People Development Advisor

Role overview

• ID:
• Entity: Vistry Services
• Region: Vistry Services
• Department: People
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: London
• Date Posted: 19.07.2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a People Development Advisor to join our team within Vistry Services, we are flexible on location, you can be based out of any of our UK offices. As our People Development Advisor, you will act as a people development subject matter expert, partnering with the people team and business stakeholders to source, supply and deliver people development and digital learning solutions.

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

• Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits
• In return, what we would like from you
  • Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • A minimum of 5 GCSE's (at A to C) inclusive of English & Maths
  • Proven experience in a similar L&D role
  • Strong knowledge of various training methodologies
  • Strong IT skills including Excel and PowerPoint
  • Demonstrable experience of different Learning Management Systems and e-learning platforms
  • Experience in designing and delivering blended learning solutions
  • Design and delivery of complex L&D projects
  • Strategic planning
  • Strong internal and external networking skills
  • A good understanding of all People functions with the ability to collaborate on projects with the wider People team
  • Strong presentation and project skills and a creative mindset
  • Understand the commercial importance of working with tight deadlines and with stakeholder engagement
  • Creative and innovative mindset with the confidence to lead new initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to display a business partnering approach and manage the expectations of each part of the business effectively
  • Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to ensure flexibility when required
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise confidently with people of all levels
  • Flexible to support various areas of the business, to attend various offices and site locations within the business as and when necessary

  Desirable

  • Experience of Cornerstone LMS
  • Experience of COINS
  • Experience of using rapid authoring tools (e.g. Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate) to design, build and deploy e-learning solutions
  • Line management experience
  • Aspirations to learn and develop their role
• More about the People Development Advisor role
  • Support the organisation, design and implementation of people development initiatives including leadership and management development programmes, workshops and webinars.
  • Seek creative, blended learning solutions to meet people development needs.
  • Workshop design and delivery for employees and managers.
  • Support the continuous enhancement of successor development.
  • Work with a strategic mindset to challenge existing programmes and processes, in order to continually improve and enhance the people development offering.
  • Ensure transparency of people development solutions through high quality reporting, using the findings to identify solutions to improve the people development processes.
  • To provide support and back up to People Development Partners. This role would ideally suit someone with aspirations to progress and grow as our organisation does.
  • Work as a trusted advisor to find appropriate learning and development solutions for our internal stakeholders.
  • Conduct training needs assessments with internal stakeholders and the wider People function, identifying and recommending appropriate solutions.
  • Assess and evaluate the ongoing suitability and success of existing development programmes, track alumni progress and report on attrition and promotions.
  • Source external innovations in learning and development, utilising the company L&D budget to maximise the offerings.
  • Coordinate the leadership development processes and liaise with People Development Partners to support the internal nomination processes.
  • Design, develop and deliver blended learning solutions, utilising the company's LMS Cornerstone to build and roll-out bespoke e-learning.
  • Lead on mandatory e-learning processes on company's LMS 'Vistry Learn' and monitoring including the annual compliance training refreshers.
  • Design and deliver virtual and in-person training, development and upskilling programmes, aligned to meet organizational objectives.
  • Guide, coach and advise people managers on best practice management and leadership, promoting a culture of high performance, psychological safety, belonging and inclusion at Vistry.
  • Support in the creation of a learning and development solution for every part of the employee lifecycle.
  • Continuously improve training content, utilise emerging technologies, seeking and responding to employee and manager feedback to design new and creative solutions.
  • Provide regular board or business updates on people development activities, via reports or dashboards.
  • Design and develop functional career pathways, successor development initiatives and support progressive individuals to identify and fill development gaps.
  • Work closely with the People Development Partners, Future Talent and Organisational Development teams and Vistry DE&I networks to plan and deliver on learning initiatives to help meet organisational objectives.
  • Understand and track the people development budget.
  • Build relationships with relevant external networks to research and build upon ideas for organizational development initiatives.
  • Manage, support and develop the People Development Administrator.

Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us

We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading p