Head of Learning & Development

Location: Tauranga

About the employer 

Our client employer, Vertical Horizonz New Zealand (VHNZ), is a 100% New Zealand-owned Private Training Establishment with over 25 years of experience, delivering high-quality NZQA accredited safety training in various industries, including: 

  • Industrial

  • Transport

  • Rural

  • Health and safety

  • Heights

  • Access trades – and more 

From a single trainer with a big vision in 1998, this passionate team have grown to become one of New Zealand's largest private training establishments.

 

The culture 

As one of the leadership team said recently, theirs is a business that is “not only saving lives.  They are changing lives.” 

They strive to maintain a spirit of: 

  • One family

  • Unified vision

  • Skilled across multiple industries and disciplines

 

This role 

Your primary role will be to lead the Learning and Development team, providing knowledge and innovation within the company’s educational landscape. 

Success in this role will be in helping to ensure that Vertical Horizonz stays at the forefront of educational research, trends, and the use of best practices to drive learning initiatives forward. 

This will extend to: 

  • Resource development

  • Technology integration

  • Deliver methods

  • Trainer continuous education

  • Assessment development

 

The ideal candidate 

  • This role was written for someone with extensive vocational education experience – whose passion is to design the delivery of learning in a way that students can most easily grasp. 

  • You will have a comprehensive understanding of New Zealand vocational education approval body requirements, accreditation standards, funding conditions and industry best practices.

  • The ideal applicant will possess a natural curiosity.  And this – coupled with your considerable experience in adult education – will equip you to ask, “What does ‘good’ look like in an educational organisation?”  

  • Overseeing the Learning & Development team, you will grow their confidence to similarly embrace innovation, continuous learning and improvement. 

  • Recognising the different learning styles of students – and the scope that a diverse range of programmes affords – you will not be afraid to question the traditional methods of teaching delivery, and to test, assess and refine new approaches. 

  • It is envisaged that you will have a relevant tertiary qualification and a proven track record of planning and project managing directed outcomes.

 

Apply now  

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Please note: 

In lieu of a formal closing date, screening and shortlisting of candidates may commence as applications are received. 

You must be currently available and legally entitled to work indefinitely in New Zealand at the time of making application for this job.