Learning and Development Specialist

Hatch Ltd.; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hatch Ltd. in Riyadh is seeking a Learning and Development Specialist to build and coordinate graduate development programs across Saudi Arabia. You will design learning pathways, support knowledge transfer, and partner with senior experts and external providers to strengthen talent pipelines.

You will collaborate with HR and technical teams to tailor onboarding, localization, and capability-building initiatives, ensuring learning solutions align with business needs and regional growth.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years’ experience in learning and development, training, or related HR roles.
• Experience in consulting environment supporting technical or project teams is preferred.
• Experience designing graduate and early-career development programs.
• Strong knowledge of knowledge transfer, mentoring, and learning pathways.
• Good understanding of Saudi Arabia's local training landscape.

Responsibilities

• Design, coordinate, and support graduate development programs and learning partnerships.
• Lead training delivery, logistics, and stakeholder coordination across Saudi Arabia.
• Develop learning materials, toolkits, and evaluation frameworks for programs.
• Monitor progress, maintain training records, and report on outcomes.
• Collaborate with business leaders and external providers to meet capability needs.

Skills

L&D Strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Facilitation

Training Design

Knowledge Transfer

LMS Experience

Education

HR/L&D degree

Tools

LMS platforms

SharePoint

SAP SuccessFactors

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Learning and Development Specialist

Date: Aug 25, 2026

Location: Riyadh, Riyadh Region, SA

Company: Hatch

Requisition ID:101603

Job Category:Human Resources

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 70 years of business and technical expertise in mining , energy , and infrastructure ,our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

As part of our Shared Services group, comprised of Finance, Marketing, Communications, Human Resources, Commercial, Legal and Facilities, we support the business achieve their goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. We ensure delivery of services through the skills of our people, methodologies, and systems.

About the Role

As part of the Hatch-Ma'aden Partnership, the Learnign & Development Specialist plays a key role in developing future talent and strengthening workforce capability across Saudi Arabia. The position is responsible for designing, coordinating, and supporting training and development initiatives, with a focus on graduate development programs, knowledge transfer, and learning partnerships. Working closely with business leaders, subject matter experts, and external training providers. This role supports workforce capability requirements across consulting, mining, engineering, and project delivery environments.

Key Accountabilities

Training Delivery, Partnerships & Local Market Knowledge

• Source, assess, and manage relationships with reputable training centers, universities, institutes, and technical training providers in Saudi Arabia
• Maintain knowledge of local training providers, government-supported development initiatives, and learning solutions relevant to engineering, mining, project management, consulting, and professional skills
• Coordinate training logistics, facilitators, venues, systems, participant communications, and training calendars
• Partner with HR, business leaders, technical teams, and external providers to define training needs and recommend fit-for-purpose solutions
• Support implementation of onboarding, career development, technical capability, localization, and knowledge transfer programs
• Apply strong coordination, reporting, and stakeholder management practices to ensure training programs are delivered effectively and professionally

Graduate Program Development & Knowledge Transfer

• Design, develop, and coordinate structured graduate development programs for Saudi national and early-career talent
• Create learning pathways that build technical, consulting, project delivery, business, and professional skills over defined program periods
• Support knowledge transfer initiatives between senior technical specialists, project teams, mentors, and graduate participants
• Develop practical learning materials, toolkits, schedules, and evaluation frameworks to support program delivery
• Monitor participant progress, maintain training records, and prepare reports on attendance, completion, feedback, and development outcomes
• Identify opportunities to improve program structure, learning quality, and alignment with business needs

Qualifications and Experience

• 5–10 years’ experience in learning and development, training, graduate development, talent development, consulting, or a related HR capability role
• Prior experience working in a consulting environment, ideally supporting technical, engineering, mining, or project-based teams
• Demonstrated experience designing or supporting graduate, early-career, trainee, internship, or structured development programs
• Strong understanding of knowledge transfer methods, mentoring frameworks, skills assessment, learning pathways, and training evaluation
• Good knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s local training landscape, including training centers, universities, technical institutes, and specialist providers
• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders, technical specialists, graduates, external providers, and regional/global HR teams
• Strong planning, facilitation, coordination, reporting, and organizational skills, with high attention to detail
• Experience with LMS platforms, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and learning reporting tools; SAP SuccessFactors experience would be advantageous
• Relevant qualifications in Human Resources, Learning and Development, Organizational Development, Education, Business, Engineering, or a related field

Key Skills and Capabilities

• Strong understanding of adult learning principles, learning needs analysis, instructional design, and training evaluation

Office Location and Working hours:

Riyadh, Servecrop, Business Gate

Sunday to Thursday 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM.

• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions