SEVERN TRENT
L & D Consultant
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At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score – reflecting how much our people love working here.
Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
At Severn Trent, we're passionate about creating opportunities that help people thrive. As our L&D Consultant – Employability and Social Mobility, you'll play a key role in delivering our social impact strategy by designing and delivering innovative employability programmes that support people from a wide range of backgrounds to build confidence, develop workplace skills and unlock their potential.
Working as part of the Severn Trent Academy, you'll lead the development of engaging learning experiences that improve employment outcomes for individuals who may face barriers to entering or progressing in the workplace. You'll work closely with community partners, facilitators, managers, mentors and volunteers to create meaningful learning opportunities that have a lasting impact on individuals, communities and our business.
This is a rewarding role for a passionate learning professional who enjoys building relationships, creating engaging learning solutions and making a genuine difference to people's lives.
What you’ll be doing
- Design and deliver employability and work-readiness programmes for diverse audiences.
- Create inclusive and engaging learning environments that support learner success.
- Develop and maintain high-quality learning materials, facilitator guides and digital resources.
- Coordinate programme delivery, ensuring facilitators, venues and resources are in place.
- Equip managers, mentors and volunteers with the tools and confidence to support participants effectively.
- Build strong relationships with community organisations, charities and employability partners.
- Use feedback, data and industry insight to continually improve programmes and learning experiences.
- Act as a trusted expert on employability, social mobility and learning best practice.
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HOW WE WORK
You'll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. That’s why, we value in-person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you'll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported, when you need it.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a passionate learning professional with experience designing and delivering impactful development programmes. You'll have:
- Knowledge of employability, social mobility and barriers to work.
- Experience in learning design, facilitation and evaluation.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent communication, coaching and facilitation abilities.
- Experience creating engaging learning resources and content.
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Strong organisational and project planning skills.
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What Success Looks Like
You'll help grow and enhance Severn Trent's employability offer, improving learner confidence, skills and workplace readiness while delivering measurable social value and positive community impact.
This is an exciting opportunity to use your learning expertise to make a genuine difference in people's lives and help create opportunities for the communities we serve.
HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU
It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.
Here’s some of our favourites:
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
- Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies
- Two volunteer days per year
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We can't wait to hear from you! Have an updated CV ready and spare five minutes to apply. We'll let you know the outcome after the closing date, so keep an eye on your phone and emails.
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