L&D Business Partner

VolkerWessels UK Ltd.; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension

Private medical care

Flexible working opportunities

Annual leave

Job summary

VolkerWessels UK is seeking an experienced Learning & Development Business Partner to shape learning strategy, leadership development and talent initiatives across the group.

Working with the Head of HR and senior leaders, you will design and deliver leadership development programmes, drive succession planning, coach managers, and build career pathways to support growth and business success.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development or Organisational Development.
• Proven experience designing and delivering leadership development programmes.
• Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of talent and succession planning.
• CIPD Level 5/7 qualification (or equivalent experience).
• A passion for developing people and creating a culture of continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of learning initiatives, leadership development programmes, talent management and succession planning activities.
• Partner with Head of HR and senior leaders to identify capability gaps and deliver targeted solutions.
• Measure impact of learning activities and use data for continuous improvement.

Skills

Learning & Development

Talent Development

Organisational Development

Leadership development

Coaching & stakeholder mgmt

Talent & succession planning

Education

CIPD Level 5/7

Job description

VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses.

We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

VolkerRail is a leading multidisciplinary railway infrastructure contractor which comprises of two businesses: Major Projects and Specialist Businesses.

Major Projects is an expert in collaborative working, leading on large, multidisciplinary joint venture and alliance projects.

Specialist Businesses is made up of expert divisions in signalling, track, power, electrification, and piling, and has an in-house plant division and bespoke design teams.

Our Head office is based in J3 Business Park, Doncaster and provides support to the businesses in the following areas: Finance and Payroll, Human Resources, HSQES, Work Winning, Procurement and Fleet.

We are proud of our reputation as a high-performing business, working in harmony and partnership with our stakeholders, ensuring we help our clients deliver a rail network for the future.

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Learning & Development Business Partner to play a key role in shaping learning, leadership and talent development initiatives that help our people and leaders thrive.

Working closely with the Head of HR and senior leaders, you’ll lead the design and delivery of learning initiatives, leadership development programmes, talent management and succession planning activities that support both individual growth and business success.

You will:

• Developing and delivering our learning and development strategy.
• Designing and facilitating leadership and management development programmes.
• Driving talent management and succession planning initiatives.
• Coaching and supporting managers to enhance leadership effectiveness.
• Building career pathways and development opportunities for emerging talent.
• Partnering with leaders across the business to identify capability gaps and deliver targeted solutions.
• Measuring the impact of learning and development activities and using data to drive continuous improvement.

About you

• Significant experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development or Organisational Development.
• Proven experience designing and delivering leadership development programmes.
• Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of talent and succession planning.
• CIPD Level 5/7 qualification (or equivalent experience).
• A passion for developing people and creating a culture of continuous learning.

If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That’s what our business is about, that’s how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at [e-mail]

Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to [e-mail]

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.

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