Regional Training Manager

Mitie Group plc.; Horley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MiDeals discounts

Life cover

Enhanced pension

Save-as-you-earn scheme

Mitie Matching Share Plan

Job summary

Mitie Group plc. is seeking a Regional Training Manager to lead regional trainer teams across contracts, ensuring an efficient learning support service and high standards of delivery.

You will report to the Escorting Services Learning & Development Lead, coordinating with the Training Support Team and wider L&D groups to deliver QA, compliance and innovative training solutions nationwide.

Qualifications

• Recognised L&D qualification (e.g. CIPD Level 5 or City & Guilds Level 4 in L&D), or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Proven people leadership of a training or operational team, ideally dispersed and multi-site.
• Strong planning, scheduling and resource management skills in a complex, high-volume environment.
• Proven expertise in instructional design, assessment design and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership, direction and coaching to the regional trainer team, keeping them engaged, motivated and supported.
• Set clear performance expectations; conduct regular 1:1s, delivery observations and performance reviews.
• Own training scheduling and coordination, translating quarterly and annual plans into practical, deliverable delivery schedules.
• Work with operational managers to forecast demand and adjust deployment; surface capacity and blank-day findings as commercial intelligence for the L&D Lead.
• Lead the Training Support function, ensuring efficient scheduling, resource allocation and system accuracy.
• Work with the RTM (Content, Q & A) to keep records audit-ready and support inspection response.

Skills

People leadership

Planning & scheduling

Communication

Instructional design

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent in L&D

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

ROLE: Regional Training Manager

HOURS: 40 hours a week

LOCATION: Spectrum House, Crawley (regular national travel to all sites required)

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day.

We provide secure escorting services throughout the UK and overseas. This involves securely escorting detained individuals around the immigration estate and back to their home countries of origin on scheduled and charter flights. We also manage holding rooms and short-term holding facilities at multiple air and sea ports and reporting centres throughout the UK, working closely with Border Force.

We're looking for two Regional Training Managers to join our team. Reporting into the Escorting Services Learning & Development Lead and working in conjunction with the local Training Support Team and the wider Mitie Learning and Development team, you will ensure an efficient and professional learning support service is being provided by the Training Team.

You will possess both excellent organisational and communication skills and be able to lead a geographically dispersed Training Team, supporting numerous contracts across the business, with direct line management responsibilities. You will also be viewed as a trusted training and development professional, working in partnership with Senior Managers and other key stakeholders, to deliver quality assurance, innovation and compliance to the business.

Each role will have a distinct remit, but they will work in close partnership to run a single, standardised, high-performing training function.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership, direction and coaching to the regional trainer team, keeping them engaged, motivated and supported.
• Set clear performance expectations; conduct regular 1:1s, delivery observations and performance reviews.
• Own training scheduling and coordination, translating quarterly and annual plans into practical, deliverable delivery schedules.
• Work with operational managers to forecast demand and adjust deployment; surface capacity and blank-day findings as commercial intelligence for the L&D Lead.
• Lead the Training Support function, ensuring efficient scheduling, resource allocation and system accuracy.
• Work with the RTM (Content, Q & A) to keep records audit-ready and support inspection response.

Required Qualifications

• Recognised L&D qualification (e.g. CIPD Level 5 or City & Guilds Level 4 in L&D), or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Proven people leadership of a training or operational team, ideally dispersed and multi-site.
• Strong planning, scheduling and resource management skills in a complex, high-volume environment.
• Proven expertise in instructional design, assessment design and quality assurance.

What's in it for you?

• High street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more via our MiDeals platform.
• Life cover of up to four times your salary.
• Enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (with the potential for free shares).