Learning & Development Specialist

What the role involves

• Run needs analysis with managers before designing any programme
• Design learning journeys, materials and assessments that fit the gap
• Facilitate workshops and programmes to a professional standard
• Measure learning impact beyond attendance and satisfaction scores
• Maintain compliance training and keep records defensible

Core skills

• Training Needs Analysis (level 4/5)
• Learning Design & Curriculum Development (level 4/5)
• Facilitation & Presentation (level 5/5)
• Adult Learning Principles (level 4/5)
• Learning Evaluation & Impact Measurement (level 3/5)
• Content & Material Development (level 3/5)

Preferred skills

• Coaching & Mentoring
• LMS Administration
• Change Management

Tools

Experience expected

1-4 years in learning and development, training or instructional design

Projects that prove the role

• Manager development programme that changed a leadership behaviour
• Compliance curriculum rebuilt to be shorter and more effective
• Onboarding academy that shortened new-joiner ramp time

Evidence to collect

• A programme with pre- and post-measures, not just attendance
• Facilitation recordings or session plans
• A needs analysis you ran with the manager group

What the interview covers

• A programme that did not change behaviour and what you changed
• Running a needs analysis with a sceptical manager
• Facilitating for a senior audience that disagrees with you
• Measuring learning impact honestly

How the role progresses

• L&D Coordinator
• L&D Specialist
• Senior L&D Specialist
• L&D Manager
• Head of Learning

Certifications that carry weight

• CIPD Level 3/5 in L&D
• ATD Certified Professional in Learning and Development
• Instructional Design Certification

Related roles

• hr-business-partner
• training-specialist
• Teacher

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