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Employee Development Lead
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Employee Development Lead – 12-Month Contract
Location: West Burton
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week on site
Rate: £250–£350 per day
IR35: Inside IR35
Contract Length: 12 months
We’re looking for an experienced Employee Development Lead to join a complex and specialist organisation on a 12-month contract and play a key role in developing the organisation’s people, capability and learning strategy.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Learning & Development, Organisational Development or HR professional who enjoys working with stakeholders, designing meaningful development programmes and creating practical solutions that support employee growth.
What will you be doing?
You’ll take a lead role across a range of employee development activities, including:
- Designing, delivering and evaluating learning and development programmes.
- Conducting learning needs analysis and translating business requirements into effective development solutions.
- Designing career pathways and capability-building initiatives.
- Facilitating workshops, training sessions, onboarding and development interventions.
- Managing Learning Management Systems (LMS), including content, reporting and learner engagement.
- Working with stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams to understand capability requirements.
- Supporting talent development and early careers initiatives.
- Using learning data and insight to evaluate effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
- Managing learning and development projects from initial requirements through to implementation.
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What are we looking for?
We’re keen to hear from candidates with:
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in Learning & Development, HR, Organisational Development, Education or a related field.
- Proven experience designing and delivering L&D programmes within a complex organisation.
- Strong workshop and training facilitation skills.
- Hands-on experience managing an LMS or digital learning platform.
- Experience conducting learning needs analysis and developing effective learning solutions.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and project management skills.
- The ability to work confidently across multidisciplinary teams and use data to improve learning outcomes.
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Desirable
Experience or qualifications in any of the following would be advantageous:
- CIPD Level 5/7 or an equivalent L&D qualification.
- Coaching or professional development qualifications.
- Organisational capability or talent development.
- Early careers, graduate or apprenticeship programmes.
- Technical, engineering, scientific, manufacturing, infrastructure or highly regulated environments.
- E-learning development and learning analytics.
- Organisational change and talent management.
- UK skills frameworks.
Why apply?
This is a great opportunity to take ownership of meaningful employee development activity within a complex and specialist organisation, working with stakeholders across a multidisciplinary environment.
If you're an experienced Employee Development / Learning & Development professional looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.
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