Learning & Development Advisor

Bruntwood; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday with Birthday off

Company bonus

Volunteer time 24 hours

Sabbatical up to 12 months

Healthcare cash plan

Life assurance

Up to 8% matched pension

Discounts & cashback

Enhanced maternity / shared parental—

Interest free loans £2000 for learning

Job summary

Bruntwood SciTech seeks an energetic L&D professional to drive day-to-day learning delivery across the business. You will manage queries, coach managers, and help shape learning interventions while maintaining policies, guides, and budget tracking.

You’ll liaise with suppliers, deliver core workshops, and broaden professional development pathways (CIMA/CIPD). Join a collaborative team in Manchester Centre with visible impact on colleagues’ growth.

Qualifications

• Solid foundation of L&D experience in a commercial environment.
• Experience using Learning Management Systems (Kallidus preferred).
• Inquisitive and proactive with strong listening and solution-focused approach.
• Approachable and collaborative; partners with managers to challenge learning requests.
• Experience facilitating group training and onboarding events.
• Experience managing learning policies and process documentation.
• Understanding of professional development pathways (e.g., CIMA/CIPD) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming learning queries as escalation point from People & Talent coordinators; assess needs and implement interventions.
• Maintain L&D policies, user guides, and qualification records; ensure access to support.
• Coordinate with external suppliers; book courses; manage invoices and PO tracking; monitor L&D budget.
• Advise colleagues and managers on skills gaps using data from learning platforms and performance checks.
• Design and deliver core skills workshops and inductions, including Welcome to Bruntwood days.
• Collaborate with L&D partner and Digital Learning Specialist to produce toolkit assets and guides.
• Oversee administration of formal qualifications and accredited programmes (CIMA, APC).
• Maintain the L&D Hub on the intranet with up-to-date resources.

Skills

L&D experience

LMS liaison

proactive listening

stakeholder partnering

facilitation

policies & processes

development pathways

Tools

Kallidus

Job description

We are commercial property specialists operating across the UK. At Bruntwood, we're committed to offering more than just outstanding office, coworking, retail and lab spaces. Everything we do is tied into our vision of building vibrant communities, whilst providing businesses with the support and expertise they need to grow.

Have a look at these videos to give an insight into who we are:

We’re based in the heart of Manchester City Centre, Union overlooking Albert Square. We’re a team of twenty that cover all People & Talent activity across the Bruntwood Group including subsidiaries that overall account for around 1,200 colleagues. You’ll work closely with an Digital Learning Specialist as well as a Learning & Development Partner.

We’re a close team that focuses on driving our values and supporting each other to deliver effective practices and an agile way of working that adapts well to change/growth.

Job purpose:

In this role you’ll be the operational heartbeat of our L&D service, making sure we have seamless day-to-day delivery of learning activity, policies, processes, and support across the business. You’ll manage and deal with incoming learning queries, coach and advise individuals and managers on targeted learning needs analysis, design and facilitate foundational training, and manage formal professional development programmes (e.g., CIMA, APC etc).

What we’re looking for:

• A solid foundation of L&D experience within a commercial environment, ideally in a business with a varied workforce (Overhead and Operational colleagues)
• We use Kallidus, but we’re open to experience using different Learning Management Systems
• It’s crucial you’re inquisitive and proactive, as well as in active listener, questioning learning requests and providing well thought out solutions
• You’ll be approachable, enjoying partnering with managers and teams to provide solutions and challenge learning requests in the right way
• You’ll enjoy facilitating group training, as well as our Welcome to Bruntwood days to onboard new colleagues
• You’ll have some experience managing learning policies and processes
• Any understanding of professional development pathways (e.g. CIMA/CIPD) would be beneficial

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage incoming learning queries as an escalation point from the People & Talent coordinators, assess needs, liaise with managers and individuals, and agree and implement learning interventions to meet skills gaps.
• Manage and maintain all of our L&D policies and user guides, e.g. study leave, professional qualifications, team development guides, making sure colleagues know how to access support.
• Liaise with external suppliers, book courses, manage invoices and purchase orders, and help to track our L&D budget and spend.
• Advise individual colleagues and managers on skills gaps and needs in their team, using data and insight from our digital learning platform, performance check in data, and insights from the People Advisors and Partners.
• Design, update, and facilitate core skills workshops and inductions, e.g. managing absence workshops for managers, Welcome To Bruntwood days, team communication skills, and any other team or role specific training needs which arise.
• Work with the L&D partner and Digital Learning Specialist to produce practical toolkit assets, delegate pre and post work, and quick-reference guides.
• Own the operational administration and management of formal qualifications and accredited programmes, such as CIMA and APC.
• Own the editorial maintenance of our L&D Hub on our intranet, making sure resources, course updates and toolkits are readily available and up to date.

*You can find the full job description as an attachment at the bottom of our website advert.

We really believe that if you’re brilliant to work with, you deserve brilliant things in return:

• 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
• Company bonus - paid annually
• 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
• Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
• Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer free private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
• Life assurance cover for all colleagues
• Up to 8% matched pension scheme
• Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
• Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
• Interest free loans to pursue your passions and apply for up to £2000 towards learning a new skill

On our careers page you’ll find our benefits calculator, where you can select what benefits you’d use to calculate the savings you’d make. In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated more than £30m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.