Boffin Recruitment
Learning And Development Specialist
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People Development & Engagement Lead
Permanent
Full-Time
£55,000
Hybrid, based near Woking, Surrey, or near Sevenoaks, Kent, with regular travel across sites
This role follows a hybrid pattern of four days on site and one day from home, with flexibility around this where needed. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, circumstances, and career paths, providing you have the skills and experience to do the role, which include: significant experience in L&D, OD, or Talent Development, a proven track record designing and delivering leadership and management development programmes, and strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
Our client is a values-led charitable organisation in the sporting and leisure space, entering an exciting phase of growth, with ambitions to expand its portfolio of venues, strengthen management capability, and continue building a high-performing culture. As part of strengthening their People function, they're creating a brand new role: People Development & Engagement Lead.
This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, leading the organisation's people development, engagement, and culture agenda, and ensuring colleagues at every level have access to meaningful development, strong leadership support, and an engaging employee experience.
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What you'll be doing
Learning & Development
- Lead the development and delivery of the L&D strategy, working closely with the Head of People
- Line manage and support the L&D Manager, providing coaching, direction, and professional development
- Own the Learning Management System, training framework, and annual learning calendar
- Identify capability gaps and design practical learning solutions to address them
Leadership & Management Development
- Design, develop, and deliver structured leadership and management development programmes for managers and supervisors at every stage of their career
- Build clear development pathways for managers and aspiring leaders
- Coach and support managers to build confidence, capability, and performance
- Support succession planning by identifying high-potential employees
Employee Engagement & Culture
- Lead employee engagement initiatives, including surveys, action planning, and follow-up
- Champion organisational values, wellbeing, inclusion, and belonging across all sites
- Act as a visible advocate for culture and employee experience
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Onboarding & Employee Experience
- Own and continuously improve onboarding and induction for all new starters, with a consistent journey across sites
- Partner with operational teams to improve early-stage employee experience and retention
Organisational Development
- Lead projects that strengthen organisational capability, leadership effectiveness, and engagement
- Contribute a development and engagement perspective to the wider People Strategy
- Use employee feedback and data to identify opportunities for improvement
What we're looking for
- Significant experience in L&D, OD, Talent Development, or a related People role
- A proven track record in designing and delivering leadership and management development programmes
- Experience leading employee engagement, culture, or organisational development initiatives
- Strong facilitation, presentation, and coaching skills
- Confidence influencing and building credibility with managers and senior leaders
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery
- CIPD Level 5+ desirable, as is experience within a multi-site, hospitality, leisure, retail, or charity environment
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