Learning & Development Specialist

Job Title: Learning & Development Specialist

Location: North West or Midlands - Remote (with national travel as required)

Salary: £35,000 per annum + Benefits (including Company Car or Car Allowance (subject to tax/NI)

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Lookers L&D has a super exciting opportunity for a Learning & Development Specialist to join our central L&D team.

This role will form an integral part of our Learning and Development function. In role you will proactively scope, design, deliver and evaluate solutions that supports the delivery of our people strategy. The overarching purpose of this role is to support individuals, managers and teams throughout our business to be the best they can be.

You will form part of the central L&D team and will work alongside other learning professionals who deliver learning and development services to the business.

• Scoping, designing, delivering, and evaluating development initiatives that are simple, relevant, engaging, and transferable through working collaboratively with senior leaders and subject matter experts.
• Creating and delivering development solutions that embed the Training and Competence scheme.
• Driving employee engagement by embedding Lookers’ purpose, strategy, and values across L&D initiative to achieve our desired culture.
• Collaborating with HR peers to ensure learning initiatives are aligned to our group people strategy and objectives.
• Providing training, coaching and development support.
• Using a data driven approach to understand L&D opportunities.
• Providing onboarding, inductions, and development pathways for core roles.
• Managing L&D projects, utilising change management methodology and demonstrating value added to the business.
• Driving the utilisation of Manufacturer development offerings.
• Reviewing the L&D industry regularly for continuous innovation, ensuring best practice and maintaining links with professional bodies to ensure we have the most up to date development solutions, processes, and practices.

About us

We are one of the top three automotive retailers in the UK, proudly representing 30+ manufacturer brands, selling a huge range of new and used vehicles from locations across the UK and Ireland.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and we’re committed to recognising the valuable contribution each person makes. That’s why we continue to invest in a leading rewards and benefits package designed to support your career, wellbeing, and life outside of work.

Core Benefits:

• Competitive salaries with structured pay scales
• Generous annual leave that increases with your length of service
• Enhanced family leave, including 6 months’ full pay for maternity and adoption leave, and 2 weeks’ full pay for paternity leave
• Access to Techscheme for discounted technology purchases with flexible payments

Health & Wellbeing:

• Eyecare vouchers to help cover vision care needs
• Smart Health – 24/7 access to GP services to support your mental and physical wellbeing
• Dental insurance for everyday dental care and unexpected treatments
• Critical illness cover for peace of mind during life's most challenging moments

Financial Wellbeing:

• MyView PayNow – access a portion of your pay as you earn, with features to stream, save, and track your money through a user-friendly app
• Will writing services to help plan for the future
• Flexible life assurance options and partner life assurance for added protection

Leisure & Lifestyle:

• Discounted gym memberships to support an active lifestyle
• Travel insurance to help you explore with confidence
• Access to home and technology vouchers
• bYond card and a wide range of exclusive retail and lifestyle discounts

We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. We have a great bunch of people, and we like to celebrate and encourage success at all levels.

Lookers and Charles Hurst are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check. For roles that require you to drive, a driving licence check will also be carried out. Please note, all offers of employment are made subject to a 6 month probation period commencing from your start date.

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