Workday Training Specialist (Fixed Term)

Sovereign Housing Association Limited; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused housing association in Basingstoke is seeking a Workday Training Specialist on a fixed-term contract. You will design and deliver training programs for Workday users, ensuring successful adoption of HR and Finance modules. Ideal candidates will have experience in training delivery specifically for Workday, strong communication skills, and a passion for effective learning. This role offers a hybrid working model along with generous benefits.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Flexible benefits package for holiday

Wellbeing days and paid volunteering days

Matched pension scheme

Private medical insurance options

Wellbeing discounts and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Previous experience in designing and delivering Workday training.
• Ability to adapt training content for diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with adult learning methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify training needs.
• Develop and deliver engaging training sessions for Workday.
• Create user-friendly training materials and resources.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Workday functionality knowledge

Training delivery experience

Presentation skills

Time management skills

Instructional design knowledge

Digital learning tools knowledge

Tools

Learning Management Systems

Articulate

MS Teams

Job description

We're looking for a Workday Training Specialist to join SNG (Sovereign Network Group) on a fixed term contract basis for 9-12 months.

Workday represents a significant investment and a genuinely transformative change for our organisation, replacing many legacy systems, processes and ways of working, ensuring that SNG is fit for the future and better able to serve our customers.

Based from our Basingstoke office, you'll combine home and office working in line with our hybrid approach. There may be some travel to other sites to ensure visibility across wider teams and collaborate across the business.

The Role

In this hands-on role, you'll utilise your expertise in Workday training and implementation to support the design, development, and delivery of training programs for Workday users across SNG, specifically for HR and Finance within Human Capital Management (HCM) and Foundational Data Model (FDM). This role will support the successful adoption and ongoing use of Workday modules, ensuring employees and managers are confident and competent in using the system effectively.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with Learning and Development colleagues, subject matter experts and key stakeholders to identify training needs and learning outcomes to enable the effective implementation of Workday at SNG
• Utilising knowledge of the Workday training catalogue to effectively align Workday training content with SNG user training needs
• Developing and delivering engaging training sessions (virtual and in-person) for Workday modules, specifically HCM and FDM
• Creating user-friendly training materials including guides, videos, e-learning modules, and FAQs, using appropriate SNG templates and frameworks
• Maintaining Workday training documents and resources to reflect the latest Workday system enhancements and changes
• Designing evaluation methods and metrics to enable effectiveness of Workday training to be assessed against learning outcomes

What we're looking for:

You will need previous experience in a similar role, designing and delivering tailored training for Workday users, ideally from within a similar sized organisation following implementation of Workday in both HCM and FDM. You'll also need:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to adapt training content for a range of different audiences and needs
• In depth knowledge of both Workday functionality and configurations across both HR (HCM plus all HR related Workday SKUs) and Finance
• Demonstrable experience in training HCM and Finance modules to users and supporting the system implementation across HR and Finance
• Strong presentation, listening and facilitation skills
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Understanding of learning management systems, instructional design and adult learning methodologies
• Knowledge of digital learning tools, including LMS platforms, MS Teams, Articulate or similar
• Ability to translate complex system processes into clear, accessible training content

Your Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days) - pro rated to the duration of the contract
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!