L&D Business Partner

Company description:

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country. Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 94% of British households.At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and potential colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

Job description:

Based - Lifton, Devon, PL16 0BB

Part time, 4 days per week (32 hours)

Salary - circa £36,000 per annum (based on FTE £45,000)

Our Ambrosia Creamery in Lifton, Devon is seeking a new L&D Business Partner to join the HR Team. Working with the Senior HR Business Partner and the leadership of the site, your role will be to lead change, build skills and capability, engage and motivate staff, develop their talents and improve the potential of staff. You will also carry out continuous evaluation of training requirements to look at ways to continually improve the learning and development opportunities and ensure that the needs of the site are met.

What will you be doing:

• Assisting the HR team in creating the site learning and development strategy and setting clearly defined KPIs ensuring alignment with the site strategy
• Scoping, designing and delivering effective development programmes and solutions for a range of colleagues across the site which incorporates core capabilities and competencies in line with L&D strategy for the site
• Leading, coaching and mentoring the Training team and ensure the resource is deployed across the site and adding value
• Assisting with, arranging and/or delivering all aspects of technical training on site – including Health, Safety, Hygiene & Environmental
• Recording and maintaining the training records on-site and to assist in the accreditation of audit requirements
• Working proactively to conduct training needs analysis in line with mandatory requirements, individual needs and the business strategy
• Managing apprentice programmes including recruitment, monitoring progress through regular reviews and provider compliance monitoring.

What we need from you:

• Minimum of 2 years in an L&D role from a manufacturing/FMCG environment
• Up to date with L&D trends and practices
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Must be qualified in “train the trainer” methodologies.

What we offer you:

• Salary of circa £36,000 per annum (based on an FTE of £45,000 per annum)
• Pension of up to 7.5% with life assurance
• Wide range of online training
• Free parking
• Access to "The Hamper", an online discount platform with access to hundreds of retailers