Job Description

Company Description

About JDP

JDP is one of the UK's leading distributors of civils drainage and water management solutions, supporting customers across the construction and infrastructure sectors through a nationwide network of 27 branches. For decades, we have built our reputation by combining quality products, specialist expertise and exceptional customer service to help our customers deliver successful projects.

As part of a major European and global industrial group, we benefit from the strength, stability and long-term investment of an international organisation while maintaining the agility and customer focus of a UK business. This unique combination has enabled JDP to achieve sustained growth year after year, investing in our people, branch network, systems and capabilities to better serve our customers.

Our continued success is built on the knowledge, commitment and expertise of our colleagues. As we continue to grow, we are looking for talented people who share our ambition and want to play a key role in shaping the future of the business.

Job Description

The Role

As JDP continues to grow, we're investing in how we develop our people. We're creating a brand-new Learning & Development Advisor role to help shape the future of learning across the business.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about people development and enjoys turning ideas into engaging, practical learning experiences that make a real difference.

You'll play a key role in relaunching our apprenticeship and graduate programmes, supporting career development opportunities for existing colleagues, and helping to build a learning culture that enables our people to succeed.

Working closely with managers and teams across the business, you'll identify development needs, design and deliver training solutions, and coordinate learning activities that support both individual growth and business objectives.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the redevelopment and rollout of JDP's apprenticeship and graduate programmes.
• Working with managers to identify development opportunities and learning needs across the business.
• Designing, creating and delivering engaging training programmes, workshops and development initiatives.
• Supporting the ongoing development of management and leadership capability.
• Creating learning content, resources and materials that are practical, relevant and engaging.
• Facilitating face-to-face and virtual training sessions for colleagues at all levels.
• Supporting the induction and onboarding experience for new starters.
• Coordinating training events, venues, resources and communications.
• Maintaining training records and reporting on learning activity and outcomes.
• Building strong relationships with external training providers and apprenticeship partners.
• Supporting the development of learning pathways and career progression opportunities across the business.
• Helping ensure learning provision reflects the needs of our branch network and operational teams.

Qualifications

About You

You'll be someone who thrives on helping others develop and has the energy and confidence to engage a room full of learners, whether that's a branch team, apprentices starting their careers, or experienced managers developing their leadership skills.

We're looking for someone who can combine creativity with organisation and who is equally comfortable designing training programmes as they are delivering them.

You'll ideally have:

• Experience in a Learning & Development, Training, Talent Development or HR development role.
• Experience designing and delivering training programmes and workshops.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills with the confidence to lead group learning sessions.
• Excellent written communication skills and the ability to create high-quality learning materials.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• The ability to build credibility and positive relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Experience supporting apprenticeships, graduate programmes or early careers initiatives would be advantageous.
• An understanding of different learning methods and how to engage a diverse workforce.
• A proactive approach and the ability to work independently while managing multiple projects.

Additional Information

Join a business where you can build a rewarding long-term career. As part of our team, you'll benefit from a competitive salary and bonus, generous pension contributions matched up to 8%, 5 weeks' holiday plus bank holidays, the flexibility to buy an extra week's leave, and access to our employee discount scheme, helping you save on everyday shopping, travel and leisure.