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Resourcing Advisor @ Wesleyan | Recruitment strategy, full recruitment cycle. Drives successful hiring by putting people first. A recruiter since…
WFS TRAINING CONSULTANT
Salary: Competitive dependent on skills and experience
Permanent
Remote based role – with travel required to Birmingham City Centre and other areas of the UK
Closing Date: 14th August 2025
As a proud mutual since 1841, Wesleyan is committed to creating brighter financial futures for our customers and members. We specialise in providing financial services to some of the nation’s most trusted professions: GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers.
To find out more about what we do, visit our website: https://www.wesleyan.co.uk/about
We are proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign which means we are open to discuss flexible working, job shares and part time options.
Your Role:
Join our specialist WFS Training & Development team to support and develop Financial Services staff, including FCA-certified colleagues. You will focus primarily on enhancing and delivery on our initial onboarding programme—helping new hires start their careers at Wesleyan with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed.
Your responsibilities will include developing colleagues’ understanding and application of our processes, balancing training with ongoing support to ensure their success. While this role is primarily remote, you’ll need to travel to various locations, including our Birmingham City Centre Head Office, so flexibility and willingness to travel are essential.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Scoping & Managing T&D Plans: Collaborate across business areas to scope and manage training and development plans. Conduct training needs analyses for new colleagues, identify learning gaps, and develop plans to address them.
* Onboarding New Colleagues: Design, deliver, and evaluate onboarding programmes that are high-quality, engaging, and sustainable—both remotely and via face-to-face workshops.
* Upskilling Existing Colleagues: Create and deliver blended learning solutions (directly or via Train the Trainer approach) for existing staff. Ensure managers are equipped to embed training into ongoing performance.
* Evaluation: Develop and implement evaluation methods to validate training effectiveness.
* Quality Assurance: Maintain training materials to ensure they remain current, accurate, and aligned with Wesleyan’s People Development standards, working closely with subject matter experts.
* Proven success in training and coaching within a regulated financial advice environment.
* Experience designing and delivering diverse training solutions—including digital content (Rise, Articulate), remote sessions, and face-to-face workshops.
* Strong knowledge of regulatory and legislative requirements related to financial advice.
* Experience using or training on Investment Platforms.
* Motivational, inspiring training style with excellent presentation skills.
* Proven ability to set direction, motivate, and develop others to achieve operational goals.
* Annual Performance based Bonus – based on a mixture of company and personal performance
* 28 days annual leave (plus 1 additional “culture day” & bank holidays) – increases to 30 days with 5 years’ service
* Company pension scheme - matched plus 2% (up to 10%)
* Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (available on weekends for personal use – subject to availability)
* Cashback and discounts on major brands in retail, leisure, health, and wellbeing
* Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
* 2 volunteering days per year
To find out more about some of the great benefits Wesleyan offer, visit our careers page: https://careers.wesleyan.co.uk/applicantPortal/rewards
What to know before applying:
Equal Opportunities: Wesleyan are an equal opportunities employer. We know the best teams are made up of inclusive groups of diverse people where everyone’s contribution counts, and we believe everyone has the right to proudly be themselves. We’re building a culture where difference is actively encouraged and simply recruit the best people for the job irrespective of lifestyle, life history and life choices.
Reasonable Adjustments: We understand that there are a wide range of reasons that you may require reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process- please let us know in your application how we can best support you.
VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK – within our recruitment process you will be asked to provide evidence of your Right to Work.
Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks, though we reserve the right to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications; we would therefore recommend an early application if you’d like to be considered for our opportunities.
Regulatory Requirements: Please note this is role is subject to regulatory requirements. As a financial services organisation we are committed to adopting the highest standards and we do this by employing individuals with the appropriate skills, experience and integrity to protect the Wesleyan Group and our customers. Relevant checks and assessments will be carried out during the recruitment process. The nature of the checks will depend on whether the role is subject to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) or the Insurance Distribution Directive Please note a criminal record check and credit check will apply and this role is also subject to ongoing checks in line with the Group SMCR Framework (Fit & Proper Policy).
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