Learning & Development Advisor

The Talent World; Port Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Talent World is seeking an experienced L&D Advisor to take ownership of learning and development across the business, working with senior stakeholders and operational leaders to deliver a major transformation agenda and shape how the function evolves.

This on-site, full-time role focuses on leadership development, refining performance and development frameworks, and building technical and behavioural competency pathways.

Qualifications

• Solid experience as an L&D Advisor (or similar), ideally within an industrial, manufacturing, engineering or operational environment.
• Comfortable taking ownership and getting into the detail to enable strategy execution.
• Ambition to grow into a more senior L&D role over time.
• Good stakeholder skills with the confidence to build relationships across operational teams and senior leadership.
• Public sector and heavily corporate backgrounds are unlikely to align with this workforce.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of leadership and management development programmes.
• Helping refresh performance and development frameworks.
• Assisting with the build-out of technical and behavioural competency pathways.
• Coordinating apprenticeship and early careers initiatives.
• Getting involved in engagement and cultural improvement activity.
• Helping embed modern learning approaches across the organisation, including supporting the LMS rollout.

Skills

L&D Advisor experience

Stakeholder management

Ownership mindset

Job description

Permanent

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced L&D Advisor who's ready to take on more responsibility and step into a role with real ownership. You'll be the driving force behind L&D in the business, working closely with senior stakeholders and operational leaders to deliver against a major transformation agenda, with genuine scope to shape how the function develops and to grow your own capability as the role grows with you.

Renfrewshire

Full Time, On Site

Permanent

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced L&D Advisor who's ready to take on more responsibility and step into a role with real ownership. You'll be the driving force behind L&D in the business, working closely with senior stakeholders and operational leaders to deliver against a major transformation agenda, with genuine scope to shape how the function develops and to grow your own capability as the role grows with you.

What makes this role different?

• Significant investment into learning and capability
• Major transformation agenda already underway, you'll be building it, not just maintaining it
• Direct exposure to the HR leadership team and real visibility for your work
• New HR and LMS systems being implemented, giving you hands-on experience shaping L&D infrastructure
• Genuine autonomy
• Real opportunity to grow into a more senior L&D role as your impact builds

Key focus areas

• Supporting the delivery of leadership and management development programmes
• Helping refresh performance and development frameworks
• Assisting with the build-out of technical and behavioural competency pathways
• Coordinating apprenticeship and early careers initiatives
• Getting involved in engagement and cultural improvement activity
• Helping embed modern learning approaches across the organisation, including supporting the LMS rollout

About You

• You'll have solid experience as an L&D Advisor (or similar), ideally within an industrial, manufacturing, engineering or operational environment
• You're someone who's comfortable taking ownership and getting stuck into the detail, happy doing the groundwork that makes a bigger strategy actually work, without needing someone looking over your shoulder
• You've got ambition - this role is a genuine stepping stone, and we're looking for someone who wants to grow into a more senior L&D role in time
• Good stakeholder skills, with the confidence to build relationships across both operational teams and senior leadership
• Public sector and heavily corporate backgrounds are unlikely to align with the realities of this workforce

If you're an experienced L&D Advisor looking for a role with real ownership and scope to grow, this could be exactly the next step you're looking for.