Learning Specialist (Digital / AI)

The Learning Specialist should be a confident generalist, capable of facilitating a wide range of training solutions, with a core focus on digital including digital transformation and AI. Your role will help learners acquire, retain, and apply new knowledge and skills. Additionally, you must be able to work confidently with a variety of client groups.
Working closely with our Senior Learning Specialist and Head of Learning Solutions, The Learning Specialist will work with clients to identify training needs and co-create innovative solutions whilst also delivering established programmes remotely and face-to-face. Through effective programme management and design expertise, this role ensures Bauer Academy's training provision is world-class.
This role collaborates to ensure all programmes and projects deliver impactful work-based learning provision - improving individual performance and creating vibrant learning cultures.
You will support the development of new business opportunities, with targeted client management, and the commercialisation of training content.
The Team:
At Bauer Academy we passionately believe it's in the interests of learners and employers that education evolves. We're focused on cultural transformation - not just skills development. Post pandemic, best practice in learning and development is evolving; the growing need to bridge digital skills gaps and build high-performing teams whilst enhancing wellbeing and growing resilience demands training solutions that empower a disparate workforce to connect, collaborate, and thrive.
This role will be based in either our Peterborough or London offices. Whilst flexibility is possible (with some home working), this role requires a presence in Bauer offices and travel for face-to-face delivery and client meetings.
What you'll be doing:

• Providing high quality curriculum design for internal and external learning and development programmes, with an emphasis on work-based learning cultures.


• Delivering effective, interactive training utilising a range of tools and technology both online and face-to-face.


• Supporting co-creation services including bespoke design for internal stakeholders and external clients with creative training approaches, always aligned to Bauer Academy values.


• Managing a variety of training projects, including ad hoc talent development programmes, events, and summits.


• When required, providing excellent client management, including relationship building to support growth of new business


• Reviewing training programmes for continuous improvement and produce post-programme reports.


• Contributing to Train the Trainer activities and Best Practice Sessions, aligned to specific individual / team needs, and emerging educational trends.


• Supporting the commercialisation of Bauer Academy training content, with entrepreneurial ideas, business plans and marketing campaigns


• Keeping up to date with educational trends to ensure compliance and best practice is embedded within all design work.


• Keeping up to date with evolving and emerging job roles across the creative sector internationally, with detailed updates on future training needs and trends.


• Growing and maintaining high level knowledge and expertise across multiple subject areas, with an emphasis on digital marketing, advertising, leadership and management, multimedia storytelling.
  
  Degree-level qualification, ideally within media or education disciplines.


• L5 Teaching Qualification and / or CIPD is desirable, but not essential


• High level of subject expertise around digital transformation.


• Comfortable and confident in delivering across digital, creative and leadership areas.


• Experience within the creative sector is preferable, ideally with industry experience within a multimedia company


• Demonstrable passion for work-based learning, with skills evidencing innovative approaches utilising technology for both face to face and online delivery



• Strong expertise in educational practice, with a passion for impactful curriculum design and innovative teaching methods


• Strong sense of initiative, with excellent project management skills and the ability to promote process improvement


• Highly collaborative with exceptional inter-personal skills and the ability to influence others


• Excellent project management skills, with outstanding attention to detail and a relentless commitment to best practice


• Evidence of commercial acumen and entrepreneurship is essential
  
  We're looking for a Learning Specialist (AI & Digital) to join our Bauer Academy Team on a full-time permanent basis.

This is an exciting new opportunity for an experienced trainer and facilitator to design and deliver work-based learning solutions for our people across Bauer Media Group as well as a range of high-profile external clients.
The Team provides training in key areas expected of one of Europe's largest media companies. These include digital marketing, advertising, sales, leadership and management, innovation, and wellbeing., About Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!
Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world's most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.
Belonging at Bauer Mission statement
People are at the heart of everything we do. Inclusivity is part of who we are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and encourage authenticity, knowing that our differences are celebrated.
What we will offer you
Quite simply, our promise to you is that Bauer Media is a great place to do great work with great people. Our people take an enormous amount of pride in the brands they support. They like their team members, and they feel supported by their managers. We all take collective responsibility for our culture, because we know it has a ripple effect out across our brands. That's why our culture of inclusion at work, Belonging at Bauer, is at the heart of everything we do. Belonging at Bauer is about our dual goals of being as representative as we can of the audiences we serve, and about creating a working environment where all our people feel able to bring their whole selves to work every day. It's part of everything we do, and everyone who works here is responsible. If you join us, you'll be an important part of this as well.
Our mental health at work
We're proud to be the driving force behind the "Where's your head at?" campaign, which is working to put Mental Health First Aiders on an equal footing with traditional workplace First Aiders. This is a priority for all of us that work at Bauer and we now have fully trained Mental Health First Aiders supporting and working across all of our UK locations.
Learning and Development
As the only Media company to be in the top 100 apprenticeship employers, we are striving to always be a great place to do great work for all, Bauer is committed to offering learning and development initiatives through its Bauer Academy tailored to its people, empowering teams and individuals to grow and progress in their careers.
Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.
Bauer Core Values
Passion
We LOVE what we do - it inspires, unifies and challenges us. Our passion is contagious - both loud and quiet, making the impossible possible.
Excellence
Our desire for excellence fuels our ambition for personal and business growth.
Trust
We value honesty and integrity. Trust is our foundation, empowering our people to live up to their full potential.

Sounds incredible right? - if you have the desired skills and experience to work for an incredible team, then we would love to hear from you!
Closing Date For Applications: Thursday 22nd August
Package Description
Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days


• Internal Bauer Academy - Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development


• Opportunity to buy additional holiday


• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance


• Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)


• Thrive initiatives - Wellbeing at Bauer


• Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives


• Discounted high street vouchers