Learning & Development Lead

Learning & Development Lead.

Aston Villa Football Club.

Bodymoor Heath, Tamworth.

£40,000 to £45,000.

Do you have experience leading and co-ordinating the provision of training, learning and development in an organisation with a workforce requiring a complex array of skills and knowledge? Do you have the organisational ability, communication skills and tenacity to source, create and implement effective training solutions in a dynamic environment where priorities often have to be flexed and adapted?

We have been retained by Aston Villa Football Club to find a L&D Lead to centralise, manage and develop the training provision for the organisation. This is a new position, reporting to the Chief People Officer.

Aston Villa Football Club is an elite sports organisation with Men’s and Women’s First Teams and Boys’ and Girls’ Academies, with a full suite of support functions - HR, Finance, Legal & Safeguarding, Operations, Commercial, Marketing, etc - and a workforce of over 1,000 (including matchday staff).

Key aspects of the role:

• Collaborate with line managers to collate and review training needs.
• Co-ordinate training provision, including sourcing and liaising with training providers.
• Ensure effective training courses and programmes are in place for regulatory and compliance requirements to be met.
• Maintain an accurate database of staff training records.
• Implement and manage evaluation systems to measure the effectiveness of training.
• Design, develop and deliver learning solutions, including workshops, e-learning and leadership development programmes - sourcing cost effective external expertise as required.
• Optimise the use of the organisation’s apprenticeship levy.
• Broader project work, as part of the wider HR team, such as organisational development initiatives around values and behaviours, leadership capability, talent and succession, coaching and mentoring, and performance management.

If you have the experience and skills to excel in this role, the personality to integrate and build credibility with a range of stakeholders, all supported by strong IT skills, this could be the role for you.

To apply in confidence, please send your CV and current salary details, quoting reference BB360/RD, to Mike Archer at Bluebox HR, the retained consultant, by clicking the Apply Now button.

Any applications directly to Aston Villa Football Club will be forwarded to Bluebox HR. Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

If you would prefer an informal conversation prior to applying, please contact Mike directly.

Bluebox HR Limited, Kavannagh House, 251 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6DT