People Development Specialist

People Development Specialist (Technical/Operational Training)

Location: Flexible (ideally South West, hybrid/remote depending on location)Salary: £65,000 + excellent benefits

A leading national property services contractor is looking to appoint a People Development Specialist to support the design and delivery of operational and technical training programmes across its commercial and operational workforce.

This is a newly created role within a growing People Development Team and is central to the organisation’s strategic goal of building a high-performance, coaching-led culture. The role will work closely with operational teams, supporting skills development in trade, construction, and maintenance environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Source, design and deliver engaging training and qualification programmes

• Build and maintain the company’s CITB relationship to access funding and ensure qualification relevance

• Collaborate with the Health & Safety team to align training with compliance and site safety

• Use learning technology to implement blended learning solutions

• Work with internal stakeholders to conduct training needs analysis and build impactful development pathways

About You:

• Strong background in L&D or People Development within a trade, construction, or maintenance setting

• Confident designing and delivering technical or operational training programmes

• Comfortable using Learning Management Systems and digital tools to enhance delivery

• Excellent communicator, able to engage and influence stakeholders

• Committed to embedding diversity, inclusion and safety in all development activity

Benefits:

• Salary: £65,000

• Company profit share scheme (12% last year)

• Up to 7% employer pension contribution

• Private medical insurance

• Life insurance (3x salary)

• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

• 23-25 days holiday (with buy/sell options)

• Retail discounts and employee wellbeing support

This role offers flexible hybrid working and can be based from anywhere in the UK, with occasional travel required.

Interested? Please get in touch to express interest or request further information.