Senior Specialist - Learning & Development
Role Overview
The Senior Specialist will lead and transform learning culture across the organization.
The role owns the L&D function, builds learning initiatives, and advances employee development in a healthcare environment.
Design, implement, and evaluate learning strategies that support organizational goals, strengthen employee capability, and foster continuous learning.
Key Skills for This Role
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About the role
The Senior Specialist will lead and transform learning culture across the organization.
The role owns the L&D function, builds learning initiatives, and advances employee development in a healthcare environment.
Design, implement, and evaluate learning strategies that support organizational goals, strengthen employee capability, and foster continuous learning.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and execute the organization's Learning & Development strategy.
- Build, enhance, and manage onboarding, leadership, compliance, and professional development programs.
- Conduct training needs analyses and identify capability gaps across departments.
- Drive employee engagement through learning initiatives and career development pathways.
- Manage and optimize the Learning Management System.
- Measure training effectiveness and provide insights and reporting.
- Partner with business leaders to support talent development and succession planning.
- Manage external training providers and learning partnerships.
- Ensure learning programs align with healthcare regulatory and accreditation requirements.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and evaluating learning and development programs.
- Strong knowledge of instructional design principles, adult learning methodologies, and training technologies.
- Experience managing Learning Management Systems.
- Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, presentation, and communication skills.
- Healthcare experience is highly preferred; Arabic language skills are highly desirable.
- Comfortable building processes, challenging existing approaches, and bringing new ideas.
- Confident working with senior stakeholders and influencing at all levels; able to demonstrate measurable impact.
Ideal candidate
Passionate about people development and motivated to build and shape an L&D function.
Innovative and technology-driven, with fresh ideas to modernize learning.
Results-oriented and confident influencing senior stakeholders.
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