Learning and Development Advisor- Future Workforce

BAE Systems; England; Hybrid; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company is seeking a Learning and Development Advisor for its Future Workforce project in Barrow-in-Furness. The role involves understanding learning requirements, engaging with stakeholders, and providing strategic L&D guidance in a hybrid work environment. Competitive salary and a diverse range of benefits are offered, including a pension scheme and private health plans.

Benefits

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or working towards.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and influencing.
• Ability to build high trust relationships.

Responsibilities

• Understand and deploy key learning requirements.
• Partner with stakeholders in learning design and delivery.
• Provide L&D guidance and best practices.

Skills

CIPD Level 5 or working towards

Proven stakeholder engagement skills

Proven ability to influence

High trust relationships

Partnering with business

Job description

Job Title: Learning and Development Advisor- Future Workforce

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £40,748

What You’ll Be Doing

• Understand and deploy the key people and learning requirements of our strategic portfolios, partnering with the business to execute strategic people plans that happen to be about learning and development.
• Partnering with key stakeholders in the analysis, design, delivery and evaluation of learning for our strategic portfolio areas, ensuring our L&D processes and governance are followed
• Providing Learning & Development (L&D) guidance, governance and best practice to our key stakeholders within our strategic portfolios
• Carry out the activities detailed in the integrated L&D project plans for the strategic portfolios
• Supporting the integration of L&D activities within the key strategic portfolio areas, placing requirements with the correct stakeholders and teams
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• CIPD Level 5 or working towards
• Proven stakeholder engagement skills
• Proven ability to influence
• Be able to build high trust relationships and networks
• Have experience of partnering with the business on people related requirements
  
  

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Learning & Development Team

This role would be part of the Learning and Development team, working specifically on our Future L&D portfolios and projects, which are:

• The Submarines Centre for Experiential Learning (SCEL)
• Working with the University of Cumbria to develop a strategic teaching and learning partnership
• Supporting our future programmes with learning requirements, such as AUKUS
  
  

This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone seeking to expand their experience beyond operational Learning and Development delivery and get more involved in strategic, high impact and transformative L&D initiatives. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 7th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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