Learning and Development Specialist

At ELEMIS, we believe great leadership creates great experiences for our people and customers and that an inclusive learning culture means that every colleague has the best opportunity to learn and grow. To strengthen our Learning and Development agenda, we have created two brand new Learning and Development Specialist roles to better equip colleagues, managers and leaders with the skills, behaviours and commercial understanding to perform effectively and lead successful teams.
Reporting to the Head of Talent and working within our Global People and Purpose Team, you will work at the heart of the business, partnering with leaders, designing engaging learning experiences and embedding practical development that improves performance, enhances the colleague experience and supports the continued success of ELEMIS.

This is a highly visible role which will see you building relationships across all business areas, understanding their day-to-day operations, their briefs, completing training needs analysis and translating identified needs into effective learning interventions.

You will spend approximately three days each week working with colleagues, managers and leaders across ELEMIS locations, coaching, facilitating learning and identifying opportunities to strengthen skills, behavioural capability and commercial performance. The remaining two days you can work from home .

What You Will Do:

Leadership & Management Development

Working with the Head of Talent, you will support the design and delivery of leadership and management development initiatives that build confident, capable and high-performing leaders and managers across the whole business.
You will:

- Design, develop and facilitate engaging; leadership and management development programmes, skills and behavioural workshops for leaders and managers across the business.
- Deliver practical learning that builds the skills and behaviours leaders and managers need to lead their teams effectively.
- Equip managers with the confidence and practical skills to navigate people challenges, lead change and manage performance effectively.
- Create structured learning pathways that support colleagues throughout every stage of their leadership journey.
- Develop leadership resources, toolkits and supporting materials that encourage continuous development.
- Continuously review and enhance management development programmes to ensure they remain relevant, engaging and aligned to business priorities.
- Build commercial awareness and business acumen across our leadership and management population, helping leaders and managers understand how their teams contribute to overall business performance.
- Strengthen commercial capability across leaders and managers in all business areas, enabling them to interpret relevant business information, make informed decisions and translate insight into improved team and business performance.
- Partner with People Business Partners and leaders across the business to identify capability gaps, complete training needs analysis and translate business priorities into effective learning interventions.
- Build trusted relationships through regular time across business locations, coaching colleagues and managers and supporting organisational change through targeted development.
- Facilitate engaging face-to-face and virtual workshops and blended programmes, collaborating with the Education team to ensure learning is complementary and supports practical application.
- Evaluate and report on learning participation, engagement and business impact, using feedback, data and emerging best practice to continuously improve the ELEMIS learning experience.
- Support Elemis Apprenticeship programmes.

Learning Design & Digital Content
Create engaging learning experiences that are practical, accessible and support continuous development.

You will:

- Design training programmes and workshops with clear learning objectives, using classroom, virtual and digital learning methods.
- Develop facilitator guides, learner workbooks, manager toolkits and supporting resources.
- Use Articulate Storyline within Articulate 360 to design and develop engaging, interactive on-demand learning for eHub.
- Manage and maintain learning materials within eHub, supporting self-directed learning across the business.
- Develop videos, guides, micro-learning modules and interactive resources that encourage continuous development.
- Ensure all learning materials reflect the ELEMIS brand, values and leadership expectations.
- Coach managers through real business scenarios to embed learning and build confidence.
- Represent the People Team professionally, acting as an ambassador for learning and development across the business.

What We Are Looking For:

- Experience designing and delivering training programmes and skills and behavioural workshops, with evidence of learning being applied in the workplace. Knowledge of adult learning principles and blended learning approaches , with experience applying these to different audiences and learning objectives.
- Facilitation and presentation skills , including the ability to engage varied audiences, adapt delivery and assess learner understanding.
- Particular interest on leadership and management capability , with demonstrable improvements in confidence, skills or performance.
- Learning design skills , including experience creating structured workshops, facilitator guides, learner materials and digital resources aligned to clear learning objectives.
- Hands-on-the-tools, meaning practical experience using Articulate Storyline to create interactive on-demand learning, including activities and assessments that check understanding. Experience managing digital learning platforms such as eHub or other Learning Management Systems, including maintaining content and monitoring participation, completion and engagement. Experience using psychometric tools to support learning and development, ideally Insights Discovery.
- Business partnering to build effective stakeholder relationships and translating briefs into learning interventions with agreed outcomes. This also includes conducting training needs analysis using stakeholder input and relevant data to identify skills, behavioural and capability gaps and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Communication and influencing skills , with experience presenting clear recommendations and securing stakeholder support.
- Planning and organisational skills, with a track record of managing multiple priorities and delivering to agreed deadlines.
- Continuous improvement mindset demonstrated experience in using learner feedback to improve learning experiences.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across the UK.

Success Measures

- Increased leadership capability and management confidence across the business.
- Delivery of engaging and impactful skills, behavioural, leadership and management learning across the business.
- High-quality, interactive on-demand learning content available through eHub.
- Positive learner feedback and strong participation levels.
- Strong partnerships with colleagues and leaders across all business areas.
- Learning solutions that positively contribute to colleague engagement, leadership effectiveness and commercial performance.
- Continuous improvement of the ELEMIS learning offer through innovation, insight and feedback.

What We Offer You!

- Hybrid and Flexible working: we are based three days per week in field or Baker Street Offices, and two days Working From Home. This is a 37.5 hour per week contract, modelled off 9am - 5:30pm. Core hours are between 10am - 4pm.
- 27 days holiday plus your birthday off.
- Two weeks Work-From-Anywhere.
- Generous staff discount on ELEMIS products and spa treatments, plus L’OCCITANE Group brands.
- Enhanced parental leave policies.
- Income Protection and Life Assurance.
- Company pension scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, and service awards.