This is a hands-on, strategic role focused on building skills, supporting career development, and shaping future leaders. From apprenticeships and compliance to management development and community learning, you will help embed a culture where continuous learning is the norm – not the exception.
The role:
- Identify current and future capability needs, design creative solutions to close skills gaps, and build structured training journeys for all roles.
- Manage apprenticeship programmes aligned with operational goals and roll out a skills matrix to support clear development pathways.
- Design and deliver engaging learning for team leaders and managers, embed consistent leadership behaviours, and build succession plans for future talent.
- Collaborate with key departments to produce tailored training content using a mix of on-the-job, classroom, and digital methods, with ongoing evaluation to ensure impact.
- Leverage digital tools to enable flexible learning, manage a compliance-focused training team, and ensure all legal and safety standards are consistently met.
- Promote everyday learning on the factory floor, empower leaders to own training in their areas, and lead outreach initiatives that connect learning to the wider community.
Experience:
- Experience in L&D within manufacturing, food production, or a high-paced operational setting is ideal.
- Proven track record of designing and delivering capability-building learning strategies.
- Skilled in supporting leadership development and managing apprenticeship programmes.
- Strong understanding of training compliance requirements.
- A creative approach to designing engaging, practical learning.
- Confident facilitator with great coaching and people skills.
- Tech-savvy with experience using digital learning tools and platforms.
- Energetic, hands-on, and passionate about helping people grow.
