Learning and Development Manager

Do you enjoy taking responsibility and like working in a small team

Do you have an interest in Irish Food Drink and Horticulture

Are you looking to make a difference in what you do and have the relevant experience

Then youve come to the right place.

Learning and Development Manager

Dublin Ireland

Reports To: HR Director

Grade: 4

The salary scale for this role is 82004 - 97193; with Long Service increments of LSI1: 100326 & LSI2: 103462pa

New Entrants to the Public Sector commence on the first point of the Scale

Purpose

Bord Bia has a vision that customers around the globe recognise that Irish food and drink is world-class; that it is high quality distinctive and made by a diverse range of creative producers from a unique and fortuitous island location.

Our purpose is to bring Irelands outstanding food drink and horticulture to the world thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

Our commitment is to enable Bord Bia deliver on its strategic goals through a People and Organisation strategy which provides professional HR expertise operational HR support which attracts develops and retains Talent within the organisation.

In this role you will contribute to the development and implementation of a Bord Bia Learning and development strategy and framework to support the delivery of the organisations strategy and build the capability of its people. Develop programmes to deliver a highly skilled digitally enabled and agile workforce promoting a continuous learning culture and enabling smarter working.

What you will do

1. Collaborate with Bord Bia HR leaders and external Learning and Development experts to map maintain and evaluate a structured Learning and Development framework and policies for Bord Bia delivering on our Learning and Development strategy incorporating; high potential talent and career development programmes priority capability building programmes leadership and management development and functional development programmes aligned with the organisational strategy.

2. Develop and promote access to learning through the Bord Bia learning directory enabling self-service in the first instance to learning management systems primarily Bord Bia Learning and Development Zone supplemented with LinkedIN Learning and language learning platforms and guidance from within the learning and development section of HR department.

3. Develop the Bord Bia Learning and Development Zone to become the designated location for all Bord Bia mandatory trainings critical capability builds and the source for training on policies. Build categorisation within and continue to develop online content for the system building a best-in-class online learning management system for the organisation.

4. Promote a learning and development culture within Bord Bia advise management and staff on talent and career development programmes deliver high impact training programmes interventions tools and techniques underpinned by and assisting managers and staff with the development of performance growth plans (PGPs) supported by HR processes and systems.

5. Manage implement and advise on learning platform selection (eg LinkedIn Learning and language learning platforms) which will best deliver learning objectives and build capability to meet the needs of the organisation. Assess the return on investment of these platforms on a regular basis through reports and qualitative feedback to ensure value for money and learning objectives are being achieved.

6. Identify design and implement capability building programmes in collaboration with business leaders as highlighted by the organisations strategic objectives ensuring a base skill capability level at the outset is established for measurement and training evaluation purposes. Liase with the Knowledge and Market Intelligence Manager to include knowledge management tools and techniques to drive the impact of programmes.

7. Collaborate with the HR Executive to fully utilise and develop the talent and career development area of the HRIS and the international graduate to manage the transfer of the training data to the HRIS and the administration of the learning and development platforms.

8. Procure appropriate vendors to deliver on learning and development objectives and manage these service providers through agreed SLAs and KPIs

9. Manage assigned budgets in accordance with One Bord Bia procedures and adhere to the One Bord Bia Operating Model.

About You

Essential Knowledge Skills & Capabilities

Knowledge:

A minimum of 5-8 years experience in a T&D role and ideally with a relevant qualification at degree level.

Learning and development strategy frameworks policies and needs identification Talent and career development programmes

Management development programmes with the assistance of EQ 360 profiling and people assessment processes

Digitally enabled Learning Management Systems

Career counselling

Skills & Capabilities:

Digital first mindset and comfortable with an agile culture focused on continuous improvement and change

Effective Communication presentation and facilitation skills

Influencing and negotiation skills

Ability to manage multiple complex projects with excellent project management skills

Results orientated and focused on constantly improving performance standards

Dedicated persistent and resilient

Desirable Knowledge:

Learning and Development Industry

Workforce management

Succession planning

Commercial Mindset

Bainisteoir Foghlama agus Forbartha

Baile Átha Cliath

Ag tuairisciú don: Stiúrthóir AD

Grád: 4

82004 - 97193 an scála tuarastail a ghabhann leis an ról seo; chomh maith le hIncrimintí Fadseirbhíse LSI1: 100326 & LSI2: 103462pa

Tosóidh Iontrálaithe Nua san Earnáil Phoiblí ar an gcéad phointe den Scála.

Cuspóir

Tá fís ag Bord Bia go n-aithneodh custaiméirí ar fud na cruinne go bhfuil bia agus deochanna na hÉireann de scoth an domhain; go bhfuil siad ar ardchaighdeán go bhfuil siad sainiúil agus déanta ag raon éagsúil táirgeoirí cruthaitheacha ar láthair uathúil ámharach ar oileán.

Is é an cuspóir atá againn bia deoch agus gairneoireacht den scoth na hÉireann a thabhairt os comhair an domhain mhóir a dhéanfaidh fás agus inbhuanaitheacht na dtáirgeoirí a chumasú dá bhrí sin.

Is é ár dtiomantas cur ar chumas Bhord Bia a spriocanna straitéiseacha a bhaint amach trí straitéis Daoine agus Eagraíochta. Soláthraítear saineolas gairmiúil AD sa straitéis sin chomh maith dfhonn tacaíocht oibríochtúil AD a mheallann a fhorbraíonn agus a choinníonn daoine cumasacha laistigh den eagraíocht.

Sa ról seo cabhróidh tú le straitéis agus creat Foghlama agus Forbartha Bhord Bia a fhorbairt agus a chur i bhfeidhm chun tacú le straitéis na heagraíochta a chur i gcrích agus cumas a chuid daoine a fhorbairt. Cláir a fhorbairt chun fórsa saothair ardoilte atá ábalta i dtaobh cúrsaí digiteacha agus atá sofhreagrúil a sholáthar cultúr foghlama leanúnach a chur chun cinn agus obair níos cliste a chumasú.

Cad a dhéanfaidh tú

1. Comhoibriú le ceannairí AD Bhord Bia agus le saineolaithe seachtracha Foghlama agus Forbartha chun creat struchtúrtha Foghlama agus Forbartha agus polasaithe do Bhord Bia a mhapáil a chothabháil agus a mheas chun ár straitéis Foghlama agus Forbartha a chur i gcrích lena n-áirítear; cláir forbartha tallainne agus gairme ardacmhainneachta cláir forbartha cumais tosaíochta forbairt ceannaireachta agus bainistíochta agus cláir forbartha feidhmiúla atá ag teacht leis an straitéis eagraíochtúil.

2. Rochtain ar fhoghlaim a fhorbairt agus a chur chun cinn trí eolaire foghlama Bhord Bia rud a cheadóidh féinseirbhís ar an gcéad dul síos do chórais bhainistíochta foghlama go príomha Crios Foghlama agus Forbartha Bhord Bia arna fhorlíonadh le LinkedIN Learning agus le hardáin foghlama teanga agus treoir ón rannóg foghlama agus forbartha sa rannóg AD.

3. Crios Foghlama agus Forbartha Bhord Bia a fhorbairt le bheith ina shuíomh ainmnithe do gach oiliúint éigeantach de chuid Bhord Bia chun cumas criticiúil a fhorbairt agus mar fhoinse oiliúna ar pholasaithe. Catagóiriú a fhás laistigh den chóras agus leanúint ar aghaidh ag forbairt ábhar ar líne don chóras chun an córas bainistíochta foghlama ar líne is fearr a fhorbairt don eagraíocht.

4. Cultúr foghlama agus forbartha a chur chun cinn laistigh de Bhord Bia comhairle a thabhairt don bhainistíocht agus don fhoireann maidir le cláir forbartha tallainne agus gairme cláir oiliúna idirghabhálacha uirlisí agus teicnící ardtionchair a chur ar fáil agus iad ag cabhrú le bainisteoirí agus le baill foirne pleananna fáis feidhmíochta (PGPnna) a fhorbairt le tacaíocht ó phróisis agus ó chórais AD.

5. Bainistiú cur i bhfeidhm agus comhairle a thabhairt maidir le roghnú ardán foghlama (. LinkedIn Learning agus ardáin foghlama teanga) a chuirfidh i gcrích cuspóirí foghlama ar an mbealach is fearr agus a chothóidh acmhainní chun freastal ar riachtanais na heagraíochta. Measúnú a dhéanamh ar an toradh ar infheistíocht na n-ardán seo ar bhonn rialta trí thuarascálacha agus aiseolas cáilíochtúil chun a chinntiú go mbaintear amach luach ar airgead agus cuspóirí foghlama.

6. Cláir forbartha cumais a shainaithint a leagan amach agus a chur i bhfeidhm i gcomhar le ceannairí gnó mar a leagtar béim orthu i gcuspóirí straitéiseacha na heagraíochta agus a chinntiú go mbunaítear bunleibhéal cumais scileanna ag an tús chun críocha meastóireachta tomhais agus oiliúna. Idirchaidreamh a dhéanamh leis an mBainisteoir Eolais agus Faisnéise Margaidh chun uirlisí agus teicnící bainistíochta eolais a chur san áireamh chun tionchar na gclár a thiomáint.

7. Comhoibriú leis an bhFeidhmeannacht Acmhainní Daonna chun réimse forbartha tallainne agus gairme CFAD agus an chéimí idirnáisiúnta a úsáid agus a fhorbairt go hiomlán chun aistriú na sonraí oiliúna chuig CFAD agus riarachán na n-ardán foghlama agus forbartha a bhainistiú.

8. Díoltóirí cuí a fháil chun cuspóirí foghlama agus forbartha a sheachadadh agus na soláthraithe seirbhíse sin a bhainistiú trí chomhaontuithe seirbhíse agus trí phríomhtháscairí feidhmíochta comhaontaithe

9. Buiséid shannta a bhainistiú de réir nósanna imeachta One Bord Bia agus cloí le Samhail Oibriúcháin One Bord Bia.

Eolas Fút Féin

Eolas Scileanna & Inniúlachtaí Riachtanacha

Eolas:

• Taithí 5-8 mbliana ar a laghad i ról T&F agus go hidéalach cáilíocht ábhartha ag leibhéal na céime.

• Straitéis foghlama agus forbartha creataí beartais agus riachtanais a shainaithint - Cláir forbartha tallainne agus gairme

• Cláir forbartha bainistíochta le cabhair ó phróisis sainuimhreach oideachais próifíliú 360 agus measúnú daoine

• Córais Bainistíochta Foghlama arna gcumasú go digiteach

• Comhairleoireacht ghairme

Scileanna & Inniúlachtaí:

• Meon atá dírithe ar dhigitiú agus atá compordach le cultúr sofhreagrúil atá dírithe ar fheabhsú leanúnach agus ar athrú leanúnach

• Scileanna éifeachtacha cumarsáide cur i láthair agus éascaithe

• Scileanna tionchair agus idirbheartaíochta

• An cumas roinnt tionscadal casta a bhainistiú ag aon am amháin agus scileanna bainistíochta tionscadail den scoth

• Dírithe ar thorthaí agus ar chaighdeáin feidhmíochta a fheabhsú i gcónaí

• Dúthrachtach seasmhach agus acmhainneach

Eolas Inmhianaithe:

• Tionscal Foghlama agus Forbartha

• Bainistiú fórsaí saothair

• Pleanáil comharbais

• Meon Tráchtála

Closing Date/Time: Thursday 16 October 2025 @ 12.00 midday (GMT/UTC 1)

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