Learning and Development Manager

Job Introduction

Learning and Development Manager

• Colchester Hospital
• £38,000pa + excellent bonus and benefits
• 40hrs pw Monday to Friday 
• Flexible benefits fund of £1,300 to utilise across an array of benefits.

Job Introduction 

As a Learning and Development Manager for Sodexo you are a skilled communicator and an enabler of employee success. Your role plays a crucial part in ensuring that our teams receive the necessary training and development opportunities to excel in their roles and contribute to the overall success of our organisation.

We are looking for a Learning & Development Manager to join our Health and Care team supporting ESNEFT. (East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust). For this position we require flexibility and the ability to travel between Colchester Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, and various community sites. 

This role will be responsible for managing and delivering all learning and development activities for Sodexo employees across designated healthcare sites. The role requires you to align L&D activity with internal policies and client agreements while providing timely and accurate management information to meet agreed deadlines. You’ll collaborate with various stakeholders, ensuring that all employees receive the required training, and helping the business achieve its learning objectives effectively.

If you are looking for your next great opportunity, we genuinely want to hear from you. Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

What You'll Do:

• Ensure all Sodexo personnel on-site receive the required learning and development in accordance with project agreements and internal policies.
• Deliver high-quality training content that aligns with Sodexo's standards and client requirements.
• Maintain accurate records of all learning and development activities, providing timely reports according to agreed formats and deadlines.
• Work closely with service managers and senior leadership to identify and address the learning and development needs of the business.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with site teams, L&D teams, and support contacts to ensure effective learning solutions.
• Collaborate with key client groups to ensure training compliance and provide ongoing development support.
• Develop and update a local Training Needs Analysis throughout the annual appraisal cycle, ensuring it remains relevant.
• Monitor and evaluate learning and development activities to ensure effectiveness and track return on investment (ROI).  

For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description

What You Bring:

• Hold a certificate in training, learning and development or equivalent.
• Previous experience of providing a training and/or learning and development service
• Ability to communicate effectively to other people across all levels and organisations.
• Experience of managing a learning provision. 
• Experience influencing performance at peer level.
• Ability to operate with multiple reporting lines.

Desirable

• Accredited qualification in training and/or learning and development.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Proven track record of managing a learning and development support service
• Experience of developing a training function.
• Experience in supporting the mobilisation of staff to a new service provider.
• Previous background including coaching and facilitation

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment 
• Competitive compensation 
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo 

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services. 

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.