Senior Trainer
Job description
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We’re looking for an experienced Senior Trainer to join our Learning & Development team, supporting the development of our RSR network through high-quality, engaging training.
This is a delivery-focused role, ideal for someone with a strong recruitment or sales background who enjoys facilitating learning and developing others.
- Delivering engaging virtual training via MS Teams and face-to-face sessions across the UK
- Facilitating sales, customer service and soft-skills training for new and experienced consultants
- Designing and developing training programmes and materials
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business
- Supporting learners before, during and after training sessions
- Contributing to continuous improvement of our L&D offering
- Experience in recruitment or a sales-driven environment
- Confidence and credibility delivering training to experienced professionals
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- A proactive, organised and flexible approach
- Willingness to travel within the UK for training delivery
Training or L&D experience is welcome, but strong recruitment or sales experience is key. If you bring the experience we're looking for and a passion for developing others, we'd love to hear from you - apply today!
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⭐ Highlight your recruitment or sales background prominently as Reed specifically values this over pure L&D experience
📊 Quantify your training impact: 'Delivered 45 virtual sessions to 200+ consultants, improving conversion rates by 23%'
🌐 Emphasise MS Teams proficiency and virtual delivery experience as this role involves significant remote training
🎯 Showcase programme design skills with concrete examples of training materials you've created for sales teams
🤝 Demonstrate stakeholder management experience across different business functions and seniority levels
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- •Delivered 60+ virtual training sessions via MS Teams to 300 recruitment consultants, achieving 92% satisfaction scores and 18% improvement in sales conversion rates
- •Designed comprehensive sales training programme for new starters, reducing time-to-productivity from 12 to 8 weeks across 4 regional offices
- •Built stakeholder relationships with 15 department heads, securing £45k training budget increase and implementing continuous improvement initiatives that boosted programme effectiveness by 25%
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Reed's focus on developing consultant capability through high-quality L&D delivery aligns perfectly with my recruitment background and passion for training facilitation. My experience in sales-driven environments and MS Teams virtual delivery makes me well-suited for this Senior Trainer position.
My background in recruitment and sales training has equipped me with the credibility to engage experienced professionals and the practical knowledge to design relevant programmes. I have successfully delivered both virtual and face-to-face training across the UK, building strong stakeholder relationships whilst continuously improving training effectiveness.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you design a virtual sales training programme using MS Teams?
- ›What methods do you use to engage participants during remote training sessions?
- ›How do you measure the effectiveness of your training programmes?
- ›Describe your experience with training materials development and design
- ›How do you adapt your training style for different experience levels?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to deliver training to a challenging or resistant audience
- ›Describe a situation where you had to quickly adapt your training approach
- ›Give an example of how you've built relationships with key stakeholders
- ›Tell me about a time you identified and implemented an improvement to a training programme
- ›Describe a situation where you had to travel extensively for work and how you managed it
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to deliver training to a challenging or resistant audience
Describe a situation where you had to quickly adapt your training approach