Hours per Week: 40
Work Pattern: 08:00‑17:00 (typical)
Location: Leeds
Contract: Permanent
Hybrid Working: 2 days WFH per week, available after 2 months
Travel Requirements: National travel to branch offices (typically once per month)
About the role
Our Training & Competence team is expanding to support growing regulatory requirements. Based in our Leeds Head Office, you will be a key contributor to ensuring the firm delivers an effective Training & Competence scheme for all regulated individuals within the firm.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake training needs analysis and support front‑facing staff to achieve and maintain alignment with our competency matrix.
- Provide coaching and developmental feedback to individuals to support competence attainment and continuous professional improvement.
- Support onboarding certification and ongoing assessment of Investment Managers and Stockbrokers.
- Analyse MI and performance data to identify trends, risks and additional training needs.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of group learning sessions, bespoke coaching interventions and standardised learning modules.
What we offer you
- Firm with 150 years of independence history and stability.
- Established and experienced T&C team who will support you to understand our firm and ways of working.
- Well‑defined positive and open firm‑wide culture.
- Long and successful history of developing and retaining colleagues in long‑term valued careers.
- Generous array of colleague benefits including private medical insurance and an annual discretionary bonus.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Level 4 CISI Investment Advice Diploma Level 4 CII CFA or equivalent qualification.
Desirable
- Relevant Level 6 / Level 7 qualification or actively working towards one.
- Advanced academic qualification (e.g. MSc, MBA) or evidence of substantial professional experience demonstrating equivalent technical competence in portfolio management, coaching or business development.
Experience & Knowledge
- Solid understanding of the FCA T&C framework and associated supervisory requirements.
- Experience in a regulated environment ideally within investment management, financial planning or wealth management.
- Proven experience in competence assessment, coaching and structured feedback delivery.
- Working knowledge of portfolio construction, suitability assessment and client risk profiling and willingness to develop further.
- Experience supporting client‑facing professionals with development or performance improvement activities.
Skills & Behaviours
- Ability to interpret and apply regulatory expectations particularly under COBS and Consumer Duty.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills capable of building trust and rapport across diverse teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret MI and identify competence trends or risks.
- Constructive and diplomatic approach to providing challenge and feedback.
- Self‑motivated, organised and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Coaching mindset and commitment to professional development both personal and organisational.
Future opportunities
Once settled into the role you will be able to take on more responsibility within the team and develop your skills and experience further through CPD and other development opportunities. Redmayne Bentley provides support for colleagues to achieve industry standard qualifications if they wish to do so.
Who we are
At Redmayne Bentley our goal is to provide excellent personal investment services that enhance clients’ wealth. We are an exciting time to be part of our firm having recently launched our new five‑year business plan to improve, grow and accelerate. We will achieve this through operational and productivity improvements, growing the investment management and financial planning services, leveraging and protecting existing income lines and considering new acquisition opportunities.
Our Values
- Excellence
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Teamwork
- Integrity
Benefits
- Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Travel Loans and Cycle to Work
- Reward and Recognition Schemes
- Hybrid Working
- Group Life Assurance
- Generous Family Leave Entitlements
Application process
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