Managing Director

2 weeks ago


City of Bristol, United Kingdom Moon Executive Search Full time

Managing Director – Learning Solutions - The Workforce Development Trust


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c£90-100k plus an excellent benefits package.

Bristol-based role, with hybrid working c2-3 days in the office. NB: Candidates will need to commit to a regular presence in the Bristol office.

The Workforce Development Trust (WD Trust) is a group of sector specialists with over 50 years of experience supporting workforce development, in the UK and Internationally, incorporating Skills for Health, Skills for Justice, SFJ Awards and People 1st International.

They are a charity governed through a board of trustees and deliver products and services that improve the workforce across a wide range of sectors through their subsidiary brands.

The Workforce Development Trust currently provides a range of learning and training delivery across its constituent brands and services. This ranges from their e-learning content and learning management systems, through to their in-house delivery of assessor training for His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Services, and customer care training (via their Worldhost brand) to corporate customers.

They are now seeking the new role of Managing Director – Learning Solutions. This role is to lead their new Learning Solutions Division, and is being introduced to build on, and grow, the current demand that the Workforce Development Trust generates for learning and training services, and to provide high-quality blended learning to employers and individuals in their sectors. In terms of collaboration, Integrated working with WD Trust’s other divisions will be key to the success of the new Learning Solutions Division, providing an end-to-end service for organizations alongside their workforce consultancy services and their accredited awarding body, SFJ Awards.

As Managing Director of the new Learning Solutions Division, the MD will have key responsibility for business development and delivering both the top-line and bottom-line for the Division. The MD will develop the forward strategy for the Division, driving a customer acquisition strategy through the identification of emerging customer needs and the development and delivery of innovative high-quality learning solutions.

As a member of the WDT group leadership team, the MD - Learning Solutions will report to the CEO of the Trust and work within the Trust’s corporate governance framework.

For this new role, we are seeking a senior candidate from the training and e-learning sector who will be able to directly influence product development, client relationships and new business opportunities. This is an outward front facing role, and we are seeking candidates who will lead this new business unit with full P&L responsibility.

The successful candidate will offer up-to-date technology knowledge and understand the impact of digitalisation and the evident impact of AI on the training sector. They must be abreast of market dynamics and trends and be on top of new initiatives. They and their team will sell blended in person and online courses, and constantly horizon scan new opportunities around innovation, products, and trends.

For further details and to apply, please contact Vanessa Moon or Simon Quinn via recruit@moonexecsearch.com quoting reference MC2444.

NB: Moon Executive Search are retained partners to Workforce Development Trust and therefore all direct applications received will be forwarded to Moon Executive Search.

The Workforce Development Trust offers a very generous benefits package which includes Hybrid working, generous holiday entitlement, health and wellbeing benefits, Pension, and flexible employee benefits, including a portal providing hundreds of discounts, including a cycle to work scheme which is available upon successful completion of the probation period.

The Workforce Development Trust strongly encourages people of all gender, religion, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

If you need any reasonable adjustments at any point, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to advise on your pronouns, for example she/her, he/him, they/them etc.


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