Elidel Prestige Job Vacancy For Learning and Development Specialist

Elidel Prestige Ltd (EPL) an oil and gas recruitment and manpower management company is recruiting the following positions on behalf of its client, Aker Energy, a member of the Aker Group and the operating company of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block (“DWT/CTP”) in Ghana. Aker Energy aims to become the offshore oil and gas operator of choice in Ghana. Aker Energy is committed to delivering training and industrial development by contributing with several direct and indirect job opportunities in Ghana through its operations, as well as the know-how and experience successfully developed in the Norwegian petroleum industry over the last 30 years.

Position Summary:

The successful role holder will be involved with developing and implementing employee learning and development strategies and supporting systems and structures that lead to greater staff engagement. In this role, the Learning and Development Specialist will support the organization in clarifying employee skill gaps and training needs to help identify strategies that will build employees into highly impactful and effective contributors and leaders. The ideal candidate must be passionate about fostering a culture of learning within a growing organization and comes with a deep understanding of professional learning and the ability to design meaningful and effective learning experiences. The position is based in Accra.

The Role Reports to the Human Resource Manager

Key Responsibilities

Employee Learning and Development

• Develop and execute the company’s learning and development strategy focused on empowering employees with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in their roles
• Develop and implement relevant learning and development programs for leaders and managers in accordance with the company’s strategic objectives and goals and in collaboration with HR and Senior Leadership
• Conduct needs analyses and utilize performance management data to identify employee learning and development needs; recommend and/or design learning solutions
• Create and implement frameworks for assessing, measuring and tracking learning and development programming and demonstrating return to the organization; provide senior leadership with ongoing reporting and analysis of developmental activities
• Collaborate with internal departments and teams to develop and implement training content for new hire training and onboarding and ongoing professional development.
• Ensure access and equitable processes related to training opportunities.

Learning and Development Systems and Structures

• Implement and refine a performance management framework and process that defines effective performance and how to evaluate employees against that definition.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of the company’s core organizational and position-specific competencies that create clarity on potential career pathways at the company.
• Liaise with HR to create and implement a succession planning process for the organization that identifies critical roles and potential successors and leadership development programs for such individuals.
• Design and refine internal job description templates and qualifications mapped to various position levels
• Provide ongoing training and coaching to managers on performance management.

Team and Organizational Support

• Support the company in practicing its values, with major focus on leading and contributing to initiatives that drive the company’s culture of learning
• Serve as an advisor, trainer, coach and expert to all staff in the areas of employee learning and development