Senior Learning & Development Partner

Our Senior Learning and Development Partner will play a key role in designing, delivering, and continuously improving training programmes that drive employee development and organisational success. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for creating and facilitating engaging training sessions, covering a wide range of topics. You'll collaborate closely with the leadership team, ensuring our learning curriculum remains aligned with evolving business needs and industry trends.

Beyond delivering high-quality training, you will act as a trusted advisor, providing coaching and expert recommendations to individuals and teams to enhance performance and foster growth. By leveraging data and analytics, you will evaluate the impact of training initiatives, identify areas for improvement, and contribute to the strategic direction of the learning function.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Design and Deliver: Conduct dynamic and engaging training workshops, both virtual and in-person, covering soft skills, personal development, and key systems.
• Strategic Development: In conjunction with the People Lead, create and execute long-term strategies for employee development and organisational growth, ensuring alignment with overall business goals, growth strategies, and future talent needs.
• Needs Analysis: Conduct thorough training needs analyses in collaboration with the leadership team to identify skill and knowledge gaps, and determine training requirements to improve performance and achieve business objectives.
• Management Development: Working with the CPO to deliver targeted coaching and development programs to senior leaders, helping them refine their leadership skills, drive organisational change, and strengthen their impact across the business.
• Continuous Learning: Keep up-to-date with the latest training trends and methods to create relevant and engaging content for all learners.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Ensure a consistent and collaborative approach to training across the organisation by connecting with the People Operation Partners, and key stakeholders to understand training needs.
• Partner Management: Maintain a close working relationship with Google to stay updated on key partner requirements, focussing on Google certifications and specialisms and building creative initiatives to support us achieve targets.
• Data-Driven Improvement: Utilise data and analytics to assess the effectiveness of learning initiatives and highlight opportunities for improvement. Develop comprehensive reports and insights to communicate progress to key stakeholders and support informed decision-making.
• User Experience: Champion clear communication and seamless user experience, empowering new starters and long term employees to self-serve.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in learning and development with proven expertise in designing, facilitating, and developing training programmes across a variety of delivery methods, including in-person, virtual, and e-learning formats.
• A natural coach and mentor dedicated to fostering employee growth and supporting career advancement.

• A strong communicator with a commercial mindset, adept at engaging and building relationships with business stakeholders at all levels.
• Skilled in strategic planning, with demonstrable ability to align learning initiatives with organisational goals to drive long-term growth and success.
• Expertise in incorporating gamification techniques into learning programmes to increase engagement, motivation, and knowledge retention.
• Technical proficiency in, and understanding of, the latest technology trends, digital tools, and platforms, including Learning Management Systems, e-learning authoring tools and collaboration platforms
• Proven ability to work autonomously, showing strong proactivity and initiative.

Desirable Skills:

• Skilled in utilising learning analytics and data.
• Experience in managing complex learning and development projects within a consultancy environment.
• CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in Organisational Learning and Development.
• Coaching and mentoring certification (such as ICF or CMP)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare scheme
• Company pension
• Death in Service - 4x annual salary
• 10 paid learning days per year
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
• Generous annual leave policy and your birthday off (36 days inclusive of bank holidays)
• Length of service awards
• Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
• Market leading parental leave policies
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day

About us

Qodea is Europe’s leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that’s energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data & analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you’ll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We’re always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at careers@qodea.com or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.