Training Consultant

Training Consultant Bradford

Summary

A fantastic opportunity for an immediately available Training Consutlant to join a large and established financial services organisation. This role sits within an established Training Academy within the HR team where they pride themselves on offering a variety of innovative, inspirational and diverse training & development solutions.

Client Details

My client is a very large financial services organisation based near Bradford.

Description

The role of the successful Training Officer is to effectively carry out a full training needs analysis, design, deliver and evaluate a range of training material to groups or individuals using a wide range of learning solutions.

Key task & responsibilities:

Through the TNA, you would beed to asses the training needs in the contact centre and identify appropriate solutions to meet these needs
You would also have the exciting responsibility to design a range of training solutions to ensure that specified learning objectives are met using a blended selection of learning media
You will also deliver a range of training solutions through a framework of instruction, training and facilitation to achieve the overall learning objectives

Profile

CIPD qualified or training qualification CITP or equivalent
Evidence of the full training life cycle, Training Needs Analysis, Design, Delivery and Evaluation
Evidence of identifying and driving Continuous Improvement in an Operational environment
Experience of Process and Systems training experience
Experience of contact centre environments would be very desirable

Job Offer

The client is offering a salary of £30-32K plus 25 days holiday and free parking.

LocationBradfordReference13413260/001Contact NameAmy Procter

Summary

A fantastic opportunity for an immediately available Training Consutlant to join a large and established financial services organisation. This role sits within an established Training Academy within the HR team where they pride themselves on offering a variety of innovative, inspirational and diverse training & development solutions.

Client Details

My client is a very large financial services organisation based near Bradford.

Description

The role of the successful Training Officer is to effectively carry out a full training needs analysis, design, deliver and evaluate a range of training material to groups or individuals using a wide range of learning solutions.

Key task & responsibilities:

Through the TNA, you would beed to asses the training needs in the contact centre and identify appropriate solutions to meet these needs
You would also have the exciting responsibility to design a range of training solutions to ensure that specified learning objectives are met using a blended selection of learning media
You will also deliver a range of training solutions through a framework of instruction, training and facilitation to achieve the overall learning objectives

Profile

CIPD qualified or training qualification CITP or equivalent
Evidence of the full training life cycle, Training Needs Analysis, Design, Delivery and Evaluation
Evidence of identifying and driving Continuous Improvement in an Operational environment
Experience of Process and Systems training experience
Experience of contact centre environments would be very desirable

Job Offer

The client is offering a salary of £30-32K plus 25 days holiday and free parking.

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How to Create Killer Content for Your Blog…

… is the name of the online programme that I commence tomorrow.

I am currently undertaking the Web Content Creation & Management programme, so was a little uncertain as to whether I had the time to commit to another concurrent piece of CPD which took place over 5 concurrent days , however when I noticed that the lessons will remain active for 12 months, I was a little less concerned over my ability to juggle several online programmes.

What has really attracted me to this online programme is the professional curiosity as to whether an ‘intense’, 5 day, mostly asynchronous (there is a webinar) programme can actually work. If it does and I can replicate their approach for subjects within my organisation then I believe that both communications and learning activities within my organisation can greatly benefit.

I’ll let you know how I get on..

In the meantime, how about you? Does your organisation use such an approach, if so for what subjects and how successful has it been?

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Learning and Talent Manager

Learning and Talent Manager City of London

A multi-international specialist Financial Services business is looking for an L&D and Talent Manager to join the team. The new hire will work alongside the new Head of Learning and Talent to design and implement talent initiatives.

The focus of the role is on development, retention and talent management. There is excellent buy in from the wider HR team and senior stakeholder group, therefore the L&D Manager will be innovative and creative.

Responsibilities

Design and implement talent initiatives in line with the firm wide talent strateg to drive high performance

Support firm wide performance management processes including performance appraisals, 360 degree feedback, succession planning and promotion

Engage and partner with the HR Business Partner's to help identify and meet specific functional development needs and consult with the business as appropriate

Assist with the effective communication and marketing of talent and development initiatives

Look for creative opportunities to continuously improve existing L & D processes and work with the wider HR team to re-engineer existing processes

Participate and or lead in wider HR projects as required

The successful candidate will have a broad, full cycle L&D background including significant team management experience and a proven track record of developing and delivering line management training.

LocationCity of LondonSalary£60000 - £65000 per annumReference20541/001Contact NameEmma Castillo

A multi-international specialist Financial Services business is looking for an L&D and Talent Manager to join the team. The new hire will work alongside the new Head of Learning and Talent to design and implement talent initiatives.

The focus of the role is on development, retention and talent management. There is excellent buy in from the wider HR team and senior stakeholder group, therefore the L&D Manager will be innovative and creative.

Responsibilities

Design and implement talent initiatives in line with the firm wide talent strateg to drive high performance

Support firm wide performance management processes including performance appraisals, 360 degree feedback, succession planning and promotion

Engage and partner with the HR Business Partner's to help identify and meet specific functional development needs and consult with the business as appropriate

Assist with the effective communication and marketing of talent and development initiatives

Look for creative opportunities to continuously improve existing L & D processes and work with the wider HR team to re-engineer existing processes

Participate and or lead in wider HR projects as required

The successful candidate will have a broad, full cycle L&D background including significant team management experience and a proven track record of developing and delivering line management training.

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HR Programme Management Trainer/Coach

HR Programme Management Trainer/Coach London This is a great opportunity to join a leading FTSE 100 company and be at the heart of a CEO sponsored strategic change programme impacting over 4,000 people. 

The successful hire will be responsible for training design, development and delivery, and coaching and mentoring of individuals who are to achieve Prince2, MSP and MoP accreditations. The role will appeal to highly accredited Programme/Project Managers and existing Programme Manager Coaches/Trainers.

Key responsibilities: 

Developing learning pathway.Designing and Developing training courses for all levels of Prince2, MSP, MoP.Designing and building an accredited training framework and in-house system (along with future proofing).Coaching (senior) individuals through portfolio development and accreditation certification.Maintenance and improvement of learning pathway.Delivering key training modules.Experience and qualifications required:  

An experienced coach who is able to get the best from teams.Expert in the practical application of collaborative, end-to-end, customer focused approaches (Lean).Expert in the use of forensic, analytical methods e.g. Six Sigma.Strength of character to operate effectively at all levels of an organisation – evidence of dealing with senior management is essential (MD, FD, GMs).Substantial PM / delivery experience: leads on managing scope of project, delivers own and supervised work, creates and manages project plan, conducts on-going reviews of timelines, flags issues, drives communication etc.Graduate with a 2:1 or higher.This will be a challenging role and applicants will need to be self-starters with a high level of motivation. It will suit exceptionally talented and ambitious individuals thanks to the opportunity being a spring board providing the successful hire with the opportunity to build a senior-level network internally and, subsequently, progressing their career internally. 

On offer is a competitive base salary up to £80,000 + £4,800 car allowance + bonus + benefits.  

Interested candidates should send a concise Curriculum Vitae quoting reference AQC3849 and confirm current package details.

LocationLondonSalaryto c.£80,000 + £4,800 car allowance + bonus + benefits. ReferenceAQC3849Contact NameMinesh GhelaniThis is a great opportunity to join a leading FTSE 100 company and be at the heart of a CEO sponsored strategic change programme impacting over 4,000 people. 

The successful hire will be responsible for training design, development and delivery, and coaching and mentoring of individuals who are to achieve Prince2, MSP and MoP accreditations. The role will appeal to highly accredited Programme/Project Managers and existing Programme Manager Coaches/Trainers.

Key responsibilities: 

Developing learning pathway.Designing and Developing training courses for all levels of Prince2, MSP, MoP.Designing and building an accredited training framework and in-house system (along with future proofing).Coaching (senior) individuals through portfolio development and accreditation certification.Maintenance and improvement of learning pathway.Delivering key training modules.Experience and qualifications required:  

An experienced coach who is able to get the best from teams.Expert in the practical application of collaborative, end-to-end, customer focused approaches (Lean).Expert in the use of forensic, analytical methods e.g. Six Sigma.Strength of character to operate effectively at all levels of an organisation – evidence of dealing with senior management is essential (MD, FD, GMs).Substantial PM / delivery experience: leads on managing scope of project, delivers own and supervised work, creates and manages project plan, conducts on-going reviews of timelines, flags issues, drives communication etc.Graduate with a 2:1 or higher.This will be a challenging role and applicants will need to be self-starters with a high level of motivation. It will suit exceptionally talented and ambitious individuals thanks to the opportunity being a spring board providing the successful hire with the opportunity to build a senior-level network internally and, subsequently, progressing their career internally. 

On offer is a competitive base salary up to £80,000 + £4,800 car allowance + bonus + benefits.  

Interested candidates should send a concise Curriculum Vitae quoting reference AQC3849 and confirm current package details.

Apply now

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Never assume…. that the idea you have had (that you think is ‘obvious’) is obvious to everybody!

This was a lesson that was reinforced yesterday, during an exchange of tweets, allow me to explain.

Over the next few years my Organisations is planning to relocate its ‘Training Centre’ (don’t blame me for the name) to a new building. I had a few ideas that I thought might be of benefit during the initial planning/design stages.

Here is an extract from an email that I sent to the building area owner yesterday:

I am aware that the current Training Centre will be relocated to the ‘new building’ at some point in the future and I have some ideas that you may be interested in.

Lose the ICT suite. This only serves to isolate technology from current learning activities as opposed to embedding it within them. It also stands empty for the majority of the time, which is a waste of space and resources. IT access could still be gained by……Provide netbooks/laptops to each learner attending events. These can be kept in purpose built storage/charging trolleys. Coupled with a WiFi connection this will allow learners to connect to the outside world as opposed to relying solely on the knowledge that is being shared amongst the facilitator/delegates, a great example of social constructivism. A modern approach to learning which fits with a modern building.I have also made contact with Professor Stephen Heppell from Bournemouth University who has done some amazing work in redesigning physical learning spaces, most recently for Air Traffic Control training who I know would be able to consult with us.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you require any further clarification on any of these points.

Once I had sent that email, I thought I’d send this tweet

Just contacted L&D team to suggest they 'lose' the ICT suite when the new building is built and provide laptop/netbooks to learners + WiFi.

Which resulted in these tweets in response

@CraigTaylor74 revolutionary. Brings a whole new meaning to 'get out of the classroom' No classroom? RT @CraigTaylor74: Just contacted L&D team to suggest they 'lose' the ICT suite & provide laptop/netbooks to learners + WiFi.

So I thought it might be a good idea to clarify what I meant from my initial tweet and email.

We currently have 3 x training rooms, 2 of which are ‘conventional’ rooms and 1 that is a dedicated ICT Suite

This ICT suite stands empty for approx 95% of the time as truth be told we don’t actually deliver a lot of IT systems training, of course when we do, we need a suitable area in which to deliver it.

We also have a couple of conventional rooms

in which non-IT training takes place and are usually utilised day-in and day-out.

My suggestion of allowing the conventional rooms to absorb the ICT is based upon the following:

As the ICT suite is unused for the majority of the time, it is a waste of not only resources (not least of which is the physical space itself), which is unable to be easily repurposed for other events.The separation from IT and the internet from the conventional training rooms, I believe, exacerbates the opinion that learning and IT are separate from one another, a view that I suspect you Dear Reader do not share?By providing 15-20 laptops/netbooks per room with a WiFi connection (stored in one of those storage/charging trolleys) every room could be quickly repurposed into an ICT suite whenever needed.Most exciting of all however, is the fact that when you place 10 learners and a facilitator into a room you are relying on 11 people’s accumulated knowledge on a given subject. Provide each learner with an organisation approved, WiFi enabled device and all of a sudden that 11 people’s knowledge is now supplemented by access to the internet. Learners can start to realise that learning and personal development need no longer solely rely upon a formal event and a ‘sage on the stage’. Digital literacies can start to be formed and refined.

No cost to the learner in terms of data charges from personal devices, no exclusion based upon the learner being unable to afford a personal device, no waste of physical space by allowing an ICT suite to stand empty, further embedding of learning technologies into what many people consider face-to-face activities.

So what do you think?

Is this another one of my pipe dreams or does it have legs?

Would this work in your organisation?

Why not share your thoughts in the comments box below?

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Trainee Development Adviser

Trainee Development Adviser London - City

Client -
My client is an international leading law firm, looking for a Trainee Development Advisor on a permanent basis.

Role -
As the specialist Graduate Development Adviser you will be the main point of contact for trainees throughout their training contract within the firm. This will involve managing seat changes, organising inductions, ensuring the smooth running of their delivery, monitoring trainees performance, managing any secondment coordination, working with Partners and Law Schools, overseeing appraisals and managing the Trainee Development Assistant.

You -
Experience of working in Trainee Development and on projects is essential. The candidate will have preferably worked within a law firm and be a team player.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy to respond to all applications within three working days. However because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients. Thank you

LocationLondon - CitySalary£30,000 - £40,000ReferenceSS105413Contact NameSam Stafford

Client -
My client is an international leading law firm, looking for a Trainee Development Advisor on a permanent basis.

Role -
As the specialist Graduate Development Adviser you will be the main point of contact for trainees throughout their training contract within the firm. This will involve managing seat changes, organising inductions, ensuring the smooth running of their delivery, monitoring trainees performance, managing any secondment coordination, working with Partners and Law Schools, overseeing appraisals and managing the Trainee Development Assistant.

You -
Experience of working in Trainee Development and on projects is essential. The candidate will have preferably worked within a law firm and be a team player.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy to respond to all applications within three working days. However because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients. Thank you

Apply now

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Operational Trainer - Central Region

Operational Trainer - Central Region Birmingham

Anchor has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operational Trainer to join their team. Their main role will to be deliver effective learning & development interventions that drives and supports a competent and capable workforce.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the regional training centre, to ensure events are planned, in line with demand, to maximum occupancy and that drives or maintains statutory and mandatory training targets.

Location: Central Region

Key Responsibilities:

• Training delivery
• Daily running of the regional training centre
• Planning interventions based on demand identified in the regional / national plans
• Adapting training materials or techniques to meet the needs of the audience
• Revision of training materials based on feedback and evaluation

Required Knowledge & Experience:

Qualifications

• Certificate in training practice, NVQ or equivalent experience
• Part of fully qualified membership of CIPD
• PTTLLS or working towards PTTLLS
• Specific care or health & safety qualifications, would be advantageous

Experience Required:

• Experience of the full learning cycle (training needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation)
Having worked in a person centred/customer focused environment.
• Experience of training delivery to a diverse and multi skilled workforce
• Proven track record in implementing blended learning techniques

Required Skills:

• Up to date knowledge of industry best practice and standards as well as developments in the L&D arena
• Blended learning techniques
• Appropriate development interventions, suitable for learners in a customer facing environment

Closing Date: 02/03/2015

LocationBirminghamSalary£30k to £34k depending on experienceReference011922Contact NameCintia Santoianni

Anchor has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operational Trainer to join their team. Their main role will to be deliver effective learning & development interventions that drives and supports a competent and capable workforce.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the regional training centre, to ensure events are planned, in line with demand, to maximum occupancy and that drives or maintains statutory and mandatory training targets.

Location: Central Region

Key Responsibilities:

• Training delivery
• Daily running of the regional training centre
• Planning interventions based on demand identified in the regional / national plans
• Adapting training materials or techniques to meet the needs of the audience
• Revision of training materials based on feedback and evaluation

Required Knowledge & Experience:

Qualifications

• Certificate in training practice, NVQ or equivalent experience
• Part of fully qualified membership of CIPD
• PTTLLS or working towards PTTLLS
• Specific care or health & safety qualifications, would be advantageous

Experience Required:

• Experience of the full learning cycle (training needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation)
Having worked in a person centred/customer focused environment.
• Experience of training delivery to a diverse and multi skilled workforce
• Proven track record in implementing blended learning techniques

Required Skills:

• Up to date knowledge of industry best practice and standards as well as developments in the L&D arena
• Blended learning techniques
• Appropriate development interventions, suitable for learners in a customer facing environment

Closing Date: 02/03/2015

Apply now

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Learning & Development Business Partner - South East

Learning & Development Business Partner - South East Home Based, Areas covered: Stowmarket, Southampton, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Reading, Slough & London

With extensive experience of best practice L&D delivery solutions, you are ready to develop your career in a business that will encourage your insight and input, welcome your ideas and act on them. That business is AkzoNobel. Home to the Dulux Super Brand and world class products including Sikkens, Cuprinol and Polycell, we are looking for a senior level L&D professional to lead and manage the deployment of our UK L&D strategy. This is a high profile role within our business, part of a new global L&D operating model combining global aligned programs with local bespoke initiatives.
We operate in a number of important market segments ranging from buildings and infrastructure to transport, industrial and consumer goods. We’re also the sector leader in sustainability and number one in the renowned Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We are also named amongst the Top Employers in the UK.  You can’t make a great impact like this without having great people. We want to be the best – to use our leading market positions to deliver a leading performance – and for that, we need the best.  Is that you?
As the Learning & Development Business Partner for the South East you will provide high level Account Manager consultation support for this region. Working alongside senior local HR Business Partners you will be responsible for developing and implementing L&D strategic plans for each business.  You will analyse skill gaps, gain insight of key development needs and challenges and formulate plans to improve internal capability, people engagement and performance.  As the Subject Matter Expert on a country-wide basis for Commercial L&D Capability, you will partner with global and local commercial excellence teams to provide high level L&D consultation to drive people capability within UK Commercial functions. 

Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) you will have proven high level experience in L&D strategy at senior level and be a competent high level facilitator.  Ideally a CIPD (or equivalent) member with a recognised coaching qualification would be an advantage. You will be commercially astute, results focussed and a team player.  You will champion and drive the transition to a learning culture and self-managed development.  You will be effective at analysing needs and devising cohesive solutions, great at motivating and engaging diverse audiences and be a skilled influencer.

At AkzoNobel, we believe we can only grow our business as fast as we grow our people, so if you want to be L&D Business Partner in a business that will invest in you and give you the opportunity to develop please apply below.

AkzoNobel. Where your ideas go far.

LocationHome Based, Areas covered: Stowmarket, Southampton, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Reading, Slough & LondonSalaryCompetitive Salary & Benefits - up to 10% company bonus, company car, 25 days annual leave, pension, BUPA health insurance, 50% discount on our products.DurationPermanent full timeReference1400063CContact NameN/A

With extensive experience of best practice L&D delivery solutions, you are ready to develop your career in a business that will encourage your insight and input, welcome your ideas and act on them. That business is AkzoNobel. Home to the Dulux Super Brand and world class products including Sikkens, Cuprinol and Polycell, we are looking for a senior level L&D professional to lead and manage the deployment of our UK L&D strategy. This is a high profile role within our business, part of a new global L&D operating model combining global aligned programs with local bespoke initiatives.
We operate in a number of important market segments ranging from buildings and infrastructure to transport, industrial and consumer goods. We’re also the sector leader in sustainability and number one in the renowned Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We are also named amongst the Top Employers in the UK.  You can’t make a great impact like this without having great people. We want to be the best – to use our leading market positions to deliver a leading performance – and for that, we need the best.  Is that you?
As the Learning & Development Business Partner for the South East you will provide high level Account Manager consultation support for this region. Working alongside senior local HR Business Partners you will be responsible for developing and implementing L&D strategic plans for each business.  You will analyse skill gaps, gain insight of key development needs and challenges and formulate plans to improve internal capability, people engagement and performance.  As the Subject Matter Expert on a country-wide basis for Commercial L&D Capability, you will partner with global and local commercial excellence teams to provide high level L&D consultation to drive people capability within UK Commercial functions. 

Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) you will have proven high level experience in L&D strategy at senior level and be a competent high level facilitator.  Ideally a CIPD (or equivalent) member with a recognised coaching qualification would be an advantage. You will be commercially astute, results focussed and a team player.  You will champion and drive the transition to a learning culture and self-managed development.  You will be effective at analysing needs and devising cohesive solutions, great at motivating and engaging diverse audiences and be a skilled influencer.

At AkzoNobel, we believe we can only grow our business as fast as we grow our people, so if you want to be L&D Business Partner in a business that will invest in you and give you the opportunity to develop please apply below.

AkzoNobel. Where your ideas go far.

Apply now

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Technical management courses (before July)

  Please find below the courses in the field of technical management scheduled before July and which have places available.

For more details about a course and to register, please go to the Training Catalogue.

If you need a course which is not in the catalogue, please contact your supervisor, your Departmental Training Officer or HR-LD at Technical.Management.Training@cern.ch.

 

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Training & Development Assistant- City of London

Training & Development Assistant- City of London London

My client has an amazing new exciting opportunity for a Training & Development Assistant to work in a firm who are highly regarded as one of the best in providing advice to its clients worldwide and has been recently awarded for its level of expertise and quality of advice, placing it amongst the top 10 firms in its area of expertise in the city. They have many offices around the globe in Asia, Europe and the Middle East and you will have an opportunity to work in its largest office based in the heartbeat of the business district in the city, with tourist attraction buildings like the 'Gherkin', 'Cheese grater' and Bishopsgate Tower in close proximity. You will be supporting the Head of Training and Development, who has many years of experience and knowledge therefore there is no one better who could be your biggest supporter and mentor.

Key responsibilities

Scheduling of training workshops including liaison with internal and external trainersWorking with firms to book trainees on to courses; securing dates; managing & tracking attendance; booking and meeting trainers; arranging materials & catering; advertising programmes; completing certificates for attendees; diary management.Creating and generating reports from the database; extracting key management dataSetting up new development programmes and related training workshopsManaging course bookings and tracking attendance; developing the use of the databaseInvolvement and assistance in a project with the wider team on a new firmwide HR and T&D systemDistributing the T&D programme to all London fee earners; working with the team to increase the accessibility of training and booking process/advertisingInvolvement in the Firmwide appraisal process with the HR teamPotential involvement in other Firmwide training activity/roll outs on areas such as compliance, risk and other initiatives or other needs as they arise

Key knowledge and skills:

Excellent administrative, organisational, planning and coordination skills - able to plan, prioritise, respond and adapt proactively to changing deadlines and demandsProactive in managing own and others' time, diaries and calendarsStrong accuracy and eye for detailExcellent verbal and written communication skills - articulate and able to communicate with all levels and via different mediaExcellent IT Skills - Word, PowerPoint, Excel and database useProactive manner and approach to all work and communicationCan-do, positive and professional attitudeApproachable and able to build rapport quickly with all levels of staff across the firmProfessional, confident and resilientAble to work as part of a teamAbility to use own initiative, review working practices and come up with fresh ideasMotivated by and interested in people and the HR & Training agendaOverall able to provide a high level of service to the team and our internal clients

Experience/ Qualifications

May be part or fully CIPD qualified - or have a longer term interest in becoming so

Proven track record and experience (or very strong potential) within an administrative role to include the following.

Diary management and schedulingEvent planning and coordinationDatabase management and use of multiple IT systemsManagement of multiple tasks and projectsLocationLondonSalary£30000 negotiableReferenceContact NameTB

My client has an amazing new exciting opportunity for a Training & Development Assistant to work in a firm who are highly regarded as one of the best in providing advice to its clients worldwide and has been recently awarded for its level of expertise and quality of advice, placing it amongst the top 10 firms in its area of expertise in the city. They have many offices around the globe in Asia, Europe and the Middle East and you will have an opportunity to work in its largest office based in the heartbeat of the business district in the city, with tourist attraction buildings like the 'Gherkin', 'Cheese grater' and Bishopsgate Tower in close proximity. You will be supporting the Head of Training and Development, who has many years of experience and knowledge therefore there is no one better who could be your biggest supporter and mentor.

Key responsibilities

Scheduling of training workshops including liaison with internal and external trainersWorking with firms to book trainees on to courses; securing dates; managing & tracking attendance; booking and meeting trainers; arranging materials & catering; advertising programmes; completing certificates for attendees; diary management.Creating and generating reports from the database; extracting key management dataSetting up new development programmes and related training workshopsManaging course bookings and tracking attendance; developing the use of the databaseInvolvement and assistance in a project with the wider team on a new firmwide HR and T&D systemDistributing the T&D programme to all London fee earners; working with the team to increase the accessibility of training and booking process/advertisingInvolvement in the Firmwide appraisal process with the HR teamPotential involvement in other Firmwide training activity/roll outs on areas such as compliance, risk and other initiatives or other needs as they arise

Key knowledge and skills:

Excellent administrative, organisational, planning and coordination skills - able to plan, prioritise, respond and adapt proactively to changing deadlines and demandsProactive in managing own and others' time, diaries and calendarsStrong accuracy and eye for detailExcellent verbal and written communication skills - articulate and able to communicate with all levels and via different mediaExcellent IT Skills - Word, PowerPoint, Excel and database useProactive manner and approach to all work and communicationCan-do, positive and professional attitudeApproachable and able to build rapport quickly with all levels of staff across the firmProfessional, confident and resilientAble to work as part of a teamAbility to use own initiative, review working practices and come up with fresh ideasMotivated by and interested in people and the HR & Training agendaOverall able to provide a high level of service to the team and our internal clients

Experience/ Qualifications

May be part or fully CIPD qualified - or have a longer term interest in becoming so

Proven track record and experience (or very strong potential) within an administrative role to include the following.

Diary management and schedulingEvent planning and coordinationDatabase management and use of multiple IT systemsManagement of multiple tasks and projects

Apply now

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Bared faced lying (but in a nice way)

Since I started in my new role as a Learning Technologies Manager for Bupa International I’ve facilitated a number of ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions for my colleagues within the HR team around a number of learning technology related subjects.

To date these have been:

‘elearning….. discuss’ – a 2 hour sessions which helped people to see ‘e’learning as being more than just traditional, ‘click next’ SCORM objects‘Getting Started with Mobile Learning’ – a 2 hour session which was essentially a dry run of my DevLearn 12 session‘Welcome Aboard’ – a 2 hour session  centering around the use of technology within the onboarding / induction process

The latest ‘Welcome Aboard’ session was facilitated as an Alternate Reality Game. In order to add the context in which the game was being unknowingly played I referred to some research that I heard about at DevLearn.

Only problem is that there was no such research at DevLearn – it was lie, a misdirection, a bluff, an economical use of the truth….

To help me with this bluff I created the animation below using Powtoon  which I played during the early stages of the session/game after I had prattled on about the DevLearn research ‘discovery’

It’s a cracking piece of software; cheap, intuitive, a great trial period.

Why not give it a whirl and let us all know how you get on?

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Podcast #26: One month on…

Devlearn 12

Craig chats with Bianca Woods about what they took away from Devlearn 12, but more importantly what they’ve been able to implement back in their organisations in the 6 weeks since Devlearn concluded.

Bianca also shares her tips on how to maximise your engagement with your ‘non conference attending’ colleagues prior to, during and after any conference attendance.

Listening time: 25 mins

Download the podcast in m3 format: Podcast #26 One month on..

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Shownotes

Bianca’s blog

Music Source

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Training Manager

Training Manager London

Summary

A Training Manager is required for a Financial Services organisation based in London. The successful Training Manager will be responsible for delivering our client's Retail Training strategy and ensure its implementation within budget and agreed timeline.

Client Details

A Financial Services Organisation based in London

Description

The successful Training Manager will be responsible for delivering our client's Retail Training strategy and ensure its implementation within budget and agreed timeline.

The key requirements for the role will include:

Responsibility for end-to-end training design and delivery for all relevant levels. The aspect of training will cover inductions, commercial training, product training, soft skills, coaching and any other relevant and required technical skills
Work closely with all Area Managers, HR Department, and Performance Coaches to ensure all relevant staff are trained to a high standard
Identify areas for improved efficiency and make recommendations
Set and agree annual Retail Training KPIs with the Retail Director
Benchmark with competitors in the industry to consistently improve Retail standards
Design competency framework
Write/ update any relevant recruitment selection processes
Design, deliver and implement relevant induction programme in conjunction with the Area Managers and HR Department
Implement and incorporate all Government Training initiatives e.g. skills for life, NVQs for development of staff
Design and delivery product training, relevant/required technical and soft skills training and ensure all staff are coached on all products and receive ongoing training
Design and write the training manuals, update them in accordance with changes to the external or internal governance, regulations, technical software changes, retail product and services updates
Design and deliver refresher training for existing staff in conjunction with the relevant teams
Design and deliver training for newly promoted staff in conjunction with the relevant teams
Ensure all design and delivery is within agreed budgets
Regular travel to the all sites to understand the needs of the local business and offer adequate training solutions
Attend events related to Retail/Financial Services for ongoing improvement or regular updates
Undertake all reasonable duties and responsibilities for the effective support of the business
You are required to ensure all Health & Safety regulations are adhered to within Company guidelines.
You will undertake any reasonable requests by the Company in order to fulfil the role criteria and/or business objectives.

Profile

Previous work experience in a similar role and environment
Ability to communicate effectively across all levels across the organisation
Manage relationships with key stakeholders
High level of attention to detail
Flexible
Methodical
Good admin skills
Proactive
Good presentation skills
Understanding of the retail industry
Relevant training qualification/degree or equivalent
Secondary education or equivalent
Proactive
Team player
Confident
Innovative and forward thinking

Job Offer

A competitive package dependent on experience

LocationLondonSalary£1 per annumDuration12Reference13423271/001Contact NameAdrian Dawson

Summary

A Training Manager is required for a Financial Services organisation based in London. The successful Training Manager will be responsible for delivering our client's Retail Training strategy and ensure its implementation within budget and agreed timeline.

Client Details

A Financial Services Organisation based in London

Description

The successful Training Manager will be responsible for delivering our client's Retail Training strategy and ensure its implementation within budget and agreed timeline.

The key requirements for the role will include:

Responsibility for end-to-end training design and delivery for all relevant levels. The aspect of training will cover inductions, commercial training, product training, soft skills, coaching and any other relevant and required technical skills
Work closely with all Area Managers, HR Department, and Performance Coaches to ensure all relevant staff are trained to a high standard
Identify areas for improved efficiency and make recommendations
Set and agree annual Retail Training KPIs with the Retail Director
Benchmark with competitors in the industry to consistently improve Retail standards
Design competency framework
Write/ update any relevant recruitment selection processes
Design, deliver and implement relevant induction programme in conjunction with the Area Managers and HR Department
Implement and incorporate all Government Training initiatives e.g. skills for life, NVQs for development of staff
Design and delivery product training, relevant/required technical and soft skills training and ensure all staff are coached on all products and receive ongoing training
Design and write the training manuals, update them in accordance with changes to the external or internal governance, regulations, technical software changes, retail product and services updates
Design and deliver refresher training for existing staff in conjunction with the relevant teams
Design and deliver training for newly promoted staff in conjunction with the relevant teams
Ensure all design and delivery is within agreed budgets
Regular travel to the all sites to understand the needs of the local business and offer adequate training solutions
Attend events related to Retail/Financial Services for ongoing improvement or regular updates
Undertake all reasonable duties and responsibilities for the effective support of the business
You are required to ensure all Health & Safety regulations are adhered to within Company guidelines.
You will undertake any reasonable requests by the Company in order to fulfil the role criteria and/or business objectives.

Profile

Previous work experience in a similar role and environment
Ability to communicate effectively across all levels across the organisation
Manage relationships with key stakeholders
High level of attention to detail
Flexible
Methodical
Good admin skills
Proactive
Good presentation skills
Understanding of the retail industry
Relevant training qualification/degree or equivalent
Secondary education or equivalent
Proactive
Team player
Confident
Innovative and forward thinking

Job Offer

A competitive package dependent on experience

Apply now

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Senior Learning & Development Manager - Commercial

Description

From a secret recipe to a bold idea and very proud traditions, we build the future. Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) manufactures, distributes, sells and markets some of the world’s strongest brands in non-alcoholic beverages. We are part of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc, the leading Western European marketer, distributor, and producer of bottle and can non-alcoholic refreshments and the world’s third-largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. Some of the brands you will find in our portfolio are Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Powerade®, Glaceau Vitaminwater®, Monster® and Caprisun®.

Leading brands, great people, growth and the reward that comes with it: the raw materials for success are right here. But still, success depends on our skilled management sharing thirst: a thirst for getting more and better from our people and systems, a thirst for pushing limits, and a thirst for the rigour and challenge of a fast moving business.

Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Senior Learning and Development Manager

Permanent

What you become a part of

• Leading a team to consult, design & deliver learning solutions for the Commercial Function across Europe
• To design solutions through internal or external methods that delivers a performance improvement through effective learning and development.
• To lead the deployment of quality learning solutions for the Commercial Functions
• Front Line Account Manage the Commercial HRBP teams as appropriate
• Line Manage a team of European L&D Managers

What to expect

• Consult and design solutions through internal or external resources to deliver a quality solution for our customers
• Work with L&D Services to review effectiveness of solution and evaluate ROI.
• Line management of L&D Managers to ensure all solutions are delivered on time and to agreed objectives
• Proving a first class L&D service to the European Sales and Marketing Team
• Delivering the budget and management of vendors
• Full implementation of the L&D Commercial Plan
• Managing design feedback from facilitators/L&D Managers
• Managing relationships with HRBPs and Commercial Stakeholders
• Delivery of quality L&D projects on time, in budget and meeting the business needs
• Performance management of L&D Managers
• Budgetary management

Job Activities

• Partner the HRBP for Commercial European Teams to deliver key projects and initiatives from a professional L&D perspective
• Using internal consultancy methodology, design and deliver a learning solution that delivers the requested business need and raises performance/capability.
• Lead key internal L&D projects to improve business performance and build the capability of our people
• Lead work with the L&D Services/ field L&D team to ensure an effective implementation plan for rollout.
• Build and maintain positive external contacts to keep up to date with the external market and latest trends in L&D.
• Apply project management methodology to manage and monitor progress on development solutions.
• Be responsible for the budget in line with design/implementation costings and travel expenditure
• Identify and evaluate future trends within the Development ‘market’.
• Liaise with the Instructional design team where required
• Lead the L&D Design to deliver quality L&D solutions with pace, efficiency and creativity
• Deliver senior training where required.
• Manage queries from facilitators on course content and feed through to the relevant L&D Manager
• Ensure sufficient supplies of materials are available to meet the plan
• Review evaluation feedback, define appropriate actions and progress
• Line manage and deliver the ‘My Development Experience’ for L&D Managers and ensure appropriate resource and capability levels within the team
• Continuously assess the quality assurance activities to ensure the standard of delivered training is in line with requirements. Coach as appropriate to improve standards
• Act as point of reference for, and supply expert advice to facilitators with regard to course delivery
• Identify where learning products may require update/maintenance, action or feed through as appropriate
• Deputise for the AD Commercial as necessary

Qualifications

What we expect of you

Experience in applying organisation development solutions in a cross matrix organisationExtensive L&D design and delivery expertiseExperience in leading large scale, complex projects from an L&D perspectiveStrong theoretical understanding of Learning development and how to apply in a pragmatic way to deliver an effective result for the customerProven track record of large scale, remote team managementExcellent internal consulting skillsProject management skillsExcellent communication and facilitation skillsPsychometric assessment tools - advantageousCIPD or country equivalent – preferredEuropean Travel 15-30%

Application

If this role is of interest to you, please upload a recent copy of your CV below and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

www.cokecce.com/careers

We believe that equal opportunities means inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.

Apply now

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Operational Trainer - London

Operational Trainer - London London

Anchor has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operational Trainer to join their team. Their main role will to be deliver effective learning & development interventions that drives and supports a competent and capable workforce.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the regional training centre, to ensure events are planned, in line with demand, to maximum occupancy and that drives or maintains statutory and mandatory training targets.

Location: London

Key Responsibilities:

• Training delivery
• Daily running of the regional training centre
• Planning interventions based on demand identified in the regional / national plans
• Adapting training materials or techniques to meet the needs of the audience
• Revision of training materials based on feedback and evaluation

Required knowledge and experience:

Qualifications

• Certificate in training practice, NVQ or equivalent experience
• Part of fully qualified membership of CIPD
• PTTLLS or working towards PTTLLS
• Specific care or health & safety qualifications, would be advantageous

Experience Required:

• Experience of the full learning cycle (training needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation)
Having worked in a person centred/customer focused environment.
• Experience of training delivery to a diverse and multi skilled workforce
• Proven track record in implementing blended learning techniques

Required Skills:

• Up to date knowledge of industry best practice and standards as well as developments in the L&D arena
• Blended learning techniques
• Appropriate development interventions, suitable for learners in a customer facing environment

Closing Date: 02/03/2015

LocationLondonSalary£30 to £34k depending on experienceReference011918Contact NameCintia Santoianni

Anchor has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operational Trainer to join their team. Their main role will to be deliver effective learning & development interventions that drives and supports a competent and capable workforce.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the regional training centre, to ensure events are planned, in line with demand, to maximum occupancy and that drives or maintains statutory and mandatory training targets.

Location: London

Key Responsibilities:

• Training delivery
• Daily running of the regional training centre
• Planning interventions based on demand identified in the regional / national plans
• Adapting training materials or techniques to meet the needs of the audience
• Revision of training materials based on feedback and evaluation

Required knowledge and experience:

Qualifications

• Certificate in training practice, NVQ or equivalent experience
• Part of fully qualified membership of CIPD
• PTTLLS or working towards PTTLLS
• Specific care or health & safety qualifications, would be advantageous

Experience Required:

• Experience of the full learning cycle (training needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation)
Having worked in a person centred/customer focused environment.
• Experience of training delivery to a diverse and multi skilled workforce
• Proven track record in implementing blended learning techniques

Required Skills:

• Up to date knowledge of industry best practice and standards as well as developments in the L&D arena
• Blended learning techniques
• Appropriate development interventions, suitable for learners in a customer facing environment

Closing Date: 02/03/2015

Apply now

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Training & Competence Specialist

Training & Competence Specialist City of London

A leading, city based financial services firm has a new, urgent, requirement for a Training & Competence Consultant with experience of rolling out Senior Manager Regime training to join them on a long term contract basis. Reporting into the Head of Training, the role will focus on the following:

- Work with key stakeholders to ensure that the bank implements the FCA's new regulatory regime to a consistent standard including: Senior Manager's Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct Rules

- To assist the bank in implementing the new FCA Regulatory framework for Individuals in accordance with regulations.

- To help embed T&C procedures and establish appropriate training for relevant staff and in supervisory roles.

This is a 12 month contract, paying up to £70,000 with an immediate start. Candidates must have experience rolling out FCA competence training previously and ideally have experience specifically with Senior Manager's Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct Rules. To be considered, please apply with an updated CV as soon as possible.

SR Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

LocationCity of LondonSalary£60000 - £70000 per annumDuration12 monthsReferenceKA/6070TCContact NameKunaal Arora

A leading, city based financial services firm has a new, urgent, requirement for a Training & Competence Consultant with experience of rolling out Senior Manager Regime training to join them on a long term contract basis. Reporting into the Head of Training, the role will focus on the following:

- Work with key stakeholders to ensure that the bank implements the FCA's new regulatory regime to a consistent standard including: Senior Manager's Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct Rules

- To assist the bank in implementing the new FCA Regulatory framework for Individuals in accordance with regulations.

- To help embed T&C procedures and establish appropriate training for relevant staff and in supervisory roles.

This is a 12 month contract, paying up to £70,000 with an immediate start. Candidates must have experience rolling out FCA competence training previously and ideally have experience specifically with Senior Manager's Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct Rules. To be considered, please apply with an updated CV as soon as possible.

SR Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Apply now

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Language training

  If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to learn a language, there is no excuse any more. 

You can attend one of our English or French courses and you can practise the language with a tandem partner!

General & Professional French courses
The next General & Professional French course will start on 26 January. These collective courses aim to bring participants who have at least level A1 to higher levels (up to C2).

Each level consists of a combination of face-to-face sessions (40 hours) with personal work (20 hours) following a specially designed programme.
A final progress test takes place at the end of the term.
Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

French courses for beginners
The aim of this course is to give some basic skills to beginners in order to communicate in simple everyday situations in both social and professional life. These courses can start at any time during the year, as soon as a group of beginners has been identified.

Participants can apply either for a semi-intensive (10-week courses with 6 hours of classes per week) course and choose between different schedules (morning/lunch time – late afternoon).

If you have doubts regarding your level in French - you can find here the “European levels – Self-Assessment Grid that will give you an idea at what level you will be placed.

French Oral Expression
These collective courses aim to bring participants with a good level in French to a higher level of oral expression in a professional context. The next Oral Expression course will start on January 26.

Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

French Writing Course
These collective courses aim to bring participants with a good level in French to a higher level of written expression.

Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

Cours d’anglais - général & professionnel
Les prochains cours général & professionnel débuteront le 26 janvier. L’objectif principal de ces cours collectifs est de permettre aux participants d’un niveau A1 de progresser pour atteindre un niveau supérieur pouvant aller jusqu’à C2.

Nous vous prions de remplir aussi une demande de formation pour un test de placement – ce test est obligatoire même si vous avez déjà suivi des cours de langue au CERN.

Cours d’expression – anglais
Le prochain cours d’expression orale débutera le 26 janvier. Ce cours s’adresse à un publique ayant un bon niveau en anglais.

Cours d’expression écrite 
Nous proposons deux cours d’expression écrite :

Administrative
Technical

Si vous souhaitez suivre un de ces cours, merci de bien vouloir remplir une demande de formation pour le cours et pour le test de placement.

For registration and further information on the courses or the language tandem programme, please contact Kerstin Fuhrmeister (70896), (language.training@cern.ch).

 

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AXEL-2015 - Introduction To Particle Accelerators | starting 19 January

 

CERN Technical Training 2015: Learning for the LHC

AXEL-2015 is a lecture series on particle accelerators, given at CERN within the framework of the 2014 Technical Training Programme. As part of the BE Department’s Operations Group Shutdown Lecture series, the general accelerator physics module has been organised since 2003 as a joint venture between the BE Department and Technical Training, and is open to the general CERN community.

The AXEL-2015 course is designed for technicians who are operating an accelerator or whose work is closely linked to accelerators, but it is also open to technicians, engineers, and physicists interested in this field. The course does not require any prior knowledge of accelerators. However, some basic knowledge of trigonometry, matrices and differential equations and some basic knowledge of magnetism would be an advantage.

The series will consists of 10 one-hour sessions (Monday 19 January 2015 – Friday 23 January 2015, from 9 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. and from 10.45 a.m. to 12 noon), and will be delivered in English with questions and answers also possible in French. The lecturer is Rende Steerenberg, Deputy Group Leader of the BE Operations Group and PS Section Leader. The programme will cover: basic mathematics; transverse optics; lattice calculations; resonances; longitudinal motion; leptons; transfer lines, injection and ejection; longitudinal and transverse beam instabilities.

Registration is required for this course. Participation in all lectures is encouraged to allow people to gain the maximum benefit; registered participants will be invited and attendance will be recorded in their personal training records. If you are interested in AXEL-2015, please talk to your supervisor and/or your Departmental Training Officer. Register online via the training catalogue. The detailed program is available on the AXEL-2015 webpage, accessible at http://www.cern.ch/TechnicalTraining/

Organizers:
Rende Steerenberg, BE-OP 79086/164518
Technical Training, HR-LD 74924

 

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Safety Training: places available in March and April 2015

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue (see here).

by Safety Training, HSE Unit

 

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Technical management courses (before July)

  Please find below the courses in the field of technical management scheduled before July and which have places available.

For more details about a course and to register, please go to the Training Catalogue.

If you need a course which is not in the catalogue, please contact your supervisor, your Departmental Training Officer or HR-LD at Technical.Management.Training@cern.ch.

 

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Language training

  If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to learn a language, there is no excuse any more. 

You can attend one of our English or French courses and you can practise the language with a tandem partner!

General & Professional French courses
The next General & Professional French course will start on 26 January. These collective courses aim to bring participants who have at least level A1 to higher levels (up to C2).

Each level consists of a combination of face-to-face sessions (40 hours) with personal work (20 hours) following a specially designed programme.
A final progress test takes place at the end of the term.
Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

French courses for beginners
The aim of this course is to give some basic skills to beginners in order to communicate in simple everyday situations in both social and professional life. These courses can start at any time during the year, as soon as a group of beginners has been identified.

Participants can apply either for a semi-intensive (10-week courses with 6 hours of classes per week) course and choose between different schedules (morning/lunch time – late afternoon).

If you have doubts regarding your level in French - you can find here the “European levels – Self-Assessment Grid that will give you an idea at what level you will be placed.

French Oral Expression
These collective courses aim to bring participants with a good level in French to a higher level of oral expression in a professional context. The next Oral Expression course will start on January 26.

Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

French Writing Course
These collective courses aim to bring participants with a good level in French to a higher level of written expression.

Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

Cours d’anglais - général & professionnel
Les prochains cours général & professionnel débuteront le 26 janvier. L’objectif principal de ces cours collectifs est de permettre aux participants d’un niveau A1 de progresser pour atteindre un niveau supérieur pouvant aller jusqu’à C2.

Nous vous prions de remplir aussi une demande de formation pour un test de placement – ce test est obligatoire même si vous avez déjà suivi des cours de langue au CERN.

Cours d’expression – anglais
Le prochain cours d’expression orale débutera le 26 janvier. Ce cours s’adresse à un publique ayant un bon niveau en anglais.

Cours d’expression écrite 
Nous proposons deux cours d’expression écrite :

Administrative
Technical

Si vous souhaitez suivre un de ces cours, merci de bien vouloir remplir une demande de formation pour le cours et pour le test de placement.

For registration and further information on the courses or the language tandem programme, please contact Kerstin Fuhrmeister (70896), (language.training@cern.ch).

 

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A breath of fresh air for cryogenics training

  Whether you work full-time in a cryogenic installation or are required to handle cryogenic substances temporarily, you need to have followed the appropriate safety training.

Photo: Christoph Balle.

Two new training courses are now available in English and French at CERN: “Cryogenic Safety – Fundamentals” (at the Prévessin Training Centre) and “Cryogenic Safety – Helium Transfer” (at the Cryolab).

The first covers the content of levels 1 and 2 of the old “Cryogenic Safety” course. The second is a completely new course for CERN: it covers specific aspects of the transfer of liquid helium, such as the evaporation process of helium and the associated risks to human health (asphyxia due to displacement of oxygen), the colour code for gas bottles, etc. These training modules have been rewritten in response to the increase in the number of projects involving cryogenics and following various related incidents.

Photo: Christoph Balle.

Both courses are taught “face to face” by Torsten Koettig, an engineer from the TE Department, and include a theoretical section and a practical section. In order to be able to take the “Helium Transfer” module, you must have already completed the “Fundamentals” module.

If you have any questions about cryogenic safety, please contact your Cryogenic Safety Officer (CSO). If your Department does not have a CSO, please address your questions to the HSE Unit: hse.secretariat@cern.ch.

For any questions regarding safety training, please contact: safety-training@cern.ch.

by HSE Unit

 

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"Ergonomics" training course: living in harmony with your screen!

  More and more of us are spending time in front of a computer screen. For some people, the average is one or two hours a day, but for others it’s practically the whole day. Not to mention what happens when we get home…

Sitting correctly at your screen-based workstation is not just a question of comfort.

Back or neck pain, sore wrists, eye strain, stress... these are just some of the problems that can arise over the short to medium term.

The likelihood of such problems can be reduced by adjusting your workstation, its position or the organisation of your workload, which can be defined as part of a detailed evaluation of your personal situation.

However, there are a few simple actions we can take ourselves.

With this in mind, the HSE Unit invites you to attend the “Ergonomics” training course, which is aimed at everyone who works in front of a screen.

Combining theory and practical exercises over the course of half a day, this training session covers essential topics such as:

The risks associated with working in front of a screen (anatomy and problems);Preventive measures (ergonomic organisation of the workstation, positioning, equipment);Strengthening and relaxation exercises.

The course description and registration form can be found in the training catalogue on the Safety Training Service’s website or can be consulted directly here. 

Sign up now! You won’t see working in front of a screen in the same light again!

More information about screen-based workstations here. 

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning:

 

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It’s easy to learn good posture and correct movements at work!

  Excessive and repetitive effort and incorrect movements pose a real health hazard, but we can all significantly improve our working conditions with a few simple actions that are easy to learn and put into practice.

The Safety Training Service offers a training course on this subject delivered by a certified external specialist or expert.

The one-day course, "Working Conditions – Manual Handling”, is open to anyone whose role requires them to manually lift heavy loads, whether regularly or occasionally. It contains some theory but is mainly practical and will teach you to identify hazardous situations and optimise your effort.

The scheduled sessions are in French but English sessions can also be arranged on request.

The course description and registration form can be found in the training catalogue on the Safety Training Service’s website or by following this direct link.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning:

by HSE Unit

 

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Safety Training: places available in October 2014

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue.

Safety Training, HSE Unit
safety-training@cern.ch

Cryogenic Safety - Fundamentals

Sécurité Cryogénie - Fondamentaux

Cryogenic Safety - Helium Transfer

Sécurité Cryogénie - Transfert d'hélium

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low Voltage - Initial

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse tension - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low Voltage - Refresher

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse tension - Recyclage

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low and High Voltage - Initial

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse et haute tension - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electrician - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electricien - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electrician - Refresher

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electricien - Recyclage

Forklift Truck - Driving - Refresher

Chariot élévateur - Conduite - Recyclage

Mobile Elevated Working Platform - Driving - Initial

Plate-forme élévatrice mobile de personnel - Conduite - Initial

Mobile Elevated Working Platform - Driving - Refresher

Plate-forme élévatrice mobile de personnel - Conduite - Recyclage

Overhead Crane - Operator and Slinger - Initial

Working at Heights - Using a harness

Travail en hauteur - Utilisation du harnais

Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (ODH)

Masque auto-sauveteur - Initial

Masque auto-sauveteur - Recyclage

Radiation Protection - Controlled Area - CERN Employees and Associates

Radioprotection - Zone contrôlée - Employés et associés CERN

Radiation Protection - ISOLDE - Experimental Hall - Handling

Radioprotection - ISOLDE - Hall d'expérience - Manipulation

First Aider - Level 1 - Initial

Secourisme - Niveau 1 - Initial

Territorial Safety Officer (TSO) - Initial

Délégué à la sécurité territoriale (TSO) - Initial

 

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Safety training: places available in July and August

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue (see here).

by Safety Training, HSE Unit

 

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Safety Training: places available in November and December 2014

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Management and Communication courses – Places available

  Please note that there are some places available on the following management and communication courses starting in September or October.

For more information on the course, click on the course title, which will take you to the training catalogue. You can then sign up on line. 

CourseNext sessionDurationLanguageAvailability15 September
9 October
7 November 

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AXEL-2015 - Introduction To Particle Accelerators | starting 19 January

 

CERN Technical Training 2015: Learning for the LHC

AXEL-2015 is a lecture series on particle accelerators, given at CERN within the framework of the 2014 Technical Training Programme. As part of the BE Department’s Operations Group Shutdown Lecture series, the general accelerator physics module has been organised since 2003 as a joint venture between the BE Department and Technical Training, and is open to the general CERN community.

The AXEL-2015 course is designed for technicians who are operating an accelerator or whose work is closely linked to accelerators, but it is also open to technicians, engineers, and physicists interested in this field. The course does not require any prior knowledge of accelerators. However, some basic knowledge of trigonometry, matrices and differential equations and some basic knowledge of magnetism would be an advantage.

The series will consists of 10 one-hour sessions (Monday 19 January 2015 – Friday 23 January 2015, from 9 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. and from 10.45 a.m. to 12 noon), and will be delivered in English with questions and answers also possible in French. The lecturer is Rende Steerenberg, Deputy Group Leader of the BE Operations Group and PS Section Leader. The programme will cover: basic mathematics; transverse optics; lattice calculations; resonances; longitudinal motion; leptons; transfer lines, injection and ejection; longitudinal and transverse beam instabilities.

Registration is required for this course. Participation in all lectures is encouraged to allow people to gain the maximum benefit; registered participants will be invited and attendance will be recorded in their personal training records. If you are interested in AXEL-2015, please talk to your supervisor and/or your Departmental Training Officer. Register online via the training catalogue. The detailed program is available on the AXEL-2015 webpage, accessible at http://www.cern.ch/TechnicalTraining/

Organizers:
Rende Steerenberg, BE-OP 79086/164518
Technical Training, HR-LD 74924

 

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Safety Training: places available in March and April 2015

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue (see here).

by Safety Training, HSE Unit

 

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Safety Training: places available in October 2014

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue.

Safety Training, HSE Unit
safety-training@cern.ch

Cryogenic Safety - Fundamentals

Sécurité Cryogénie - Fondamentaux

Cryogenic Safety - Helium Transfer

Sécurité Cryogénie - Transfert d'hélium

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low Voltage - Initial

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse tension - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low Voltage - Refresher

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse tension - Recyclage

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low and High Voltage - Initial

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse et haute tension - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electrician - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electricien - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electrician - Refresher

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electricien - Recyclage

Forklift Truck - Driving - Refresher

Chariot élévateur - Conduite - Recyclage

Mobile Elevated Working Platform - Driving - Initial

Plate-forme élévatrice mobile de personnel - Conduite - Initial

Mobile Elevated Working Platform - Driving - Refresher

Plate-forme élévatrice mobile de personnel - Conduite - Recyclage

Overhead Crane - Operator and Slinger - Initial

Working at Heights - Using a harness

Travail en hauteur - Utilisation du harnais

Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (ODH)

Masque auto-sauveteur - Initial

Masque auto-sauveteur - Recyclage

Radiation Protection - Controlled Area - CERN Employees and Associates

Radioprotection - Zone contrôlée - Employés et associés CERN

Radiation Protection - ISOLDE - Experimental Hall - Handling

Radioprotection - ISOLDE - Hall d'expérience - Manipulation

First Aider - Level 1 - Initial

Secourisme - Niveau 1 - Initial

Territorial Safety Officer (TSO) - Initial

Délégué à la sécurité territoriale (TSO) - Initial

 

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It’s easy to learn good posture and correct movements at work!

  Excessive and repetitive effort and incorrect movements pose a real health hazard, but we can all significantly improve our working conditions with a few simple actions that are easy to learn and put into practice.

The Safety Training Service offers a training course on this subject delivered by a certified external specialist or expert.

The one-day course, "Working Conditions – Manual Handling”, is open to anyone whose role requires them to manually lift heavy loads, whether regularly or occasionally. It contains some theory but is mainly practical and will teach you to identify hazardous situations and optimise your effort.

The scheduled sessions are in French but English sessions can also be arranged on request.

The course description and registration form can be found in the training catalogue on the Safety Training Service’s website or by following this direct link.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning:

by HSE Unit

 

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Language courses

 

General and Professional French Courses
The next session will take place from 5 May to 11 July 2014.
These courses are open to all persons working on the CERN site, and to their spouses.
For registration and further information on the courses, please consult our Web pages: http://hr-training.web.cern.ch/hr-training/ or contact Kerstin Fuhrmeister (kerstin.fuhrmeister@cern.ch).

Oral Expression
This course is aimed for students with a good knowledge of French who want to enhance their speaking skills.
Speaking activities will include discussions, meeting simulations, role-plays etc.
Suitable candidates should contact Kerstin Fuhrmeister (70896) in order to arrange an appointment for a test.
The next session will take place from 5 May to 11 July 2014.

Writing professional documents in French
These courses are designed for non-French speakers with a very good standard of spoken French.
Suitable candidates should contact Kerstin Fuhrmeister (70896) in order to arrange an appointment for a test.
The next session will take place from 5 May to 11 July 2014.

 

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A breath of fresh air for cryogenics training

  Whether you work full-time in a cryogenic installation or are required to handle cryogenic substances temporarily, you need to have followed the appropriate safety training.

Photo: Christoph Balle.

Two new training courses are now available in English and French at CERN: “Cryogenic Safety – Fundamentals” (at the Prévessin Training Centre) and “Cryogenic Safety – Helium Transfer” (at the Cryolab).

The first covers the content of levels 1 and 2 of the old “Cryogenic Safety” course. The second is a completely new course for CERN: it covers specific aspects of the transfer of liquid helium, such as the evaporation process of helium and the associated risks to human health (asphyxia due to displacement of oxygen), the colour code for gas bottles, etc. These training modules have been rewritten in response to the increase in the number of projects involving cryogenics and following various related incidents.

Photo: Christoph Balle.

Both courses are taught “face to face” by Torsten Koettig, an engineer from the TE Department, and include a theoretical section and a practical section. In order to be able to take the “Helium Transfer” module, you must have already completed the “Fundamentals” module.

If you have any questions about cryogenic safety, please contact your Cryogenic Safety Officer (CSO). If your Department does not have a CSO, please address your questions to the HSE Unit: hse.secretariat@cern.ch.

For any questions regarding safety training, please contact: safety-training@cern.ch.

by HSE Unit

 

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Technical Training: Make the most of Office, Sharepoint and Lync 2013

 

The IT Department, in cooperation with the Technical Training team, would like to invite you to IT Technical Training Tutorials 2014: Make the most of Office, Sharepoint and Lync 2013.

In this lecture series, we will present:

Microsoft Office 2013Microsoft Lync 2013 (Including IP telephony)Microsoft SharePoint 2013

Sessions in French: 7 October, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Sessions in English: 13 October, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This training is free of charge, but please create your training request via EDH at: https://edh.cern.ch/Document/Personnel/TRN/new?course=146OEL01.

Objectives of the training:

General overview of the Microsoft Office 2013, Lync and Sharepoint 2013.Changes in comparison to the 2010 release of the softwareDiscussion of new ways to communicate in the work environment, including audio calls, instant messaging, social newsfeeds and online editing of documents.

The exact schedule for both series is available at: http://cern.ch/go/IT3T.

 

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Safety training: places available in June

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue (see here).

by Safety Training, HSE Unit

 

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Language training

  If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to learn a language, there is no excuse any more. 

You can attend one of our English or French courses and you can practise the language with a tandem partner!

General & Professional French courses
The next General & Professional French course will start on 26 January. These collective courses aim to bring participants who have at least level A1 to higher levels (up to C2).

Each level consists of a combination of face-to-face sessions (40 hours) with personal work (20 hours) following a specially designed programme.
A final progress test takes place at the end of the term.
Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

French courses for beginners
The aim of this course is to give some basic skills to beginners in order to communicate in simple everyday situations in both social and professional life. These courses can start at any time during the year, as soon as a group of beginners has been identified.

Participants can apply either for a semi-intensive (10-week courses with 6 hours of classes per week) course and choose between different schedules (morning/lunch time – late afternoon).

If you have doubts regarding your level in French - you can find here the “European levels – Self-Assessment Grid that will give you an idea at what level you will be placed.

French Oral Expression
These collective courses aim to bring participants with a good level in French to a higher level of oral expression in a professional context. The next Oral Expression course will start on January 26.

Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

French Writing Course
These collective courses aim to bring participants with a good level in French to a higher level of written expression.

Please note that it is mandatory to take the placement test. Please sign up here.

Cours d’anglais - général & professionnel
Les prochains cours général & professionnel débuteront le 26 janvier. L’objectif principal de ces cours collectifs est de permettre aux participants d’un niveau A1 de progresser pour atteindre un niveau supérieur pouvant aller jusqu’à C2.

Nous vous prions de remplir aussi une demande de formation pour un test de placement – ce test est obligatoire même si vous avez déjà suivi des cours de langue au CERN.

Cours d’expression – anglais
Le prochain cours d’expression orale débutera le 26 janvier. Ce cours s’adresse à un publique ayant un bon niveau en anglais.

Cours d’expression écrite 
Nous proposons deux cours d’expression écrite :

Administrative
Technical

Si vous souhaitez suivre un de ces cours, merci de bien vouloir remplir une demande de formation pour le cours et pour le test de placement.

For registration and further information on the courses or the language tandem programme, please contact Kerstin Fuhrmeister (70896), (language.training@cern.ch).

 

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Safety Training: places available in January and February 2015

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Personal Development and Communication courses

  Please find below the list of courses in the field of Personal Development and Communication which are scheduled before the end of July.

In addition, the following courses are scheduled in French:

For more details about a course and to register, please go to the Training Catalogue.

If you need a course which is not in the catalogue, please contact your supervisor, your Departmental Training Officer or HR-LD at Communication.Training@cern.ch.

 

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Safety Training: places available in October 2014

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue.

Safety Training, HSE Unit
safety-training@cern.ch

Cryogenic Safety - Fundamentals

Sécurité Cryogénie - Fondamentaux

Cryogenic Safety - Helium Transfer

Sécurité Cryogénie - Transfert d'hélium

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low Voltage - Initial

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse tension - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low Voltage - Refresher

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse tension - Recyclage

Habilitation Electrique - Electrician Low and High Voltage - Initial

Habilitation électrique - Électricien basse et haute tension - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electrician - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electricien - Initial

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electrician - Refresher

Habilitation Electrique - Non-Electricien - Recyclage

Forklift Truck - Driving - Refresher

Chariot élévateur - Conduite - Recyclage

Mobile Elevated Working Platform - Driving - Initial

Plate-forme élévatrice mobile de personnel - Conduite - Initial

Mobile Elevated Working Platform - Driving - Refresher

Plate-forme élévatrice mobile de personnel - Conduite - Recyclage

Overhead Crane - Operator and Slinger - Initial

Working at Heights - Using a harness

Travail en hauteur - Utilisation du harnais

Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (ODH)

Masque auto-sauveteur - Initial

Masque auto-sauveteur - Recyclage

Radiation Protection - Controlled Area - CERN Employees and Associates

Radioprotection - Zone contrôlée - Employés et associés CERN

Radiation Protection - ISOLDE - Experimental Hall - Handling

Radioprotection - ISOLDE - Hall d'expérience - Manipulation

First Aider - Level 1 - Initial

Secourisme - Niveau 1 - Initial

Territorial Safety Officer (TSO) - Initial

Délégué à la sécurité territoriale (TSO) - Initial

 

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It’s easy to learn good posture and correct movements at work!

  Excessive and repetitive effort and incorrect movements pose a real health hazard, but we can all significantly improve our working conditions with a few simple actions that are easy to learn and put into practice.

The Safety Training Service offers a training course on this subject delivered by a certified external specialist or expert.

The one-day course, "Working Conditions – Manual Handling”, is open to anyone whose role requires them to manually lift heavy loads, whether regularly or occasionally. It contains some theory but is mainly practical and will teach you to identify hazardous situations and optimise your effort.

The scheduled sessions are in French but English sessions can also be arranged on request.

The course description and registration form can be found in the training catalogue on the Safety Training Service’s website or by following this direct link.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning:

by HSE Unit

 

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Safety Training: places available in January and February 2015

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Safety training: places available in May

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue (see here).

by Safety Training, HSE Unit

 

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Safety training: places available in July and August

  There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue (see here).

by Safety Training, HSE Unit

 

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Technical Training: Make the most of Office, Sharepoint and Lync 2013

 

The IT Department, in cooperation with the Technical Training team, would like to invite you to IT Technical Training Tutorials 2014: Make the most of Office, Sharepoint and Lync 2013.

In this lecture series, we will present:

Microsoft Office 2013Microsoft Lync 2013 (Including IP telephony)Microsoft SharePoint 2013

Sessions in French: 7 October, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Sessions in English: 13 October, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This training is free of charge, but please create your training request via EDH at: https://edh.cern.ch/Document/Personnel/TRN/new?course=146OEL01.

Objectives of the training:

General overview of the Microsoft Office 2013, Lync and Sharepoint 2013.Changes in comparison to the 2010 release of the softwareDiscussion of new ways to communicate in the work environment, including audio calls, instant messaging, social newsfeeds and online editing of documents.

The exact schedule for both series is available at: http://cern.ch/go/IT3T.

 

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