Senior Learning Manager Willmott Dixon are recruiting to an exciting new role of Senior Learning Manager. In this role, you will champion the development of our people and leaders, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, strong leadership capability, and effective knowledge sharing across Willmott Dixon. You will lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of behavioural and leadership programmes that support our strategic priorities, strengthen how we work, and enable individuals and teams to deliver outstanding results and reach their potential.
Working closely with leaders and key business functions, you will identify skills gaps and provide tailored learning solutions that help people grow and perform at their best. You will play a central role in shaping the conditions for high performance by supporting leaders to build the confidence, capability, and mindset needed to thrive. You will also ensure our people have access to meaningful, accessible development opportunities delivered through a range of formats that meet the diverse needs of a dispersed workforce.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership Development
Full ownership for the design, delivery, and evaluation of all leadership programmes, ensuring they align with business goals and develop leaders who will drive performance, embody our values, and role-model exemplary behaviour across Willmott Dixon.
Lead the development and delivery of all leadership learning resources, ensuring they meet strategic objectives and foster the high standard of behaviours expected from our Leaders.
Behavioural Learning
Lead the development and delivery of all behavioural learning, ensuring it aligns with the strategic needs of the business and reflects our values.
Support to embed the behaviour shifts required for high performance, including strengthening ownership, constructive challenge, and a mindset of continuous improvement.
Business Support
Maintain strong, collaborative relationships across all areas of the business. Build trust with stakeholders by listening to their concerns, understanding their needs, and offering meaningful support that enables them and their teams to succeed.
Act as a trusted advisor and ‘critical friend’ to leaders at all levels, guiding their development, strengthening their leadership capabilities, and helping them to model the values and behaviours needed to create a consistent, high-performance culture
Work closely with senior leaders to develop high-performing teams, identifying skills gaps and designing tailored learning solutions that maximise capability, accelerate performance, and support delivery of strategic priorities.
Talent Identification and Development
Support Local Business Partners in growing high-potential talent, enhancing leadership capabilities and behaviours to ensure a strong pipeline of future leaders, ensuring high potential individuals consistently have development plans that support succession.
Support leaders in fostering meaningful development conversations with their teams, helping them to identify growth areas, set clear goals, and create robust development plans that align with both individual and business objectives.
Building a Culture of Learning
Identify, implement, and promote the different ways in which people can learn at work. Create opportunities for learning that extend beyond the training room, embracing digital, on-the-job, and experiential methods.
Drive the growth of knowledge-sharing and peer learning across the business to enhance collaboration and increase efficiency.
Source, manage, and evaluate external coaches and facilitators to ensure they strengthen our learning offering and provide value for money. Maintain accountability for quality and monitor performance, ensuring alignment with our business priorities.
Team Leadership
Lead and guide a team, supporting and empowering them to fulfil their potential and deliver to a consistently high standard.
Support the Head of Learning and wider team in achieving strategic goals that move the learning culture forward and drive the development of a high-performance culture.
Deliver ROI
Leverage data and stakeholder feedback to assess the effectiveness of all leadership and behavioural learning programmes, demonstrating a clear ROI and identifying areas for improvement.
Ensure that all learning initiatives deliver maximum value for money. Regularly assess the costs associated with programmes, making necessary adjustments to ensure they are cost effective.
Monitor the long-term impact of learning interventions, ensuring learning outcomes directly support business performance measures and strategic priorities.
External Awareness
Stay informed about trends and changes in the construction industry and wider field that may affect learning needs. Adapt learning content to ensure our leaders are equipped to navigate industry developments effectively.
Essential and Desirable Criteria
Proven experience (5+ years) designing, delivering, and evaluating leadership and behavioural learning that demonstrates measurable impact and ROI.
Skilled coach and facilitator, with a deep understanding of adult learning principles.
Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, providing strategic advice and guidance on learning and development.
Exceptional organisational ability to manage multiple programmes and courses, prioritising effectively and ensuring efficient use of resources.
Excellent communication skills, with a collaborative approach and the ability to influence at a senior level.
Relevant Qualifications (non-essential).
Professional certification in Learning & Development (CIPD or equivalent).
Coaching Qualification (ICF/AC or equivalent).
Additional Information Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.
Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. You will also benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme. About Us With 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose beyond profit is to deliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, strengthen communities, and enhance the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and trusted privately owned business where our people can thrive.
Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe’s 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.
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