Workforce & Skills Architecture Lead

Samworth Brothers Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Leicester is seeking a dedicated individual for a 12-month fixed term role focused on developing job role frameworks. This position involves collaboration with Learning & Development and various stakeholders, underlining the importance of a thriving and inclusive workplace culture. The ideal candidate will have project management experience and hold a CIPD Level 5 or equivalent. Join us and be an essential part of our family working towards shared success.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Annual pay reviews

Profit related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent is essential.
• Experience in digital learning and development preferred.
• Strong project management skills with a problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain job role frameworks and career pathways.
• Configure on-system frameworks to support job architectures.
• Provide insights using people and business data.

Skills

CIPD Level 5

Project Management

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Training/coaching others

Education

Certifications in digital learning

Learning & development

HR technology

Organisational design

Job description

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family! At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations:

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

In this 12 month fixed term role, you will play a key part in shaping and developing the job role frameworks for operational and professional career pathways. You will be working with L & D to create and map training and development to enable both compliance and colleague stretch as part of our commitment to Talent and Succession.

The role will also support the implementation of this data and information in a new learning management system to embed ways of working and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain job role frameworks and career pathways: Lead the facilitation, alignment, and updating of role profiles and pathways across operational and professional functions, partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Configure and maintain on-system frameworks and workflows to reflect and support these job architectures and ways of working.
• Provide advice and guidance to managers and senior teams, which is both commercially astute and aligned with our group values and ways of working
• Use people and business data (MI) to guide decisions, demonstrate ROI, and provide insights that improve outcomes for both the business and our people.
• Represent the Digital Learning Project and Career Pathways at senior meetings and forums, using your voice to influence people strategies, provide updates, and align local actions with group-wide goals.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience:

• CIPD Level 5
• Certifications in digital learning, learning & development, HR technology or organisational design are advantageous
• Project Management experience
• Experience of business partnering and stakeholder management
• Experience of training/coaching others

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role. Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you\'ll be more than just a team member – you\'ll be an integral part of our thriving family.

Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.