At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food – we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly.
As a Learning Specialist at Yeo Valley, you will play a critical role in diagnosing capability needs, designing high-quality learning solutions, curating relevant content, and supporting impactful development across the business.
Working closely with People Partners, Site Leaders and Subject Matter Experts, you will ensure learning initiatives are strategically aligned, practically relevant and engaging for our co-owners.
This role requires strong capability in learning design, digital learning, stakeholder partnering and content curation, supporting a culture of continuous improvement and co-ownership.
The primary focus of the role is the design, curation and development of learning solutions and pathways, with approximately 70% of time focused on learning design and content development, and 30% supporting facilitation and delivery activities.
Key responsibilities:
- Design and develop blended learning solutions using sound instructional design principles, including digital, virtual and face-to-face learning.
- Curate and organise internal and external learning content into structured role-based learning pathways aligned to business priorities and capability needs.
- Design and produce practical digital and video learning content, including explainers, skills demonstrations, assessments, and toolkits.
- Conduct learning needs analysis to identify capability gaps and recommend appropriate learning solutions.
- Partner with People Partners, managers and site leaders to align learning solutions with operational and strategic priorities, supporting capability growth across the business.
- Facilitate engaging and inclusive virtual and face-to-face workshops and learning sessions.
- Evaluate learning effectiveness and continuously improve learning solutions using learner feedback, insight and performance data.
- Maintain awareness of emerging L&D practices, digital learning trends and instructional design approaches.