Learning & Development Advisor

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Learning & Development Advisor based in Aberdeen. This has been released on a 12 month PAYE contract from our clients city centre offices. 
 
Role overview:             
Designs, delivers, and governs learning solutions that ensure workforce capability, regulatory compliance, and future skills development—while managing systems, suppliers, and learning operations end to end.
L&D Adviser is responsible for developing and delivering a strategic, safety-critical learning approach that supports both offshore and onshore personnel. The role ensures workforce capability aligns with regulatory requirements, operational excellence, and long-term business goals.
A key focus is managing and optimising external training providers and contracts, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective delivery of specialist training (e.g., offshore certifications, technical skills).
Working closely with operational leaders, HR, and other stakeholders, the L&D Adviser ensures learning interventions are aligned to business priorities, support workforce readiness, and enable sustainable growth.
 
Key tasks / responsibilities:

• Collaborates across HR, business and external partners to deliver learning solutions
• Adapts to evolving processes and supports transformation of learning approach
• Provides clear, transparent guidance to employees and stakeholders
• Takes ownership of learning operations and service delivery
• Ensures compliance, accuracy and timely execution of training processes

Support access to training through:

• TSA Learning Agreement (Workday Learning)
• NIIT / 3T external training administration service
• Manage relationship with NIIT training administration provider

 
External Training Administration (NIIT / 3T)
Participate in regular service reviews to:

• Monitor service levels
• Resolve issues
• Identify improvement opportunities

Manage ongoing relationship with company Learning team to:

• Secure training places
• Support demand planning
• Resolve access or delivery issues
• Act as Affiliation Manager within Workday Learning, including:
• Approval of training requests
• Oversight of enrolments and completions
• Validate monthly consumption reports and support invoice approval

 
Competence Assurance & Alignment

• Support the Technical Competence Alignment project, providing learning input to:
• Competence frameworks
• Learning system selection
• Maintain oversight of training requirements linked to competence frameworks
• Support development of future learning portfolio aligned to business needs

 
Skills, experience & attributes of candidate:

• Chartered Member of CIPD or equivalent qualification/experience
• Experience in Learning & Development, HR Operations, or training coordination
• Knowledge of training administration processes and systems
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing external vendors or service providers
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex, evolving environment
• Strong data management and reporting capability

 
Desirable

• Experience with learning management systems
• Experience working with offshore or operational workforce environments
• Understanding of competence assurance frameworks and regulatory training requirements
• Experience supporting system and process transitions

 
contract position
 
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/082188


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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.