L&D Manager - 14 month FTC (Start August 2024)

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L&D Manager - 14 month FTC
(start August 2024)
Location: London, UK

About Argus

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets. Headquartered in London with over 1,400 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world's principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy. Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women's network. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

What will you be doing?

This is an operational role. You will own and drive Argus's annual Learning & Development Strategy globally. As part of this, you will work closely with senior business leaders, developing a real understanding of the business and their L&D needs, supporting succession planning, and looking to future-proof the business. The role requires an individual who is hands-on; designing, implementing and delivering.

Given Argus's growth plans, this is an exciting time to join as you will create and embed a culture of learning. You will lead several key training initiatives targeted at different segments of the organisation from all employees, to managers, to the high-potential future leaders. This is a busy role offering lots of exposure to the business leaders.

Primary Responsibilities

• Deliver the approved annual Learning & Development plan. This includes working with the existing project team to design and deliver a new manager coaching programme. In addition, complete the roll out of an existing global manager programme.
• Partner with an existing external provider to roll out the designed new manager training programme to identified newly promoted managers.
• Partner with existing external providers to continue the global supply of in person and online skills training as demand requires.
• Create learning paths mapped to our recently launched Career Framework. Analyse utilisation of our online training provider and identify if a competitor is better suited to meet our needs.
• Collaborating with members of the senior HR team, design internal training for the manager population and deliver on a quarterly basis.
• Develop strategies and processes to ensure effective delivery of all training programmes.
• Measuring the effectiveness of programmes and their impact.
• Report on training activities to senior management and analyse data to drive results and learning effectiveness.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Potential to project management our bi-annual Employee Engagement Survey. Working with our external partner, this will include defining the questions, data management, comms planning. Analysis and presenting global results, and supporting business leaders and HR to interpret their results and action plan.
• Potential to research and identify a new engagement survey supplier.

Skills & Experience

• Ability to adapt well to fast-paced environments with changing circumstances, direction, and strategy.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritise, manage, and complete projects with tight deadlines.
• Technical aptitude to be able to quickly learn new technologies and develop various learning solutions.
• A strong focus on internal customers' needs and satisfaction, with an emphasis in demonstrating return on investment in training. A qualified candidate will be focused on how training contributes to the company's bottom line and will have the analytical skills to justify programmatic decisions with data.
• Experience developing and/or managing training programs for a variety of audiences.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn Learning would be helpful.
• Proven ability to influence others without having positional authority.
• Excellent organizational skills, programme, and project management skills.
• Experience developing and implementing goals and strategies based on broader organization goals.
• Experience building, interpreting, and communicating performance metrics to multiple organisational levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of having worked globally or across the EMEA region would be highly advantageous.

What's in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognises and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

• Competitive salary
• Group pension scheme

For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you upload your CV via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions

By submitting your job application, you automatically acknowledge and consent to the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data to the Company. Argus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.