Learning And Development Partner

At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight.

The UK Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, distribution and control, with developing expertise in electric motors for aircraft propulsion.

If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.

Learning & Development Partner

Pitstone, Tring, Hertfordshire

Benefits: 8% Bonus, Excellent Pension, 33 Days Holiday, Dental, BUPA, EV scheme, Workplace nursery scheme, Midday finish on Fridays, Enhanced family friendly policies, Wellbeing programme, Employee assistance programme including health and finance, Onsite subsidised canteen

Skills: L&D degree or relevant professional qualifications, LMS, SuccessFactors, SAP, Management information reporting, Experience facilitating workshops, Organisational design, Career development, Commercial awareness

The Role

As a Learning & Development Partner at Safran Electrical & Power you will be pivotal and influential in shaping the growth of employees across all levels at the site of a leading global aerospace organisation. You will deliver the annual training programme to all employees, ensuring colleagues are performing to a satisfactory level across the site. You will influence the future leaders of aerospace, managing the delivery of early career development programmes, including apprentices, graduates and interns.

• Development and delivery of the annual training programme to ensure all employees have the training required to perform to a satisfactory level
• Lead the planning and provision of high quality management and leadership development initiatives, enhancing current and potential capabilities
• Support managers and HR Business Partners to develop robust succession plans, ensuring strategies are implemented to offer effective development for employees
• Lead the management and delivery, working closely with the Recruitment & Talent Manager, of all early career development programmes (including Apprenticeships, Graduates, and Internships)
• Ensure the provision of effective learning and development administrative processes to enable robust management information to be produced
• Manage the site's training budget with the support of the Head of HR
• Ensure learning programs deliver future skills requirements of the business, aligning to the output of the site's critical skills plans
• Keep up to date with advances in talent development, including building an appropriate network of contacts across Safran, externally undertaking professional development as required

Get involved:

We also have a number of groups and forums onsite that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, STEM ambassadors, employee forum, charity partnerships and wellbeing programme.

Our Wellbeing Programme in Pitstone aims to place employee wellbeing at the heart of our business, and we integrate it within all that we do. The programme is made up of four wellbeing committees; Healthy Minds, Physical, Social & Financial. Our enhanced family friendly policies re-enforce our commitment to providing a workplace that is both diverse and inclusive.

Desirable Experience

We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience, but we're also keen to help people grow and develop in this role. If you have some or all of the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Degree educated or equivalent professional qualifications to support depth of HR/L&D experience
• Ability to effectively facilitate range of group-based activities including workshops and focus groups
• Experience of utilising LMS systems to streamline training management processes and reporting
• Significant talent development or learning & development experience with proven experience managing relationships with senior managers and leaders - ideally with some experience within a Manufacturing or Engineering environment covering technical and statutory compliance training
• Natural relationship-building style and positive collaborative approach
• Strong level of commercial awareness and business acumen
• Evidence of written English at interview stage