Training Officer

Training Officer Cheshire

We are looking for candidates who can support the full learning cycle from design through to delivery and evaluation.

Your role will be to provide comprehensive training and support to the business enabling managers to focus on Performance Management across their teams and deliver and facilitate engaging and output-focused training courses.

You will have:

· Experience of rolling out a Management Programme, focused on developing first line managers on performance management across their teams

· Experience of the design and delivery of training around performance, absence and behaviour

Some travel will be required to company sites.

If you are interested in this HR role please apply by clicking on the link below or contact Ashley Kate HR for further details.

Ashley Kate HR specialise exclusively in HR recruitment, nationwide for temporary, contract and permanent HR roles. We give equal priority to our candidate and client relationships and ensure we deliver a highly professional HR consultancy service at all times.

To find out more about us please visit our website at http://www.ashleykatehr.com/
Join the Ashley Kate HR LinkedIn group at http://linkd.in/HRProfessionalsNetworkUK
And follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AshleyKateHR

Ashley Kate HR operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates.

LocationCheshireSalaryUp to £32,000DurationPermanentReference13171 JKCCBContact NameRecruiters

We are looking for candidates who can support the full learning cycle from design through to delivery and evaluation.

Your role will be to provide comprehensive training and support to the business enabling managers to focus on Performance Management across their teams and deliver and facilitate engaging and output-focused training courses.

You will have:

· Experience of rolling out a Management Programme, focused on developing first line managers on performance management across their teams

· Experience of the design and delivery of training around performance, absence and behaviour

Some travel will be required to company sites.

If you are interested in this HR role please apply by clicking on the link below or contact Ashley Kate HR for further details.

Ashley Kate HR specialise exclusively in HR recruitment, nationwide for temporary, contract and permanent HR roles. We give equal priority to our candidate and client relationships and ensure we deliver a highly professional HR consultancy service at all times.

To find out more about us please visit our website at http://www.ashleykatehr.com/
Join the Ashley Kate HR LinkedIn group at http://linkd.in/HRProfessionalsNetworkUK
And follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AshleyKateHR

Ashley Kate HR operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates.

Apply now

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Trainer

Trainer Hampshire Trainer
Hampshire
Permanent - £30,000 - £35,000

My client is a fast paced, commercial business which is expanding and evolving. Due to this continued growth they are looking to strengthen the existing Learning and Development team with an experienced Trainer.

Reporting to the Learning and Development Manager and working as part of a national team your responsibilities will be interesting and varied. Initially focusing on the delivery of their existing training programmes such as induction and sales training. As the role develops you will also be responsible for reviewing and improving these programmes, carrying out training needs analysis, design and implementation. You will take the lead on ad-hoc projects and will build relationships with a varied stakeholder group scoping out needs and developing creative solutions.

As a Trainer you will have extensive delivery experience within a corporate and professional environment. Are a strong communicator, with confidence working with senior stakeholders. You will be keen to develop your skills within a growing business and will be committed to your own personal development. Please send your CV or for further information contact Lauren Jones-Barrett on 0207 886 7225.

Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

LocationHampshireSalary£30000 - £35000 per annumReference15215564/003Contact NameAdvantage ResourcingTrainer
Hampshire
Permanent - £30,000 - £35,000

My client is a fast paced, commercial business which is expanding and evolving. Due to this continued growth they are looking to strengthen the existing Learning and Development team with an experienced Trainer.

Reporting to the Learning and Development Manager and working as part of a national team your responsibilities will be interesting and varied. Initially focusing on the delivery of their existing training programmes such as induction and sales training. As the role develops you will also be responsible for reviewing and improving these programmes, carrying out training needs analysis, design and implementation. You will take the lead on ad-hoc projects and will build relationships with a varied stakeholder group scoping out needs and developing creative solutions.

As a Trainer you will have extensive delivery experience within a corporate and professional environment. Are a strong communicator, with confidence working with senior stakeholders. You will be keen to develop your skills within a growing business and will be committed to your own personal development. Please send your CV or for further information contact Lauren Jones-Barrett on 0207 886 7225.

Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

Apply now

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Operational Trainer - Bath and Cornwall

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: Bath and Cornwall

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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Talent acquisition and development specialist

Talent acquisition and development specialist London

This FMCG organisation has global brand presence and is well known for their people values. In this unique role, you will take on a lead role for the UK and Ireland population as a Talent Acquisition specialist as well as widening your remit to Training and Development. You will work closely with your European and Global counterparts to own and drive the UK and Ireland recruitment process, essentially being the face for this brand in the external market place when it comes to talent attraction.

Our client is looking for someone who can bring expertise at a strategic level to the talent acquisition and resourcing space for the business or someone who can bring strong training skills to the table and shows the aptitude and strategic capability to take on talent acquisition as part of their role remit. The long term aspirations for this role is that the indvdual will also become a HR Business Partner in the near future for one of the smaller internal client groups in the UK and Ireland.

This is a really great opportunity for someone who wants to join a large blue-chip business in a role that offers autonomy, growth and international scope. Longer term, our client are well know to rotate talent internally and across their markets on an international level which could be a compelling pull for the right candidate. We are looking for someone bright, commercially astute and with end to end skills in resourcing or training and development, industry experience is not essentially although you must be able to show that you have worked in a matrix structure ideally within an international organisation.

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

LocationLondonSalary£45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus & benefitsReference143009KRIContact NameKetna Ramchandani

This FMCG organisation has global brand presence and is well known for their people values. In this unique role, you will take on a lead role for the UK and Ireland population as a Talent Acquisition specialist as well as widening your remit to Training and Development. You will work closely with your European and Global counterparts to own and drive the UK and Ireland recruitment process, essentially being the face for this brand in the external market place when it comes to talent attraction.

Our client is looking for someone who can bring expertise at a strategic level to the talent acquisition and resourcing space for the business or someone who can bring strong training skills to the table and shows the aptitude and strategic capability to take on talent acquisition as part of their role remit. The long term aspirations for this role is that the indvdual will also become a HR Business Partner in the near future for one of the smaller internal client groups in the UK and Ireland.

This is a really great opportunity for someone who wants to join a large blue-chip business in a role that offers autonomy, growth and international scope. Longer term, our client are well know to rotate talent internally and across their markets on an international level which could be a compelling pull for the right candidate. We are looking for someone bright, commercially astute and with end to end skills in resourcing or training and development, industry experience is not essentially although you must be able to show that you have worked in a matrix structure ideally within an international organisation.

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

Apply now

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The Ones That Got Away – video stories

As I mentioned in this previous post, I’m writing a series of posts that lift the lid on some of the plans and ideas that either never saw the light of day or (as in this initial post) never fully developed.

One of my plans in my previous organisations was to use our internal collaborative platform to share a number of video stories.

In order to ‘lead the way’ I produced and starred in the first video (which I’m unfortunately unable to share video as I no longer have access to the original file). In it, I tell a story of observing a practice amongst colleagues that my experience told me was the ‘wrong way’, the question I asked the viewer of the video was…

If you observed the same would you:

a) Stop them and inform them of the ‘right way’, saving a lot of their time, but potentially taking a valuable ‘learning experience’ away from them?

b) allow them to continue until they realised they were wrong, which would waste time, but serve as a valuable experience

I also stumbled upon an interesting story whilst interviewing my  former HR Director as part of the Learner Survey I was undertaking. In it he tells a story of conducting a series of coaching sessions with a colleague in Spain, utilising the FaceTime function on their iPads.

The ‘takeaway’ from the video was to challenge your preconceptions (he had originally been sceptical over how well the sessions would run if they were not face-to-face) – why not watch the video below and hear the story from Brett Reid himself?

Now that I had some examples of video storytelling to share with others I went on the search for other stories.

Here are some of the stories I went looking for/that found me

Sales success stories – Interview the top salesperson of the month – what did they do/say etc that made them the top salesperson? What made them perform better than others.Sales horror stories – what went wrong with a sale that they thought was guaranteed?Thinking and acting differently stories – recording people who were doing something differently. Why? What effect was it having? (one particular story centered around a team who were feeling ‘stale’. They decided to take it in turns to identify a TED talk and distribute it to each team member prior to each team meeting and to use time during the meeting to discuss the content of the video. The upshot of which was that they felt re-energised as a team and several ‘innovative’ new ideas were forthcoming.

My plan had been to support these individuals/teams in terms of the recording, editing and distribution of each video until such time that they felt they had the skills and confidence to do so themselves, at which point I would step away.

I even incentivized them by suggesting that if they (either individually or as a team) recorded and distributed 4 videos over 3 months that the L&D budget would purchase that team a Flip-type camcorder in order to allow them to progress on their own.

You may notice that I said

“My plan *had* been”

Because I left the organisation just as the pieces were falling into place, recording meetings were being booked etc

Oh well… there’s always next time…

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Following #LT11UK, it’s back down to Earth…

…. with a bump!

At least it will be on Monday morning when I’m back in work, having left behind the visionaries, disruptivists, forward-thinkers and all round ‘good eggs’ that I was surrounded by at Learning Technologies (LT) 2011.

Following last years attendance at LT 2010 I went back to work envigorated, inspired and with a spring in my step, so much so in fact that my organisation created a Communications Technologist role (it’s a Learning Technologist role… don’t ask its complicated)!

Unfortunately, what they didn’t create was any strategic support or vision to accompany that new post! In order to reduce the sense of frustration that arises from that situation, I made a deal with myself to ‘reign in’ my excitement following LT11.

That said, I still find myself ‘buzzing’ 48 hours after the conference finished so in order to make best use of that ‘buzz’ before it disappears (i.e. Monday morning) I thought I’d blog about my experiences at LT11.

As regular readers will be aware I always try to commit to a couple of action planning points from any event that I attend, in the hope that they will assist me in transferring any learning back to my workplace. I have outlined those actions in blue below.

Keynote – Roger Shank, Getting it right: how the corporate learning world must change

Never sit at the very front left of the auditorium at a future LT for 2 very good reasonsIf Roger moved more than a metre from where he was stood I couldn’t see him!The event photographer seems to take up residence in this area and his camera flash is brighter than the surface of the Sun (my retinas will bear testament to this!)

Exhibition nosey on Day 1

Recommend that my organisations project team look at the digital room booking displays that were being exhibited by Steljes, ahead of a new-purpose built learning centre being built on my site.

Prof Steve Wheeler – e-Learning 3.0 – Learning with the extended smart web

Consider how AUgmented Reality might be used as part of a new-starters induction tour. This approach (if we ever get handsets this side of Alexander Graham Bells prototype), could also be of benefit to all employees as part of their standard workphone handset package.Obtain a copy of the book Distraction by Mark Curtis.

Clark Quinn – Using games for effective learning

Serious gaming is something that has only just started to seriously register on my radar so I was extremely keen to find out a little more about it and how it could enhance what I am currently doing as well as enhance my skillset for the….. future

Unfortunately for me, I found that the session seemed to be pitched at those who already made the decision to go ahead with gaming and not those who were just entering the fray. I also thought that a great opportunity was wasted to prove the value of gaming by actually running the session as a game itself, an example of using the concept to sell the concept.

I assume (there’s the gaming naivety in me coming out) that this would have taken some time to prepare and given that Clark very kindly stepped in at the last moment to cover for another speaker, maybe this would have been his choice with more preparation time?

Exhibition nosey Day 2

Consider whether the Moodle off-shoot Totara LMS offered by Kineo may be a better option for my organisation than Moodle itself.Ascertain whether the Elluminate tool that we have just acquired a licence for is able to

James Clay & Maj Richard Gill – Mobile and Immersive learning

I have been following James Clay for some 12 months via Twitter, his blog, his podcasts and have even attended a couple of his workshops on the subject of Mobile Learning and podcasting, but I had never had the opportunity to see him speak live…. until LT11!

I gather from his blog posts, that he has never been an advocate (who is?) of bullet-point riddled slides and he certainly proved that point by providing a visually engaging presentation allowing only single, full-screen images or perhaps the odd word or two to adorn his slides as opposed to lines upon lines of text (this approach received very positive feedback via the Twitter backchannel)

Craig Taylor & Paul Simbeck-Hampson – Taking the next step

Yep, that’s right folks I was priviledged to speak at LT11, but I’ll cover my session in a future blog post. I shared my session with Paul Simbeck-Hampson who spoke about the opportunities that QR codes present. It became apparent quite quickly that for many of the audience QR codes was either completely new to them or they had only a fleeting understanding. Paul then went on to explain how QR codes were not only being used by large organisations to promote their brand but also how they were able to connect a learner from a static learning resource such as a book to a more dynamic resource such as a webpage. Whilst the video below shows how I have dabbled with QR codes in the past

I still gained an incredible amount from from Paul’s session, so what am I going to do with it?

Contact Paul and ascertain which of the many QR code producing engines is the most feature-rich.Encourage the use of QR codes on the exhibition display stands for Nuclear TV (a project I am involved in), as well as visual reference to other social media streams.Encourage the use of QR codes on the exhibition display stands for my own organisation, as well as visual reference to other social media streams.Use QR codes on my own business cards.Experiment with ‘pimping up’ my own QR codes.

There has been a great deal of discussion elsewhere on t’internet as to the disconnect between the exhibition and the conference in terms of what is being offered, what is being asked for, what is being sold and what is the ‘right’ thing to be doing. Whilst I am not in complete disagreement with this sentiment, I think it is worthwhile to add that whilst I saw plenty of examples of forward-thinking innovative practice downstairs in the exhibition, Curatr, Cofacio and Lightbox to name but a few, I also saw some old-school, discounted methods and practices being used upstairs in the conference; bullet-point riddled slides Powerpoint slides for starters!

So that is Learning Technologies over for another year, or is it just the start of lots more innovative, inspiring, challenging work for me within this……. I’ll let you know on Monday morning

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Safety Training: places available in November and December 2014

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Have you ever struggled…

…… with a function in an IT application? Have you ever struggled to provide assistance to somebody else who was struggling with an IT application?

If the answer to either is “Yes”, then could I be cheeky enough to ask you to take part in this survey?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eLNscreencastsession

There are only 2 questions and I’m not looking for any lengthy responses, a couple or words or a sentence will be sufficient.

The results will be used as part of a workshop I am facilitating for the eLearning Network on the 08th April 2011 on the subject of screencasting.

All results will be shown in a future blog post.

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Leadership and Talent Manager

Leadership and Talent Manager London

Summary

Working with colleagues in the L&D function, the Leadership and Talent Manager will work with senior colleagues to shape, influence and deliver the talent management and leadership strategy.

Client Details

My client are a leading high street retailer looking for a Leadership and Talent Manager to join their Human Resources and Personnel team in their London office.

Description

The Leadership and Talent Manager will:

Shape and influence the talent management and leadership development strategy
Develop talented colleagues through a variety of means
Design, launch and manage leadership development programmes
Work with senior stakeholders to effectively support the development of leaders within the company
Undertake designated project management where required

Profile

The successful candidate will have the following attributes:

Level A and B BPS qualification
Experience of conducting senior leadership assessments
Experience of running talent management processes in a blue chip organisation
Leadership and management development experience
Project and stakeholder management expertise - up to senior management
Experience of working in a consumer-led environment
Experience of working with external partners

Job Offer

£55000-£65000

25 days holiday

Pension

Employee discount

LocationLondonSalary£55000 - £65000 per annumDuration12 monthsReference13424113/001Contact NameTara Davis

Summary

Working with colleagues in the L&D function, the Leadership and Talent Manager will work with senior colleagues to shape, influence and deliver the talent management and leadership strategy.

Client Details

My client are a leading high street retailer looking for a Leadership and Talent Manager to join their Human Resources and Personnel team in their London office.

Description

The Leadership and Talent Manager will:

Shape and influence the talent management and leadership development strategy
Develop talented colleagues through a variety of means
Design, launch and manage leadership development programmes
Work with senior stakeholders to effectively support the development of leaders within the company
Undertake designated project management where required

Profile

The successful candidate will have the following attributes:

Level A and B BPS qualification
Experience of conducting senior leadership assessments
Experience of running talent management processes in a blue chip organisation
Leadership and management development experience
Project and stakeholder management expertise - up to senior management
Experience of working in a consumer-led environment
Experience of working with external partners

Job Offer

£55000-£65000

25 days holiday

Pension

Employee discount

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 Officer

Training Officer Cheshire

We are looking for candidates who can support the full learning cycle from design through to delivery and evaluation.

Your role will be to provide comprehensive training and support to the business enabling managers to focus on Performance Management across their teams and deliver and facilitate engaging and output-focused training courses.

You will have:

· Experience of rolling out a Management Programme, focused on developing first line managers on performance management across their teams

· Experience of the design and delivery of training around performance, absence and behaviour

Some travel will be required to company sites.

If you are interested in this HR role please apply by clicking on the link below or contact Ashley Kate HR for further details.

Ashley Kate HR specialise exclusively in HR recruitment, nationwide for temporary, contract and permanent HR roles. We give equal priority to our candidate and client relationships and ensure we deliver a highly professional HR consultancy service at all times.

To find out more about us please visit our website at http://www.ashleykatehr.com/
Join the Ashley Kate HR LinkedIn group at http://linkd.in/HRProfessionalsNetworkUK
And follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AshleyKateHR

Ashley Kate HR operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates.

LocationCheshireSalaryUp to £32,000DurationPermanentReference13171 JKCCBContact NameRecruiters

We are looking for candidates who can support the full learning cycle from design through to delivery and evaluation.

Your role will be to provide comprehensive training and support to the business enabling managers to focus on Performance Management across their teams and deliver and facilitate engaging and output-focused training courses.

You will have:

· Experience of rolling out a Management Programme, focused on developing first line managers on performance management across their teams

· Experience of the design and delivery of training around performance, absence and behaviour

Some travel will be required to company sites.

If you are interested in this HR role please apply by clicking on the link below or contact Ashley Kate HR for further details.

Ashley Kate HR specialise exclusively in HR recruitment, nationwide for temporary, contract and permanent HR roles. We give equal priority to our candidate and client relationships and ensure we deliver a highly professional HR consultancy service at all times.

To find out more about us please visit our website at http://www.ashleykatehr.com/
Join the Ashley Kate HR LinkedIn group at http://linkd.in/HRProfessionalsNetworkUK
And follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AshleyKateHR

Ashley Kate HR operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates.

Apply now

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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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Learning & Development Business Partner - North East

Learning & Development Business Partner - North East Home Based, Areas covered: Felling, Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Teeside, and North Yorkshire.

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 North 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: Felling, Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Teeside, and North Yorkshire.SalaryCompetitive Salary & Benefits - up to 10% company bonus, company car, 25 days annual leave, pension, BUPA health insurance, 50% discount on our products.DurationPermanent full timeReference1400063EContact 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 North 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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Learning & Development Business Partner - North East

Learning & Development Business Partner - North East Home Based, Areas covered: Felling, Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Teeside, and North Yorkshire.

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 North 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: Felling, Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Teeside, and North Yorkshire.SalaryCompetitive Salary & Benefits - up to 10% company bonus, company car, 25 days annual leave, pension, BUPA health insurance, 50% discount on our products.DurationPermanent full timeReference1400063EContact 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 North 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.

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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.

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What Learners Want – Part 3 – The ‘marketing’

If you haven’t read this series to date, it may be worthwhile doing so in order to set some context.

Having agreed upon the questions that would be asked in the survey, I went through a short period of validating the questions with colleagues and QA’ing the survey before deciding on a survey ‘launch’ date of 25/02/13 with a window of 5 weeks complete it, leaving a survey end date of 01/04/13.

I knew that in order to maximise the responses to the survey the marketing and engagement leading up to the survey launch and indeed during the launch would be critical.

Here’s a brief rundown of the activities that took place up to and including the launch of the survey

w/c 04/02/12 - Our HR Director (who is also the sponsor for this initiative) wrote a blog post explaining why he believes it is critical for people to participate in this survey and the benefit that both they and the overall business will gain from it. This blog post was featured in both our intranet and our weekly global magazine. A link to this article was also the ‘weekly announcement’ on the L&D homepage of our internal collaboration platform.

07/02/12 – A series of Focus Groups took place throughout the day during which 23 people from various areas of the business, representing our global workforce, from Directors downwards, participated in 1:1, group and telephone interviews. These interviews were conducted by myself and Laura Overton and allowed us to gather anecdotal, ‘free text’ responses to back up the hard data that the online survey would be gathering.

In order to maximise the ‘keenness’ demonstrated by the Focus Group participants we decided to provide them with immediate access to the online survey as opposed to making them wait for the ‘official’ launch date some 2-3 weeks later. We also hoped that it would increase the chances of those people recommending the survey to their colleagues once it was widely available.

w/c 11/02/12 - I produced a short video explaining how the survey would be distributed and the format that it would take. This video was featured in both our intranet, our weekly global magazine and became the ‘featured video’ on the L&D homepage of our internal collaboration platform.

w/c 18/02/13 - We are fortunate to have a number of info-screens distributed amongst our offices so a simple TV advert using static image and text was displayed throughout this week on a ‘looping basis’ advertising the launch of the survey the following week and directing people towards the previously written artcicles.

Learner Survey infoscreen advert

w/c 25/02/13 – The survey officially launched. My organisation no longer sends ‘organisation-wide’ emails (although that doesn’t explain why I keep getting ‘scheduled maintenance’ emails, for systems I have no access to!), so we were reliant upon our previous comms and an intranet article once again from my HR Director, this time the article included a link to the LSG magazine that mentioned the learner survey that we were undertaking. A link to this article was also the ‘weekly announcement’ on the L&D homepage of our internal collaboration platform.

We also commenced a series of ‘floor walking’ exercises during which we visited every desk over the 6 floors and 2 buildings ouf our Brighton location. We left a small ‘calling card’

Learner Survey desk-drop cards

on each keyboard as seen in the photograph above, which contained a link to the survey itself (this has been obscured in the photo). It also provided us with a wonderful opportunity to speak to people face-to-face about the initiative and answer any questions that they may have.

From a personal opinion, I took 2 things away from the floor-walking exercise:

People were surprised, but very welcoming of the fact that L&D were getting ‘out and about’ within the business.Very few of the people that I spoke to (there were 5 of us involved in the floor walking) had seen the articles that had been placed on our intranet, in fact a lot of people said that they rarely, if ever visited the intranet.

In my next blog post, I’ll explain how we maintained the momentum of the initial marketing campaign and started to drip-feed weekly survey findings to people via some simple animations.

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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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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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Will an ‘in-house’ un-conference work?… it appears it might!

A few days ago I posted my initial thoughts on facilitating an un-conference based around the theme of using technology to enhance learning. I was at that time a little dubious over the uptake of this, but the pieces seem to be falling into place…

… I’m really pleased to say that the support and interest over the last week has very encouraging, here’s how I did it.

Emailed all internal facilitators to invite them to the un-workshop, including details of the venue and the offer of a Flip Ultra camera being presented to a randomly selected participant on completion of the day (always helps!)Those facilitators that responded positively were sent a link to a Poll Daddy survey asking for them to contribute their ideas and suggestion for the days content. I opted for Poll Daddy over the Survey Monkey licence that we possess, as I will ultimately want to ‘poll’ the attendees and I am unsure if Survey Monkey has that functionality (note to self; look into this functionality). Google Moderator required everybody to have a GMail account, so it was a non-starter.

I have also invited out IT team along, to allow them to see the direction that we are trying to take in terms of Learning Technologies. I am hoping that this will grease the wheels of progress in the future and may allow IT the opportunity to interact more closely with their customers.

Anyway, 6 days after sending out the initial email I have 9 confirmed attendances and 1 tentative, with a week still to go it is shaping up to be a great event.

Picture: Source

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Getting Beyond Bullet Points with visual and audio.

If you’ve not already read my previous blog post ‘Getting Beyond Bullet Points (visuals only)’ then I’d strongly suggest having a read of it before you read any more of this post.

Why?

Well for 2 reasons really:

1. The earlier post will provide you with the context behind this post.
2. The purpose of this specific post is to act as a comparison to the first post in this series, hence the benefit of viewing the first one!

As you will have seen in the previous post, using the approach of images and single words in a presentation is certainly visually engaging, however where it falls down (as highlighted during my live session by Laura Dickson) is when the presenter/facilitator is no longer present to provide the narrative – the engaging presentation is now nothing more than a collection of images and out of context words.

Here are the same slides that were contained in the earlier post, but this time with the narrative.

Don’t forget, this is Part 2 in a series of posts surrounding my LSG11UK session.

Part 1 – Getting Beyond Bullet Points with visuals only

Part 2 – Getting Beyond Bullet Points with visual and audio

Part 3 – Bringing in the backchannel

Part 4 – The Learners Voice

Part 5 – Getting Beyond Bullet Points live recorded podcast

Part 6 – Tools and resources

Did you get anything from the Slideshare?

Why not let us know in the comments section?

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PROS AND CONS OF OWNING A CONDO

PROS AND CONS OF OWNING A CONDO

Pros of Owning a Condo

•You have the choice of finding variable locations, space, sizes and condos with different architectural features.
•Financing facility available by showing the property as single family home
•Have the access to luxurious amenities such as spa, swimming pool, saunas, hot tubs, community centres and many more.
•Only an elected councilor has the power to managing the overall property.
•Individual Ownership and Substantial growth in equity.
•It is a less expensive option than single family home because of efficient land use.
•It can be your profitable investment venture.
•Low cost property option as repair and maintenance cost are shared.
•You can decorate the interiors of your condo unit, just the way you want it.
•It is an ideal property lying between the rental apartments and the single-family houses.
•The condo units give a smart living option to singles or couples; "empty nesters".
•High security due to presence of neighbours in close proximity and also controlled entrances.
•Owners actively participate in the condominium development community programs and events such as, making of rules and regulations; byelaws; budgeting etc.
•High level of social activities and sense of neighbourhood community development is also there. This is because of the element of permanence.
•Problems peculiar to home ownership are overcome. These problems include repairing, maintenance costs etc. All this is now taken into the hands of a professional management company.
•Those belonging to middle income groups can easily buy such property.
•The owner has the natural way to take the ride in the real estate market.

Cons of Owning a Condo

•The quality of construction cannot be judged rightly.
•There is a possibility that the elected councils act in a biased manner.
•It might occur where the owner has to pay for those amenities, which is of least interest to him/her.
•The individuals who lack professional capabilities to handle them manage condominiums.
•The value of the property might not go as high as it goes in the case of single-family housing.
•Many of the owners of the condominium might not show interest in the council elections, and as the result same people are elected as councilors.
•Since the families in the condominiums are in close proximity, there are continuous source of disturbances available, which largely include, regular high volume parties; parking space; etc.
•Personal liberty may be constrained at times due to restrictions imposed in the bylaws and other local regulations.

Ravinder Tulsiani is a published author who has written about personal finance, real estate, self-help and online marketing. Visit his blog at ravindertulsiani.blogspot.com

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whereby the original author's information and copyright must be included.

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Late Bloomers: A great thing for adult learners

No longer should being a “late bloomer” feel like a back-handed comment, or receiving an unflattering pat-on-the-back. But alas, now you’re a productive person after supposedly wasting years, even decades, in unproductive idleness. Some in society may see late bloomers as those who finally made good on their wasted potential:

They got it wrong; for the times are a-changin’.

For example, CBS News Sunday Morning recently aired a segment on late bloomers (beautifully done by Susan Spencer) that took the gardening and flowering analogy (associated with the term) and re-planted late bloomers as a great thing, a natural occurrence, even an American event worthy for all ages to respect and appreciate.

Stories of people becoming a huge success later in life (40, 50, 60 and older) are countless to name, some are widely celebrated.  Yet there is something about what the author Katz wisely-witted, “old age comes at a bad time,” which may reveal the actual fear about blooming late: losing life and dying without ever leaving something significant.

Surprisingly, what makes being a late-bloomer great is not measured by time, age, or level of success.  In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

The flower analogy can mislead us in thinking that late is bad, when early-blooming could be as equally worse. A more accurate assessment sees the celebration, the simply joy in itself, in a lifetime of learning that a flower blooms!

In this way, we understand the analogy for a new time and a new season. As lifelong learners, we are all flowers, budding, blooming, continually blossoming as our learning grows whenever and however:

So happy season.

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Trainer

Trainer Hampshire Trainer
Hampshire
Permanent - £30,000 - £35,000

My client is a fast paced, commercial business which is expanding and evolving. Due to this continued growth they are looking to strengthen the existing Learning and Development team with an experienced Trainer.

Reporting to the Learning and Development Manager and working as part of a national team your responsibilities will be interesting and varied. Initially focusing on the delivery of their existing training programmes such as induction and sales training. As the role develops you will also be responsible for reviewing and improving these programmes, carrying out training needs analysis, design and implementation. You will take the lead on ad-hoc projects and will build relationships with a varied stakeholder group scoping out needs and developing creative solutions.

As a Trainer you will have extensive delivery experience within a corporate and professional environment. Are a strong communicator, with confidence working with senior stakeholders. You will be keen to develop your skills within a growing business and will be committed to your own personal development. Please send your CV or for further information contact Lauren Jones-Barrett on 0207 886 7225.

Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

LocationHampshireSalary£30000 - £35000 per annumReference15215564/003Contact NameAdvantage ResourcingTrainer
Hampshire
Permanent - £30,000 - £35,000

My client is a fast paced, commercial business which is expanding and evolving. Due to this continued growth they are looking to strengthen the existing Learning and Development team with an experienced Trainer.

Reporting to the Learning and Development Manager and working as part of a national team your responsibilities will be interesting and varied. Initially focusing on the delivery of their existing training programmes such as induction and sales training. As the role develops you will also be responsible for reviewing and improving these programmes, carrying out training needs analysis, design and implementation. You will take the lead on ad-hoc projects and will build relationships with a varied stakeholder group scoping out needs and developing creative solutions.

As a Trainer you will have extensive delivery experience within a corporate and professional environment. Are a strong communicator, with confidence working with senior stakeholders. You will be keen to develop your skills within a growing business and will be committed to your own personal development. Please send your CV or for further information contact Lauren Jones-Barrett on 0207 886 7225.

Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

Apply now

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Strategic HR - Talent & Leadership Specialist

Strategic HR - Talent & Leadership Specialist London

Shape the MPS of tomorrow

To protect London and fight crime, the MPS must be the best it can be. That means our leaders must be trained to provide support, direction and vision for a truly exceptional team. That’s where you come in. As a Strategic HR Talent & Leadership Specialist, you’ll be the driving force behind our talent programmes, making sure senior figures are fully equipped to excel.

This is an exciting opportunity to design and develop MPS Talent & Leadership programmes. You’ll make sure senior leaders have the experience and skills to fulfil MPS goals, through expert support, interventions and training. You’ll also design assessments that help us evaluate leadership potential. It’s your chance not only to influence the Met at the highest level, but to join Strategic HR, which delivers our overall People Strategy. You’ll bring your expertise to this 45-strong team, working both within and outside your specialism.

An experienced HR professional with CIPD membership (or equivalent accreditation) or equivalent experience, you’ll have worked on Talent and Leadership programmes before. You’ve shaped strategies and designed processes, drawing on your knowledge of current talent management practice. This should cover leadership and development, and selection and engagement. You’re also a skilled project manager, with a proven ability to deliver change. Now you’re ready to use this expertise plus your collaborative approach to create an outstanding leadership team. One that can make a real difference to the Met and, ultimately, the people of London.   

To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack and application form.

Completed applications must be returned by Friday 27th February 2015.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all ofLondon’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

LocationLondonSalaryc£43,000Reference392357Contact NameRecruitment

Shape the MPS of tomorrow

To protect London and fight crime, the MPS must be the best it can be. That means our leaders must be trained to provide support, direction and vision for a truly exceptional team. That’s where you come in. As a Strategic HR Talent & Leadership Specialist, you’ll be the driving force behind our talent programmes, making sure senior figures are fully equipped to excel.

This is an exciting opportunity to design and develop MPS Talent & Leadership programmes. You’ll make sure senior leaders have the experience and skills to fulfil MPS goals, through expert support, interventions and training. You’ll also design assessments that help us evaluate leadership potential. It’s your chance not only to influence the Met at the highest level, but to join Strategic HR, which delivers our overall People Strategy. You’ll bring your expertise to this 45-strong team, working both within and outside your specialism.

An experienced HR professional with CIPD membership (or equivalent accreditation) or equivalent experience, you’ll have worked on Talent and Leadership programmes before. You’ve shaped strategies and designed processes, drawing on your knowledge of current talent management practice. This should cover leadership and development, and selection and engagement. You’re also a skilled project manager, with a proven ability to deliver change. Now you’re ready to use this expertise plus your collaborative approach to create an outstanding leadership team. One that can make a real difference to the Met and, ultimately, the people of London.   

To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack and application form.

Completed applications must be returned by Friday 27th February 2015.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all ofLondon’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

Apply now

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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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Trainer

Trainer Hampshire Trainer
Hampshire
Permanent - £30,000 - £35,000

My client is a fast paced, commercial business which is expanding and evolving. Due to this continued growth they are looking to strengthen the existing Learning and Development team with an experienced Trainer.

Reporting to the Learning and Development Manager and working as part of a national team your responsibilities will be interesting and varied. Initially focusing on the delivery of their existing training programmes such as induction and sales training. As the role develops you will also be responsible for reviewing and improving these programmes, carrying out training needs analysis, design and implementation. You will take the lead on ad-hoc projects and will build relationships with a varied stakeholder group scoping out needs and developing creative solutions.

As a Trainer you will have extensive delivery experience within a corporate and professional environment. Are a strong communicator, with confidence working with senior stakeholders. You will be keen to develop your skills within a growing business and will be committed to your own personal development. Please send your CV or for further information contact Lauren Jones-Barrett on 0207 886 7225.

Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

LocationHampshireSalary£30000 - £35000 per annumReference15215564/003Contact NameAdvantage ResourcingTrainer
Hampshire
Permanent - £30,000 - £35,000

My client is a fast paced, commercial business which is expanding and evolving. Due to this continued growth they are looking to strengthen the existing Learning and Development team with an experienced Trainer.

Reporting to the Learning and Development Manager and working as part of a national team your responsibilities will be interesting and varied. Initially focusing on the delivery of their existing training programmes such as induction and sales training. As the role develops you will also be responsible for reviewing and improving these programmes, carrying out training needs analysis, design and implementation. You will take the lead on ad-hoc projects and will build relationships with a varied stakeholder group scoping out needs and developing creative solutions.

As a Trainer you will have extensive delivery experience within a corporate and professional environment. Are a strong communicator, with confidence working with senior stakeholders. You will be keen to develop your skills within a growing business and will be committed to your own personal development. Please send your CV or for further information contact Lauren Jones-Barrett on 0207 886 7225.

Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

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Strategic HR - Talent & Leadership Specialist

Strategic HR - Talent & Leadership Specialist London

Shape the MPS of tomorrow

To protect London and fight crime, the MPS must be the best it can be. That means our leaders must be trained to provide support, direction and vision for a truly exceptional team. That’s where you come in. As a Strategic HR Talent & Leadership Specialist, you’ll be the driving force behind our talent programmes, making sure senior figures are fully equipped to excel.

This is an exciting opportunity to design and develop MPS Talent & Leadership programmes. You’ll make sure senior leaders have the experience and skills to fulfil MPS goals, through expert support, interventions and training. You’ll also design assessments that help us evaluate leadership potential. It’s your chance not only to influence the Met at the highest level, but to join Strategic HR, which delivers our overall People Strategy. You’ll bring your expertise to this 45-strong team, working both within and outside your specialism.

An experienced HR professional with CIPD membership (or equivalent accreditation) or equivalent experience, you’ll have worked on Talent and Leadership programmes before. You’ve shaped strategies and designed processes, drawing on your knowledge of current talent management practice. This should cover leadership and development, and selection and engagement. You’re also a skilled project manager, with a proven ability to deliver change. Now you’re ready to use this expertise plus your collaborative approach to create an outstanding leadership team. One that can make a real difference to the Met and, ultimately, the people of London.   

To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack and application form.

Completed applications must be returned by Friday 27th February 2015.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all ofLondon’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

LocationLondonSalaryc£43,000Reference392357Contact NameRecruitment

Shape the MPS of tomorrow

To protect London and fight crime, the MPS must be the best it can be. That means our leaders must be trained to provide support, direction and vision for a truly exceptional team. That’s where you come in. As a Strategic HR Talent & Leadership Specialist, you’ll be the driving force behind our talent programmes, making sure senior figures are fully equipped to excel.

This is an exciting opportunity to design and develop MPS Talent & Leadership programmes. You’ll make sure senior leaders have the experience and skills to fulfil MPS goals, through expert support, interventions and training. You’ll also design assessments that help us evaluate leadership potential. It’s your chance not only to influence the Met at the highest level, but to join Strategic HR, which delivers our overall People Strategy. You’ll bring your expertise to this 45-strong team, working both within and outside your specialism.

An experienced HR professional with CIPD membership (or equivalent accreditation) or equivalent experience, you’ll have worked on Talent and Leadership programmes before. You’ve shaped strategies and designed processes, drawing on your knowledge of current talent management practice. This should cover leadership and development, and selection and engagement. You’re also a skilled project manager, with a proven ability to deliver change. Now you’re ready to use this expertise plus your collaborative approach to create an outstanding leadership team. One that can make a real difference to the Met and, ultimately, the people of London.   

To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack and application form.

Completed applications must be returned by Friday 27th February 2015.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all ofLondon’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

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Operational Trainer - West Byfleet and Uxbridge

Operational Trainer - West Byfleet and Uxbridge West Byfleet and Uxbridge

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: West Byfleet and Uxbridge

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

LocationWest Byfleet and UxbridgeSalary£30 to £34k depending on experienceReference011920Contact 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: West Byfleet and Uxbridge

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

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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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