacy of wellbeing.

At Lifeplus we celebrate and embrace diversity and we believe that our success comes from creating a caring and fun community.

Job Purpose:

As an experienced learning and development specialist you will bring a focus on leadership growth and life skills, you will excel in designing and delivering tailored programmes to meet organisational needs. Through engaging workshops and coaching sessions, you will empower colleagues to enhance their leadership abilities and develop their essential life skills. You will collaborate with your team to share knowledge and industry best practice as well as across the organisation to understand departmental development needs.

The role will include but is not limited to:

Deliver training to colleagues across the business on a variety of topics including induction, technical, soft skills, and e-learning as required.
Work collaboratively across the business to update/maintain training materials to keep them in line with organisational requirements.
As needed consult with external suppliers to ensure high quality Learning & Development experiences.
To implement the Learning and Development strategy, including Development Needs Analysis, Personal Development Planning and, talent and succession planning.
Update and maintain the administration within Learning & Development, including the learning management system.

Candidate Profile:

Level 3 L&D qualification completed (CIPD advantageous)
Minimum 3 years design and delivery experience
Able to establish close working relationships with key stakeholders across the business.
Able to adapt communication style across all levels of stakeholder.
Able to deliver on full development cycle and to guide less experienced colleagues.
Cheerful outlook and ‘can-do’ mindset
Genuinely enthusiastic about developing people.
Future focused, professional, and engaging.
Keep up to date with industry trends and best practice.

The values you’ll stand by:

Be generous with your knowledge, knowledge is only powerful if you share it with others
Bring integrity, listen first and then speak
Embrace transformation, be brave – it’s easier to stick to what you know but we learn from our mistakes
Have quality at the heart of what you do, always give your best and expect the same from others in return

What we offer you:

Rewarding salary packages
Contributory pension scheme of up to 6%
Opportunity to buy & sell holiday
Gym membership discounts
Contributory hospital and health cash plan
Cycle2Work scheme
Eye care vouchers
Free monthly Lifeplus nutritional and personal care products
Life assurance
Discounts at leading brands and retailers

Hours and Days:

Monday – Friday 37.5 Hours

Location:

This role involves a mixture of home and office working from our St Neots office
The responsibilities and attributes listed above is indicative it is not exhaustive and is not designed to limit or inhibit the way we work or how the role develops. This is intended to be a fluid document and indicates how we currently see the role.

Please note: The successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check.
Please advise us in advance if you have any special requirements if you are asked to attend an interview.