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Learning & Development Specialist...
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Learning & Development Specialist
About the role
We are looking for a Learning and Development Specialist to join our Global HR team to lead on a variety of global projects and programmes here at National Grid, initially focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion training and the use of assessments amongst others.
Using your learning and development experience you’ll support the Head of Performance and Development Solutions to design a strong and coherent global learning and development strategy that meets the needs of the business.
Partnering with key stakeholders, you’ll also help align the performance, engagement and leadership development strategies to drive performance levels and identify opportunities to create multi-faceted interventions to enable performance.
Using your excellent networking skills, you’ll proactively leverage key external networks to keep abreast of external best practice, collate benchmarking metrics and make continual improvement recommendations to the leadership teams.
Working collaboratively with the HR Business Partners and Communications colleagues, you’ll drive learning and development solutions, make sure key activities are understood and embedded and, develop tailored communications to support the performance and development strategy.
This is fantastic opportunity for a competent learning & development professional, who thrives managing projects to drive the future development of our workforce.
About you
- Expertise and experience in learning and development and leadership training.
- Knowledge of, and experience in, designing, implementing, and maintaining performance and development processes and approaches.
- Experience of managing projects or programmes of work.
- Strong leadership capabilities and ability to influence others.
- Ability to think and operate at both tactical and strategic levels and to create simplicity and transparency.
- Excellent presentation and strong facilitation skills.
- Evidence of excellent relationship building ability across a wide variety of audiences and situations.
- Ability to successfully prioritise and handle multiple tasks – strong project management capability, comfortable with ambiguity.
- Knowledge of Talent Assessment ideally
What we can offer you
A competitive salary of £52,000 - £54,000 per annum– dependant on experience
- An annual bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance
- 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days (and the option to buy more)
- A generous contributory pension scheme - we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
- Life insurance – x 10 annual salary
- Flexible benefits (share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology scheme, support via the employee assistance line and matched charity giving plus more)
- Generous family friendly policies and family care benefits
- Financial support to help cover the cost of professional memberships subscriptions
- Access to numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.
We offer flexible working arrangements. We’d hope to see you in the Warwick office one day a week, and you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you.
Further information
The closing date for this vacancy is 23 May 2023. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process. #LI-HYBRID #LI-SC1
About us
National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.
In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.
At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.
Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
