Learning & Development Specialist

2 months ago


Slough, United Kingdom Ultimate Banking Full time

Learning & Development Specialist

Interim – 12 months FTC

Newbury / Hybrid

Up to £34,500k + benefits (pro-rata if Part Time)

Do you have a passion for learning ? Are you engaging and collaborative with a drive to deliver ? If you have the confidenceto coach and empower at scale , this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

Every employer is not the same and who you work for and what that environment looks and feels like is the difference between any job and a great job. At Newbury Building Society, we are continuously considering how we can support and enable our 220 people to be the best they can be. We are recruiting an Learning & Development Specialist to partner with the business and to deliver our learning and development strategy on a 12 month fixed term contract and on a full or part time basis (minimum 21 hours per week).

We are committed to working with our people in a way that works. Please talk to us about what working pattern will work best for you.

What will you be doing?

Reporting into the HR Manager you will partner with all areas of the business to ensure Newbury Building Society retains and develops skilled, enabled and engaged employees.

Work with HR Manager to effectively allocate and utilise budget resource to enhance and build skills for the future. Support managers to build and develop leadership and coaching capability, including appropriate career development, performance management, stretch opportunities and succession planning. Follow up and progress the ongoing effectiveness of L&D initiatives. Using data driven decision making, challenge and enhance the L&D offering and processes to optimise budget, employee experience and business impact. Design, build and facilitate appropriate learning interventions. Optimise, enhance and build engagement for digital learning capability by strategic deployment and development of the LMS Generalist HR duties including ER as required by business needs

Key skills & experiences required:

Proven experience of working with internal and/or external, customers in a proactive partnering capacity to ensure the highest quality employee experience Evidence of excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience of designing, developing and delivering L&D solutions Experience of supporting performance management and appraisal processes Experience of administering or working with a Learning Management System or digital and online learning

Why work for Newbury Building Society?

Positively impact the employee experience – we are small enough to enable you to have influence organisation-wide and you will be able to see first-hand the differences you make to our people. We care about our communities – as well as providing financial services, we get involved in supporting our local communities. This means regular opportunities to volunteer, fundraise, and help with community events and activities. We also give all our employees two paid days of volunteering every year to help with causes they feel passionately about.  We are the proud winners of the Smart Money People British Bank Awards Treating Customers Fairly Award 2024 reflecting our focus and dedication to creating excellent customer outcomes.

There is a lot to achieve in the next 12 months on top of a very busy last year, so this is a great opportunity to really influence the Learning & Development activity for the Newbury Building Society. We are based in the centre of Newbury and hybrid working expectations are a minimum of 40% of your time based in our head office. In return we offer a full time equivalent salary up to £34,500.

We aim to interview successful applicants within 10 working days. Interviews will comprise a 60-minute competency based process in Newbury. Feedback will be provided regardless of outcome. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point.



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