Introduction

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Join our team as an Early Careers Learning and Development Lead and embark on a journey to shape the future of talent development on a global scale. This is your opportunity to be at the heart of crafting and directing cutting-edge training and staff development programmes that will leave a lasting imprint on our organisation. In this role, you'll collaborate with managers and supervisors to identify and address training needs, ensuring our workforce remains ahead of the curve.

You'll have the creative freedom to design training policies, programmes, and schedules that adapt to the ever-changing landscape of company processes, business systems, and industry innovations. Additionally, you'll develop and deliver engaging training materials that foster a vibrant learning environment. By collaborating with SMEs, HR Business Partners, and business leaders, you'll bring to life impactful, global Early Careers programmes, driving a robust pipeline of future talent and ensuring sustainable growth and success for our business. You'll have the rewarding opportunity to demonstrate the tangible return on investment and business impact of our Learning and Development initiatives, highlighting their essential role in achieving organisational excellence. This is more than just a job—it's your chance to make a significant impact.

How you'll make an impact

Drive the development and execution of the Early Careers strategy, managing partnerships and policies across global business areas.
Customise training content and requirements to meet the specific needs of each business function, ensuring compliance with local regulations.
Design and deliver engaging training programmes by collaborating with managers to identify and address training gaps.
Develop budgets based on training requirements and provide justification for funding.
Utilise a variety of training methods, including workshops, role play, and online courses, to accommodate different learning styles.
Create comprehensive training materials, such as manuals and multimedia aids, to enhance the overall learning experience.
Manage relationships with stakeholders and external partners to ensure high-quality delivery and effective learning solutions in line with business needs.
Assess and demonstrate the return on investment and the impact of training initiatives.
Achieve high levels of engagement and feedback from colleagues, using learnings to adapt the programme.
Act as the primary contact for learning and performance issues, partnering with HR and business leaders for strategic alignment.
Oversee day-to-day training activities, addressing key issues as they arise.
Coordinate with designers to develop engaging learning materials.

About You

Extensive experience in a Learning and Development Lead role is crucial.
Expertise in Early Careers is preferred.
Capability to lead the Early Careers portfolio and make strategic decisions.
Strong organisational and planning skills.
Proficient in collaboration and relationship management.
Solid business acumen and understanding of learning processes.
Right to work in the UK

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

Three fully paid volunteering days per year
Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
Critical illness cover
Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
Season ticket loan
Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
Emergency back-up family care
And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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