People & Organisational Development (POD) Officer

People & Organisational Development (POD) Officer

Job Title

People & Organisational Development (POD) Officer

Location

Belfast

Hours

36 hours per week generally 9am – 5.15pm Mon to Thurs and 9am – 2pm on a Friday. Hybrid policy states a min. of 2 days in the office.

Contract Type

Full-Time, Fixed-Term (12 Months Maternity Cover)

Closing Date

3 August 2026

Purpose of the Role

Reporting to the People & Organisational Development Manager, the People & Organisational Development (POD) Officer will be responsible for coordinating and delivering learning and development initiatives across all business areas.

Key Responsibilities

Learning & Development

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• Lead the delivery of annual Training Calendar, ensuring organisational learning needs are met and continuously improved through evaluation, feedback and performance metrics.
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• Collaborate with business divisions to identify development needs and design appropriate learning solutions aligned to organisational priorities.
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• Act as a subject matter expert in the design and delivery of training programmes, including digital learning solutions.
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• Maintain awareness of emerging learning and development trends, technologies and future capability requirements.
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• Support the wider HR team in the delivery of training sessions and workshops.
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• Assist the POD Manager in coordinating and delivering structured induction programmes for newly appointed managers.
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• Manage development programmes
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• Evaluate programme effectiveness against business KPIs and recommend improvements.
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• Develop and present learning analytics
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• Develop and implement communication plans to promote learning and development opportunities across the organisation.
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• Manage relationships and contracts with external learning providers, ensuring quality and value for money through regular reviews.
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• Support the development and monitoring of annual learning and development budgets.
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• Administer the Voluntary Training and Educational Development Fund, ensuring compliance, governance and budget control.
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• Support compliance with mandatory and statutory training requirements through monitoring, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
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Core HR Talent & Performance Management

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• Manage the Group Performance Management System (currently the Core HR Talent Module).
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• Ensure the system is fully operational and ready for annual performance review cycles.
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• Lead system optimisation, maintenance and troubleshooting activities.
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• Support the rollout of future performance management developments across additional employee groups.
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• Monitor and report on completion rates across divisions.
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• Liaise with business areas to ensure compliance with performance management processes.
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• Manage performance management timelines, communications and training materials.
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• Conduct quality audits and reviews and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
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• Deliver LEAD Framework training to Management, Professional and Technical (MPT) employees.
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Person Specification

Essential Criteria

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• Minimum of 3 years' experience within a Learning & Development environment.
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• Minimum HNC qualification
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• Experience analysing feedback and evaluation data and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
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• Experience managing internal stakeholders to deliver learning and development outcomes.
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• Awareness of monitoring and controlling resources and associated project budgets.
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• Experience managing projects.
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• Able to satisfy the medical standards applicable to the post.
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