Job Title: Learning & Development Officer
Location: Petersfield, Hampshire with occasional travel to Rochester, Kent
Salary: £30,000 per annum circa
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm with 1hr unpaid break each day
About us:
COOMBES is a leading Arboricultural and Forestry Contractor, with over twenty years' experience in the Forestry sector. We have forged a strong industry reputation and we believe we have an unrivalled skill set and expertise in forestry work at all levels.
We also play a key role within the Rail industry, providing a whole manner of off-track solutions and minor civils works, in partnership with Network Rail and other major contractors.
COOMBES has seen recent significant growth and we currently have some exciting projects underway in woodland management, timber harvesting, vegetations management and minor civils works across the country. We are seeking skilled and experienced colleagues in a range of disciplines to support our growth and help us provide a service that is second to none.
COOMBES is a family-run SME, where we value integrity, a positive ‘can-do' attitude and working together as one team to give our clients the best possible service. If this sounds like you, please reach out to us – we'd love to hear from you.
About the role:
We're looking for an experienced Learning & Development (L&D) Officer to join our HR team to provide a proactive and engaging service, to support our employees to succeed in their careers. You will be the first port-of-call for many of our employees at all levels who are looking for information about their training, and so candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills.
The successful candidate will be keen to learn the industry and gain a good understanding of the tickets and competencies required in our world, with the ability to research and identify appropriate new courses in liaison with key internal stakeholders.
You will be required to capture, record and monitor all learning/training across the business, providing regular metrics and updates. You'll therefore need strong IT skills, and ideally experience using an HRIS.
Our L&D Officer will maintain and develop a training directory and competency matrix across the organisation and of our sub-contractors. It is essential for your success therefore that you are highly organised and have excellent attention to detail.
In addition to coordinating a range of face-to-face and online courses that are in line with role requirements and professional development needs, you will also coordinate COOMBES's Apprenticeship processes and organise medical and Drug & Alcohol testing in line with Sentinel Scheme requirements.
Liaising with external trainers, you'll ensure learning is set up for success by ensuring venues, facilities, equipment, etc are available and appropriate. You'll also equip our employees with the pre-course information and learning they may require, including coordinating study or revision sessions and identifying any learning needs.
About you:
As well as sharing the ethos and values of our Company, candidates should have the following:
- Recent experience in a similar role
- Proven ability to produce engaging learning materials and communications
- Ability to coordinate and support multiple simultaneous courses
- Ability to quickly change task in response to employee/business needs
Benefits:
- Competitive, fair pay
- Company Pension scheme
- Performance related annual bonus
- Training opportunities for personal and professional development,
- Employee Assistance programme providing mental health, physical health, legal and financial support.
- Access to 24/7 online GP service for you and your family
- Rewards & vouchers for restaurants, shopping days out and more.
- Opportunity to support our Social Value objectives with community volunteering and fundraising.
Additional information:
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). As part of our recruitment processes, Coombes collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. Sending us your CV for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not use in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process.
We will keep your CV on our records for 6 months after the closing date, at which point it will be destroyed.
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