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Location: Leeds / Hybrid

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

With over 20 years experience under their belt, our client knows a thing or two about all things digital.

Their portfolio of services span performance marketing, website development, eCommerce, and data intelligence. But theyre more than just a digital agency; they're their client's key partner in growth.

Joining their performance division, youll be part of a team of SEO experts and paid media trailblazers. Working across outreach, technical SEO, digital PR, social media and more theres not a part of performance marketing they dont deliver.

Their superpower is helping ambitious brands accelerate their growth in the digital economy, and they work with some pretty cool clients like Cruise.co.uk, tombola, and Hammonds.

The Role

Theyre looking for an experienced and proactive Learning & Development Partner to join us in a standalone capacity, owning all things L&D while being an integral part of the wider People team. This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead the development agenda across the business, with full autonomy over strategy, design, and delivery.

Although youll be the sole L&D specialist, you wont be working in isolation. Youll collaborate closely with People team colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders across the organisation to ensure learning and development is aligned with their culture and goals.

Youll Be Responsible For

• Leading the creation and implementation of their L&D strategy; identifying priorities, designing solutions, and delivering outcomes
• Designing and facilitating leadership and management development programmes (note: while you wont manage a team, you must have delivered in this space)
• Partnering with stakeholders at all levels, from Junior employees to SLT, to understand needs and deliver targeted learning interventions
• Designing and delivering team development workshops, for example, self-awareness, communication and using tools like Insights or Strengthscope
• Running impactful 1:1 coaching sessions with managers to support development and capability building
• Developing and managing their LMS; building content catalogues, career pathways, and working with external learning providers
• Contributing to a performance-focused learning culture, aligned with their values and business direction
• Managing your own diary and working flexibly ideal for someone who values autonomy and ownership. Youll be based in Leeds twice a week, with occasional travel to Manchester, Southampton, and London
  
  

• 510 years of L&D experience with a strong track record of end-to-end ownership, from strategy to delivery
• Comfortable working in a standalone L&D capacity; self-driven, proactive, and confident making decisions independently
• Collaborative in style, youre a team player who thrives on partnership, and youll be embedded in their wider People team
• Expertise in leadership and management development with experience designing and delivering engaging, high-impact programmes
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, confident building relationships and influencing across all levels
• Commercial mindset: you focus on adding value and measuring impact
• Experience developing and delivering L&D strategies tailored to organisational needs
• Skilled in using and developing LMS platforms and content, with an interest in career and development frameworks
• A confident facilitator and coach able to run both group workshops and 1:1 sessions with managers
• Ideally qualified in a development or psychometric tool
• A positive, pragmatic attitude, someone whos hands-on and solution focused
• Ideally Leeds-based, with occasional travel required
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Human Resources Services

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