Employee Experience Lead

2 weeks ago


Thatcham, United Kingdom Thatcham Research Full time

**About Us**

At Thatcham Research our **people** and **culture** make us who we are today, and we’re committed to creating the right environment which enables our colleagues to thrive and have a true sense of purpose and belonging.

Learning & Development underpins this, evidenced by our long-standing **purpose-driven** culture - keeping our people engaged, challenged and continuously growing throughout their career with us.

**About the Role**

We’ve got an exciting **new** opportunity for a people focused L&D professional to come with us on this journey You’ll be joining a growing People Team who are passionate about every step of the employee lifecycle. (They really are)

Reporting to and working closely with our L&D Business Partner, you’ll have an integral role in the design, delivery and evaluation of new learning solutions that support our L&D roadmap.

**What will you be doing?**
- Design, deliver and evaluate learning solutions that support soft skills development including presentation skills, effective communication, self-awareness, stakeholder management and managing feedback
- Facilitating psychometric profiles as part of individual and team development activities
- Develop and maintain our internal L&D site to drive engagement and interest
- Manage our online learning portal including supplier relationships, content curation and internal comms and awareness
- Provide new joiners with the support and guidance needed to build their initial PDP and understanding of what they can expect from the L&D function throughout their journey at Thatcham
- Identify learning needs using both PDP outputs and discussions with Managers to understand individual, team and company-wide needs, working closely with the L&D Business Partner to design successful solutions in response
- Support the delivery of learning initiatives such as Learning at Work Week and the Thatcham Learning Bites portfolio

**Key skills & experience we’re looking for**:

- Some experience of the key elements of L&D is essential e.g. training design, delivery & facilitation
- Working collaboratively, cross-functionally and across all levels of hierarchy would be beneficial
- Knowledge of evaluation, understanding and/or experience of coaching
- Experience supporting employees with personal development plans
- Interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships
- A proactive approach mindset and ability to effectively manage multiple priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication, including facilitation & presentation skills
- A qualification in psychometric assessment would be beneficial

**About You**

To be successful in this role, we think you’ll have previous experience designing and delivering training content in person, working cross-functionally and adapting your delivery style to suit the audience. You’ll be a natural, confident presenter with the ability to keep your audience engaged, and a genuine passion for supporting the professional & personal development of others.

You know how to create the right environment for people to thrive and be engaged. You are a ‘people person’ and are able to rapidly develop relationships that build trust and a willingness to collaborate. You are pro-active, with excellent project management skills and excel at planning tasks and activities.

**Salary & Benefits**

Circa **£38,250** negotiable dependent on skills & experience.

In addition, we offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

- 10% non-contributory pension
- 27 days holiday + public holidays + 2 days off over Christmas week
- Salary Sacrifice schemes (cycle to work & tech scheme)
- Access to online wellbeing services
- Life Assurance
- Health Cash Plan (cash back on eligible medical treatments)
- Discounted gym membership
- Sports & Social club
- Payroll charitable giving

**When we work - **our standard working hours are:8:30 - 16:30 Monday - Thursday, 8:30 - 15:45 Fridays (talk to us about flexible working if this doesn’t quite work for you)

**How we work -** our blended working approach means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 2-3 days at our HQ in Thatcham, Berkshire and working from home, should you wish to do so.

**About Thatcham Research**

At the cutting edge of automotive research in the UK, Thatcham Research has a unique role in shaping the design of new vehicles and influencing ever higher standards of safety, security and repair.

With an on-site Crash Laboratory, Repair Technology Centre, Training Academy, Track Testing Facility and Crime Lab, our research expertise is driving some of the very latest automotive developments in technology, materials and standards in this fast moving and highly technical industry.

We are proud members of the Automotive 30% Club, a voluntary network of CEOs with a shared objective of achieving a better gender balance within the automotive industry.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes appl



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