Learning & Development Manager

The incumbent drives the development and implementation of skills and training solutions and interventions to achieve business growth and transformation for the network of Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) within the SkillsFuture Queen Bee’s value-chain. The secondary role is to support the Assistant Director of Learning & Development in the facilitation of the learning and development functions for the hotel, ensuring that the goals are aligned to the hotel’s overall goals and strategic plan as well as for all operational departments to follow through on their training and development commitments.

Primary Responsibilities

Driving and Managing the SkillsFuture Queen Bee Project
- Strategises, drives and manages the SkillsFuture Queen bee project (SFQB).
- Develops programmes and facilitates implementation for the SMEs in Singapore.
- Conducts trainings and ensure deliverables are met.
- Source for SMEs to embark on the programme with us.
- Meet the deliverables as required by Workforce Singapore.
- Leads research on industry landscape and market trends, including liaising with various stakeholder within the SFQB network to understand critical skills requirements, project future skills demand and business objectives.
- Diagnoses the skills gaps and needs and identify measurements of success of the network.
- Formulates a training needs analysis plan by identifying skills and training opportunities, reviewing existing skills and training solutions and interventions, sourcing for new and/or developing bespoke skills and training solutions and interventions to address the SMEs’ needs.
- Leverages Skills Frameworks and relevant SkillsFuture resources in creating the skills and training solutions and interventions.
- Develops an implementation plan and organises the participation of SMEs in the network.
- Manages and fosters relationships with multiple stakeholders in the network to ensure effective and sustainable implementation.
- Evaluates the impact and effectiveness of the skills and training solutions and interventions and fine-tunes the long-term implementation plan.

Adheres to Corporate and Local L&D Regulations**
- Ensures full compliance when managing and executing corporate initiated programmes and activities.
- Ensures that all learning activities meet with relevant statutory and organisational policies and requirements.
- Adheres to learning requirements set by local authorities and regulations, especially relating to safety and security.

Secondary Responsibilities
- Plans and conducts the learning needs analysis.
- Plans and proposes the hotel’s training programme, aligning it to the learning needs analysis.
- Designs and executes programmes necessary to meet the competencies of each job function and to address performance gaps.
- Conducts the relevant trainings according to business and training needs.
- Initiates, coordinates, executes and follows up on all corporate, internal and external initiatives and programmes.
- Informs managers on programme objectives and expected outcomes which colleagues attend.
- Monitors, measures and reports on colleagues’ development plans and achievements within agreed formats and time frame.
- Works closely with the departments to curate training programme, to train, coach and assess colleagues.
- Maintains appropriate systems to record and measure necessary aspects of colleagues’ development. These include on-the-job learning, internal and external learning, attendance, development plans, etc.
- Organises the learning venue, course notes, attendance sheet and all relevant materials required for classroom learning programmes.
- Liaises with Workforce Singapore and administers SkillsFuture claims for relevant courses.
- Performs any other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned.

**Qualifications**

Knowledge and Experience
- Tertiary education WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) / Advanced Certificate in Learning & Performance (ACLP) and/or WSQ Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education (DACE).
- Minimum 5 years in managing L&D function in a luxury hotel / hospitality / F&B industry.
- Experience in conducting and facilitating classroom training and managing e-learning programmes.
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills for small and big group training sessions across all levels of colleagues.
- Knowledge of People Developer an advantage.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word).

Competencies
- Oral fluency and written excellence in English.
- Ability to speak other languages and basic understanding of local languages and dialects an advantage.
- Strong communicator with presentation and influencing skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with colleagues from different cultures and connect well with colleagues at all levels.
- Good understanding of what it takes to build a strong service culture in a world-class hospitality icon.
- Driven and ability to work independently