Continuous Improvement Trainer / Assessor - Lean Six Sigma

Job Title: Continuous Improvement Trainer

Location: Guildford area

Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

The Company has developed a strong brand recognition for delivering highly practical development programmes which bring benefits to the learner and the organisations with which they work and leave them with sustainable development. Strong growth within the Apprenticeship Market is currently occurring in the Improvement Practitioner (Green Belt) and Improvement Technician (Yellow Belt) standards.

Their four core values are

• Customer Focus - tailoring their programmes to meet client need
• Making a Difference - to learners, to organisations, to their staff
• Ethics - dealing with prudence in all they do
• Knowledge - outstanding abilities of their staff, to remain a trusted partner

They are looking for an experienced trainer/business change facilitator with demonstrable experience of coaching others through improvement projects using LSS tools based in the Surrey area to join their growing team of highly skilled facilitators.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Business Change Facilitator manages a portfolio of learners for various clients across the region
• Deliver, teach, coach, inspire cohorts of learners
• Act as the primary liaison with clients
• Assess candidates to apprenticeship frameworks and standards as appropriate
• Deliver functional skills (maths and English) as part of the programmes where required
• Ensure records and audit trails are maintained
• Attend standardisation events, team events and CPD throughout the year
• Manage clients and learners to maximise learner achievements within realistic timescales
• Deliver quality programmes of intervention to clients
• Develop processes to maximise learner achievements
• Open to ongoing development and training as deemed appropriate by funding and assessment organisations
• Support the wider delivery team and business initiatives

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Lean Six Sigma qualifications (Green Belt standard) with demonstrable experience of coaching others through improvement projects using LSS tools
• Ability to train and coach others (groups up to 14)
• 3+ years previous experience in a similar role
• Exceptional communication skills to both learners and clients/customers
• Excellent customer focus with proven examples of 'above & beyond' customer service
• High degree of competence with Microsoft Excel for data analysis
• Also competent with other Microsoft office and cloud-based solutions
• High level of Maths and English. Maths level particularly necessary

Desirable

• Qualified assessor A1, TAQA L3 or equivalent
• A teaching qualification with PTTLS (L3) as a minimum
• Competent use of Minitab or similar statistical package
• Experience of programme delivery in Food and Drink
• Experience with E-Portfolio solutions such as OneFile
• Delivery of the new Improvement Standards
• Embedding of Maths and English functional skills in delivery

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on skills, experience and potential
• Cash car allowance
• Paid mileage allowance
• Pension scheme 5% contribution matched and option to salary sacrifice
• Life assurance of 2 salary
• 27 days per annum holiday (increasing to 30 at 5 years' service) plus bank holidays
• Becoming a member of a supportive team and wider charitable organisation

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement Manager, CI Lead, Green Belt Practitioner, Qualified Trainer, Qualified Assessor, Learning and Development, L and D, Training, Training Instructor, Training and Development, Development, Corporate Learning Manager, External Trainer may also be considered for this role.