Learning Associate

Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high-quality career. 

Learning Associate

Boston

Monday to Friday 8.30 - 5pm 

Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension

Excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group

Why join us? 

We’re constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. 

About the role. 

In this busy and exciting role, you will be responsible for delivering learning interventions at our dynamic and fast paced manufacturing sites - ensuring our employees are not only compliant when it comes to the regulatory and mandatory aspects of their role, but also engaged and motivated through your training delivery.

Based in our factories for the majority of your working day - driving engagement, building solid working relationships with key stakeholders and delivering a best-in-class training proposition, will be top of your agenda.

We are looking for someone with the tenacity and resilience to join our journey of change - as we move from Factory Trainers to Learning and Development Specialists.

Role Accountabilities

• Training delivery and competency assessment of machine usage, health & safety, manual handling and all elements of food safety
• Supporting training needs and compliance gap analysis
• Leveraging strong interpersonal skills and engaging content to deliver learning across all available channels
• Supporting site to ensure compliance with standards agreed, through the provision of learning interventions.

About You

• Ideally, you will have a real flair for developing cross functional relationships and driving training best practice to ensure employees receive outstanding learning interventions and training.
• An FMCG background is not essential, however you will need to be ready for the challenge of working in this fast-paced ever-changing industry.
• If you are a dynamic and energetic training professional with the ability to drive the L&D agenda on the shop floor, this could be the perfect role for you.

What you’ll receive. 

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.  

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
• Private medical insurance (after 5 years’ service)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Free car parking – Site dependant

Proud to be Bakkavor 

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team! 

Find out more and apply. 

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