Head of Learning and Development at United Media

UNITED MEDIA; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Head of Learning and Development to drive growth and inspire a dynamic team. This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact in a fast-paced environment, where you will develop and implement strategic learning initiatives. You will work closely with high-performing individuals and have the opportunity to travel for conferences. If you are ambitious, proactive, and passionate about nurturing talent, this position is perfect for you. Join a team that values growth and internal promotion, and help shape the future of the organization.

Benefits

Travel Opportunities

Unlimited Growth Potential

Operational Experience in a Start-up

Inspiration and Guidance from Leadership

Transferable Skills Development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in management roles with a focus on team development.
• Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic plans for learning and development.
• Create programs that empower team members to excel in their roles.
• Identify training needs and drive synergies across business functions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Business Management Experience

Job description

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about people? If so, you might be our next Head of Learning and Development.

About us

United Media focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc.

What we offer you

As our Head of Learning and Development you get the unique opportunity of being a key driver of our exponential growth curve. You'll be working in-person in your HQ in London where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• Opportunity of having a real impact - You'll be getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matter to the business.
• Inspiration and guidance - A chance to work closely with our high performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company.
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.
• Travel opportunity: You would be joining our conferences overseas.
• Invaluable transferable skills - boost your interpersonal, research, organisation, outreach and project management skills through experience and training.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this job will vary as a reflection of the evolving business needs however, they will be mostly centred around:

• Building the most progressive learning and development opportunity for team members across levels of experience.
• Thinking progressively about how we can achieve our ambitious company goals through equipping our amazing employees with the right tools to achieve their goals.
• Developing and implementing strategic plans for learning and development, including identifying training needs and developing training programs to address them.
• Creating development programs that empower the team to continuously overdeliver and deliver 7-star experiences across business areas.
• Identifying and driving synergies across business functions.
• To dream big and pursue it relentlessly!

What we expect from you

We are looking for experienced business managers to help us reach our objectives. Industry experience is not a requirement, but you do need to be highly ambitious, forward-thinking and driven to inspire and lead our team. Furthermore, having a UK work permit is also a requirement.

Furthermore, we are looking for candidates who:

• Have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what they do;
• Possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency;
• Take ownership of everything they do, are proactive and follow through on commitments;
• Are curious about people and love to speak, build and nurture relations;
• Are an excellent communicator (especially) verbally and in writing;
• Are well-organised and display the ability to structure and prioritise their work.

Start date

Flexible

Monday - Friday we work from our office (next to Victoria Station) and do not offer remote work.