Senior Learning and Development Assistant FTC

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

1/17/2025

About Baringa

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

As a Certified B Corporation®, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our Learning and Development team are looking for an experienced Learning and Development Assistant to join the team.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join our dynamic and forward-thinking L&D team. If you are looking to be part of high performing team of passionate L&D experts, develop your skills and grow your L&D experience we want to hear from you.

Our Baringa Birmingham office will be your local hub and there will be an expectation that you work from this location 1-2 days per week. Our L&D monthly team meetings and support of training courses will be in our London office so some travel is required for this role.

What You Will Be Doing

• You will play a key role in assisting to team in scheduling a curriculum of learning and acting as the first point of contact for the training and L&D function.
• You will support the L&D team to deliver a high quality and consistent standard of L&D support to our business units and the central L&D team including LMS administration
• You will be part of a team co-ordinating our L&D operations effectively and efficiently. Responsible for logging all training sessions and conferences in the training calendar, including organising logistics, meeting rooms and catering and any other associated requirements as required
• You will required to provide in-session support for some of our Core Baringa course deliveries. This responsibility is shared within the Ops team but it will require ad-hoc presence in our London office.
  
  

Your Skills And Experience

• A passion for Learning and Development and a growth mindset
• Excellent, proactive and proven planning, and a desire for administration and organisation
• Proficient knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Previous experience in Professional Services desirable
• Presentable and personable with a proficient attention to detail
  
  

What a Career At Baringa Will Give You

Putting People First.

Benefits

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace.

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness . You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here .

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further .