Regional Training Manager

You make it Hand Picked!

Established by Guy and Julia Hands in 1999, Hand Picked hotels has grown organically and through acquisition to become the 5th largest luxury hotel group in the UK – comprising 21 hotels across the UK and Channel Islands. With welcoming and charming service delivered in truly inspirational settings, our guests are encouraged to relax, kick off their shoes and indulge.

We are currently recruiting for a Regional Training Manager to identify the training and development needs, design and deliver the appropriate interventions and evaluate effectiveness against people objectives.

This role will cover all our 21 hotels in the UK including the Channel Islands this role will involve travel and overnight stays in our hotels as required.

About the role:

• As Regional Human Training Manager your role will involve supporting alongside our other regional training managers all 21 hotels in Hand Picked Hotels luxury portfolio.
• This full-time role is needed on a Monday to Friday basis with a frequent travel and overnight stays at our hotels during your working week.
• You will be responsible for delivering training and development interventions at group, regional or hotel level based on an average 3 days per week of delivery, ensuring all departments and job levels up to General Manager receive appropriate training.
• Monitor and evaluate training activity to assess performance against people and business objectives.
• Deliver and maintain an effective induction programme at group, hotel and departmental level.
• Work with the HR team and line managers to identity and assess future and current training needs by supporting job analysis, career paths, performance discussions, thereby supporting effective succession planning across the group.Administer the training function and maintain up-to-date records including OWL, ensuring GDPR compliance. Responsible for own regional training administration.
• Work with General and Deputy General Managers and departmental heads to drive training activity to support delivery of service standards.
• Drive and support apprenticeship programmes across the business.Ensure health and safety training materials are updated in line with company policy and legislation.
• Co-ordinate external health and safety training.
• Carry out project work as required across the group.
• You will work alongside our other Regional Training Managers and report to our Learning and Development Manager.

About you

• To be consider for this role of Regional Training Manager, you must have current classroom training within ideally the hospitality industry.
• Be able to demonstrate previous experience of coaching and developing others, at management and front line levels.
• Have excellent presentation skills and be able to design course content.
• It is vital you are exceptionally organised and able to prioritise and juggle a busy workload and multiple areas of responsibility.
• You are passionate about developing yourself and others.
• You have a clear, approachable and friendly communication style and strong customer service orientation.
• Can demonstrate excellent analytical, problem solving judgement and decision making skills.
• You will also ideally hold Group Training Skills, NVQ Level 3 in Education and Training, Train the Trainer and other recognised training qualifications.

Our Benefits include:

• A competitive salary package, travel expenses paid, overnight accommodation and meals provided when away on business.
• Company pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Employee Assistance Program to support you with whatever life throws at you.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Company Sickness Scheme Benefit.
• 28 days holiday per year including bank holidays, increasing to 33 days including bank holidays with length of service.
• Forward career progression, with access to our In House and external training programs, including apprenticeships and other recognised hospitality industry courses which are all supported by our learning and development team.
• £30 staff stays with Hand Picked Hotels per room Bed & Breakfast & 25% discount on all food & drink. Yes, it’s as good as it sounds!
• Annual loyalty awards (like afternoon teas and overnight stays)
• Online retail discount platform offering thousands of savings with high street retailers and restaurants as well as a health and well-being platform.
• Opportunity to make lifelong friendships and be part of a team that celebrates Diversity and Inclusion.