Learning & Development Manager – 18 Month Contract
Dublin South | 3 days onsite / 2 remote plus occasional travel within Leinster
€65,000 - 70,000 per annum
The Role:
Our client is expanding their people operations and are now hiring for a Learning & Training Manager on an 18-month contract to implement and manage a coordinated training delivery across their growing business. Reporting to the HR Director, you'll oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of training programmes across multiple departments. This is a hands-on operational role - you'll be responsible for moving the organisation from scattered, departmental training approaches to a more integrated, measurable system. You'll work with department managers to plan training activity, liaise with external training providers, track completion and effectiveness, and ensure new starters receive consistent, high-quality induction experiences.
What You'll Do
- Assess current training activity across departments to understand what's being delivered, by whom, and to whom
- Work with operational and departmental managers to plan and schedule training interventions aligned to business needs
- Source, select, and manage relationships with external training providers for specialist content delivery
- Design and rollout standardised induction and onboarding processes to ensure consistency for all new joiners
- Create and maintain training records, track attendance, and report on training activity and completion rates
- Develop clear pathways and progression frameworks for graduate and early-career programmes
- Coordinate training delivery schedules to minimise operational disruption
- Introduce basic training metrics and reporting to demonstrate the business impact of training investments
- Support the selection and implementation of a Learning Management System
- Partner with managers to identify capability gaps and translate these into targeted training solutions
What We're Looking For:
Essential
- 7+ years' experience managing or delivering training programmes in a multi-site or operationally complex environment
- Track record of implementing training systems and driving adoption across organisations
- Strong organisational and project management skills - you can coordinate multiple workstreams, providers, and stakeholders
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build credibility across different teams and levels
- Experience working with external training providers and managing those relationships
- Comfortable with data and reporting and able to track training metrics and present findings clearly
- Self-motivated and able to work independently to drive initiatives forward
- Pragmatic approach to problem-solving - comfortable adapting solutions based on operational reality
