HR Specialist - Learning & Development

HR Specialist - Learning & Development

Location: Theale
Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional with strong Learning & Development expertise. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact across the organisation by shaping learning strategies, enhancing employee experience, and supporting leaders to build high-performing teams.

You will join a collaborative and supportive team where your ideas, expertise and passion for people development will be valued. Reporting to the Head of HR, you will act as a trusted advisor to managers and leaders, identifying capability gaps, designing impactful learning solutions, and supporting the delivery of wider employee experience initiatives. Alongside your L&D responsibilities, you will play an important role in delivering key HR processes and supporting managers with day-to-day people matters. Our client requires a candidate with strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.

Your role as HR Specialist - Learning & Development:

Learning & Development

• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic priorities and identify capability needs.
• Conduct regular learning needs analysis to identify skills gaps and development opportunities.
• Design, develop and deliver engaging learning programmes, including workshops, virtual learning and e-learning solutions.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness and produce meaningful impact reports and recommendations.
• Support talent reviews, succession planning and development frameworks.
• Manage relationships with external learning providers and vendors.
• Drive a culture of continuous learning, growth and development across the organisation.
• Continuously review and improve learning solutions to ensure maximum business impact.

Employee Experience & HR

• Support engagement, culture and employee experience initiatives.
• Partner with managers to support performance management processes and improve team effectiveness.
• Provide guidance on employee relations matters and day-to-day people challenges.
• Act as a key point of contact for employee queries and HR support.
• Collaborate with Employee Experience colleagues to align learning initiatives with broader people strategies.
• Support the development of colleagues within the Employee Experience team.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and high performance.

Essential Requirements

• CIPD qualified advantageous but not essential.
• At least 5 years' experience within a busy HR environment.
• Proven experience implementing and managing Learning & Development systems or programmes.
• Strong generalist HR experience.
• Experience supporting culture, engagement and employee experience initiatives.
• Good knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive, solution-focused approach.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, HR systems and payroll processes.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure.

Salary cannot be advertised, but feel free to get in touch to discuss.