Training Manager

• Job Purpose
• As an Operational Training Manager, you will collaborate with all departments to ensure employees receive the necessary training to excel in their roles and contribute to the overall success of the organisation.
• You will lead our training team on the day-to-day training activity across all operational and non-operational areas of the organisation. Your primary focus will be identifying future training needs, co-producing relevant requirements and evaluating their impact on employee performance.
• Your responsibilities will include developing and enhancing employee skill, knowledge, competence and compliance through a blended approach; virtual classrooms, in person training and eLearning. You will bring your expertise to develop our in-house training team and partner with specialist providers to deliver innovative and ‘best in class’ training interventions.
• By continually improving and adapting our training offer all the time, you will ensure we can meet and exceed local authority, CQC and sector expectations.
•  Dimensions
• Training Team of 7 colleagues including two direct reports.
• Manage budget approximately £300k
•  Principal Accountabilities
• Lead the Training team to consistently deliver high quality training in line with the organisation’s requirements, health and social care sector frameworks and compliance requirements.
• Through a business partner approach, work with key business stakeholders to identify and assess current and future training needs for all job roles, specialist roles and compliance.
• Manage all training delivery within agreed training budget.
• Prepare and present management information and training reports.
• Ensure controls are in place to manage and mitigate training risks, providing assurance of compliance to the Head of Learning & OD.
• Monitor mandatory training compliance across the organisation and collaborate, as required, to resolve any issues.
• Data track and analyse trends against organisational KPIs for training.
• Monitor and evaluate training effectiveness, success and ROI across all training.
• Maintain a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
•  Responsibilities common to all managers
• Demonstrate good judgment and sound decision making by reflecting an appropriate situational awareness, understanding of context and making informed choice when reaching decisions.
• Lead and promote initiatives that support our organisational aim to be socially and environmentally responsible.
• Lead and support initiatives/projects that promote the use of technology.
• Establish, maintain, and develop professional working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Contribute generally to the development of quality services.
• Uphold the values, mission and vision of AFG at all times.
• Adhere to AFG policies and procedures and to operate within the law at all times.
• Demonstrate continuous professional development, encouraging others to do the same and to operate within the AFG performance management framework.
• Work effectively with others to ensure the best outcome for the people supported.
• Comply with Equality and Diversity policy.
• Comply with Code of Conduct.
• Work flexibly in accordance with organisational need.
• Travel within the operational and business area of AFG.
• Hold team meetings and disseminate corporate messages, feeding back issues and recognising staff achievement.
• Comply with AFG recruitment and selection policy and process.
• Act with integrity and transparency at all times.
• Qualifications – CIPD training qualification, equivalent professional knowledge or experience within the HR, Learning and Development field.

Salary – £57354 per annum