Learning & Organisational Development Partner

Are you passionate about driving transformation through learning and organisational development? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where innovation and impact go hand in hand? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Talent, Learning and OD hub as a Learning and Organisational Development Partner.

About the Role

As a key member of our Talent & People team, you'll design and deliver engaging learning and OD interventions that support our transformation ambitions and people plan. Your work will help foster a culture of continuous learning, enhance employee experience, and build organisational effectiveness—enabling us to attract, retain, and develop top talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver impactful Learning and OD programmes aligned with business needs.
• Partner with Strategic Business Partners to identify learning trends and solutions.
• Develop and deliver leadership programmes that build core and transformational leadership capabilities including our aspiring leaders programme.
• Promote and embed "The Aster Way" through leadership and colleague development.
• Create development programmes that build high-performing teams and critical future skills.
• Facilitate coaching conversations and blended learning experiences (virtual and in-person).
• Utilising our system for skills mapping to help support succession planning across the organisation.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and ensure behavioural change is embedded.
• Innovate through CPD, external networking, and staying ahead of learning trends.
• Represent learning and people aspects of change across various programmes.

About You

You'll bring a blend of creativity, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience in learning and OD. You'll be confident in facilitating events, coaching stakeholders, skills mapping, workforce/strategic planning and delivering diagnostic tools such as DISC, SDI, Strengthscope, or Myers Briggs.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in designing and delivering impactful learning and OD interventions.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills, including with senior stakeholders.
• Experience with change management and leadership programmes
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and influence across all levels.
• Knowledge and understanding of skills mapping and succession planning.

Desirable Qualifications:

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent in Learning and Development.

The role is a hybrid role, so you'll be able to base yourself from home. There will be a requirement to complete in person training from time to time so being happy to travel throughout our operating region is a must, you'll ideally be located within the region or close by. Due to the travel required you will hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Our operating region includes, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and London.

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business' needs

• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues' careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives

To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you'd be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.

We may choose to interview during the advertising period, so please consider this when submitting your application.

We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

Aster is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it's subsidiary brands.

Ready to make a difference?

Apply now and help shape the future of learning and organisational development in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.

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