13 Learning And Development Specialist jobs in London

Learning & Development Advisor | £38,000–£5,000 | London | Hybrid

We’re recruiting for a Learning & Development Advisor to join a leading professional services firm in London. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to shape and deliver high-impact development programmes that support employee growth, performance, and engagement across the business.

Salary: £3 000–£4 000

Location: London

Hybrid: 3 days in office / 2 remote

Sector: Professional Services

This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who’s passionate about learning, confident working with stakeholders, and keen to drive continuous improvement in how people learn and grow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deliver, and evaluate learning programmes across core business areas

• Support onboarding and induction processes to ensure a smooth employee experience

• Collaborate with managers and HR to identify training needs and development priorities

• Coordinate external training providers and manage logistics for in-person and virtual sessions

• Monitor and report on training effectiveness and engagement metrics

• Contribute to the development of digital learning content and resources

• Champion a culture of continuous learning and professional development

• Stay up to date with L&D trends and bring fresh ideas to the team

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous experience in an L&D role, ideally within professional services or corporate environments

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Confident presenting and facilitating both in-person and online sessions

• Organised, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple projects

• Familiarity with digital learning platforms and tools

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Leadership Development specialist – Leading Asset Manager – London

Our client

Our client is seeking a senior Learning & Development professional to lead the design and delivery of a leadership development agenda targeting senior management and the broader business. This newly created, strategically significant role has direct exposure to the Executive Committee and is backed by strong organisational investment and influence.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Committee and senior stakeholders to shape a future-focused leadership development strategy aligned with the firm’s long-term goals.
• Conduct a comprehensive diagnostic of current leadership capabilities and identify key areas for growth, transformation and behavioural shifts.
• Design and deliver enterprise-wide development programmes that inspire, empower and equip leaders at all levels, from emerging talent to senior executives.
• Embed a culture of continuous learning and reflective leadership, using data, feedback and behavioural science to refine approaches and measure impact.
• Bring fresh thinking to leadership capability frameworks, drawing on the latest thinking in organisational psychology, coaching, and adult learning theory.
• Act as a trusted advisor on leadership, culture, and change, helping to shape the organisation’s identity during a critical phase of growth and evolution.
• Build internal capability through coaching, mentoring and the development of high-impact learning experiences that resonate across business units.

Experience requirements

• Proven experience in Learning & Development, with a focus on leadership and organisational development.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at Executive Committee level.
• A deep interest in leadership psychology and transformation; executive coaching experience is welcome but not essential.

Due to the high volume of applications, if you haven’t heard back from the team on this role, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. If your profile matches any of our other opportunities, one of our consultants will be in touch.

About Simmons & Hanbury

Simmons & Hanbury is a specialist executive search firm that sources and secures the best human capital and future leaders for our clients. We provide an integrated international service to support our clients across the globe, from our group headquarters based in the heart of the City of London. We support some of the most prestigious organisations in the world, across financial services, commerce & industry, and professional services. Our services include executive search, interim solutions and market intelligence within the Legal, Compliance, Corporate Governance and Human Resources practice areas.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the application process, please reach out directly. We welcome discussions about your needs and endeavour to provide support to ensure a positive experience.

Learning & Development Advisor | £38,000–£5,000 | London | Hybrid

We’re recruiting for a Learning & Development Advisor to join a leading professional services firm in London. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to shape and deliver high-impact development programmes that support employee growth, performance, and engagement across the business.

Salary: £3 000–£4 000

Location: London

Hybrid: 3 days in office / 2 remote

Sector: Professional Services

This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who’s passionate about learning, confident working with stakeholders, and keen to drive continuous improvement in how people learn and grow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deliver, and evaluate learning programmes across core business areas

• Support onboarding and induction processes to ensure a smooth employee experience

• Collaborate with managers and HR to identify training needs and development priorities

• Coordinate external training providers and manage logistics for in-person and virtual sessions

• Monitor and report on training effectiveness and engagement metrics

• Contribute to the development of digital learning content and resources

• Champion a culture of continuous learning and professional development

• Stay up to date with L&D trends and bring fresh ideas to the team

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous experience in an L&D role, ideally within professional services or corporate environments

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Confident presenting and facilitating both in-person and online sessions

• Organised, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple projects

• Familiarity with digital learning platforms and tools

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Leadership Development specialist – Leading Asset Manager – London

Our client

Our client is seeking a senior Learning & Development professional to lead the design and delivery of a leadership development agenda targeting senior management and the broader business. This newly created, strategically significant role has direct exposure to the Executive Committee and is backed by strong organisational investment and influence.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Committee and senior stakeholders to shape a future-focused leadership development strategy aligned with the firm’s long-term goals.
• Conduct a comprehensive diagnostic of current leadership capabilities and identify key areas for growth, transformation and behavioural shifts.
• Design and deliver enterprise-wide development programmes that inspire, empower and equip leaders at all levels, from emerging talent to senior executives.
• Embed a culture of continuous learning and reflective leadership, using data, feedback and behavioural science to refine approaches and measure impact.
• Bring fresh thinking to leadership capability frameworks, drawing on the latest thinking in organisational psychology, coaching, and adult learning theory.
• Act as a trusted advisor on leadership, culture, and change, helping to shape the organisation’s identity during a critical phase of growth and evolution.
• Build internal capability through coaching, mentoring and the development of high-impact learning experiences that resonate across business units.

Experience requirements

• Proven experience in Learning & Development, with a focus on leadership and organisational development.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at Executive Committee level.
• A deep interest in leadership psychology and transformation; executive coaching experience is welcome but not essential.

Due to the high volume of applications, if you haven’t heard back from the team on this role, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. If your profile matches any of our other opportunities, one of our consultants will be in touch.

About Simmons & Hanbury

Simmons & Hanbury is a specialist executive search firm that sources and secures the best human capital and future leaders for our clients. We provide an integrated international service to support our clients across the globe, from our group headquarters based in the heart of the City of London. We support some of the most prestigious organisations in the world, across financial services, commerce & industry, and professional services. Our services include executive search, interim solutions and market intelligence within the Legal, Compliance, Corporate Governance and Human Resources practice areas.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the application process, please reach out directly. We welcome discussions about your needs and endeavour to provide support to ensure a positive experience.

Our client, a top 10 global sovereign wealth fund is seeking Learning & Development professionals with deep expertise in the financial services industry to join their growing team

This role will play a pivotal part in shaping the L&D strategy - designing, implementing, and delivering impactful learning initiatives that drive performance, engagement, and capability across the organisation

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and execution of enterprise-wide learning strategies aligned with business goals
• Partner with senior leaders to assess learning needs and develop solutions that enhance leadership, technical, and behavioural capabilities
• Oversee the implementation of blended learning programs, leveraging digital learning, workshops, and coaching interventions
• Evaluate learning effectiveness through data-driven insights and continuous improvement
• Manage relationships with external learning partners and vendors

Qualifications & Experience:

• 10 - 15 years of relevant experience in Learning & Development, preferably within banking, financial services, or fintech
• Proven track record in building and scaling organizational learning programs
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills
• Deep understanding of compliance, regulatory training, and leadership development in financial environments

Our client, a top 10 global sovereign wealth fund is seeking Learning & Development professionals with deep expertise in the financial services industry to join their growing team

This role will play a pivotal part in shaping the L&D strategy - designing, implementing, and delivering impactful learning initiatives that drive performance, engagement, and capability across the organisation

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and execution of enterprise-wide learning strategies aligned with business goals
• Partner with senior leaders to assess learning needs and develop solutions that enhance leadership, technical, and behavioural capabilities
• Oversee the implementation of blended learning programs, leveraging digital learning, workshops, and coaching interventions
• Evaluate learning effectiveness through data-driven insights and continuous improvement
• Manage relationships with external learning partners and vendors

Qualifications & Experience:

• 10 - 15 years of relevant experience in Learning & Development, preferably within banking, financial services, or fintech
• Proven track record in building and scaling organizational learning programs
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills
• Deep understanding of compliance, regulatory training, and leadership development in financial environments

Machine Learning Specialist (Computer Vision)

Profile: 

Safe Intelligence is on a mission to make AI safe and reliable for anyone to use. To help us succeed, our team is looking for Machine Learning Specialists, and we’re hoping it’s you! In this role, you’ll play a leading role in helping both customers with their ML validation challenges and in helping drive our product forward with insights on how to build the best validation solutions for high-stakes machine vision problems. 

The specific focus of this position is on ML-based computer vision in high-stakes applications in Aviation, Mobility, Robotics and Edge Devices, with particular emphasis on object detection and tracking.

The role has customer & user-facing elements working on real world problems to help ML teams (R&D and Product within other organizations) improve the quality of their models, but also requires deep foundational knowledge on ML-based computer vision. In addition you will also work closely with the Safe Intelligence R&D team to help improve the company’s tools based on the challenges you see in your domains of expertise. This can range from inputs to product to working on the product itself. 

Previous contributions to state-of-the-art machine vision models including object detectors as used in applications is required. Knowledge of Machine Learning verification is not required, but a solid knowledge of existing testing practices, metrics, state-of-the-art training and validation methods is essential. 

We’re looking forward to having you on board!

Responsibilities. As a Safe Intelligence Machine Learning Specialist - Computer Vision , you will:

• Work closely with customers and end-users to understand their machine vision models and help them assess performance. Generally these will be R&D and product teams at customer organisations including leading teams in major companies in Aviation, Mobility, Robotics, and Edge Devices. 
• Implement prototypes, use cases, and solutions that apply the  methods and tools developed at Safe Intelligence to address user-specific problems in deep validation and robustness, particularly in the field of machine vision for Aviation, Mobility, Robotics and Edge Devices. 
• Conduct experiments to evaluate various approaches and weigh their respective trade-offs.
• Coordinate with the research and platform teams to guide future development based on use-case specific challenges. 
• Contribute to the development of an efficient and scalable package for performing verification and robust learning. 

Requirements. The technical requirements for the role are:

• Previous Scientific and Engineering contributions to key problems in machine vision, such as object detection or tracking, typically evidenced via first-author papers in top computer vision conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, and ECCV. 
• In-depth experience in training, evaluating and deploying state-of-the-art Machine Vision models, including standard architectures such as Yolo, Vision Transformer architectures, and Eva. 
• Experience talking to stakeholders in these models to understand their requirements and guiding them through what is and is not possible or desirable in a model.
• Familiarity with Python and the packages widely used in data science and machine learning. Developers should be familiar with libraries like NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
• Familiarity with best practice in Machine Learning workflows and MLOps tools.
• Fluency in validation and evaluation framework and metrics frameworks for machine learning such as Accuracy, Recall, F1, Intersection over Union, and others.

Additional beneficial experience includes:

• Experience in the Aviation, Mobility, Edge Devices, and/or Robotics industries.
• Experience on industrial real world deployment of Machine Learning solutions.

At a personal level we’re also looking for some who is:

• Passionate about helping engineering teams achieve their AI and ML goals.
• Comfortable and energized in a fast-paced environment.
• Excited about interacting with others and digging in to help solve their problems collaboratively.
• Technical and constantly in a state of learning.
• Able to communicate clearly and efficiently with a variety of audiences including developers, customers, researchers, partners and executives.
• Fearless in getting "hands-on" with technology and execution.
• Knowledgeable about modern software engineering processes.
• Comfortable with ambiguity with a drive for clarity.
• Collaborative with, and respectful of others on the team.
• Honest, straightforward and caring about each other’s well being.

Why Safe Intelligence is for you: 

We strongly believe AI can bring great benefits to individuals and society, but these will only be achieved if the systems we build are safe to use. To meet this need, we are developing advanced deep validation techniques and tools that allow AI/ML engineers world-wide to validate the robustness of their models, as well as repair the fragilities that they discover. 

By joining us, you’ll be able to help advance the techniques, bring advanced technologies to AI/ML engineers worldwide and contribute to our shared mission to realise successful and reliable AI.

Grow with us!

If you think you can bring something special to this role, please apply even if you do not meet all listed criteria. Safe Intelligence is exploring uncharted waters, and finding the right crewmates is important to us. We support ongoing learning for the whole team, ranging from individual mentorship to internal seminars and support for sector and technology-specific upskilling. 

Compensation & Benefits:

Safe Intelligence provides competitive compensation based on role and candidate experience. We aim to be competitive with pay rates. 

Company benefits for all roles include:

• Stock option benefits 
• Mentoring, learning, and development allowance 
• Regular team social and work events 
• Flexible and generous holidays. We work hard and encourage everyone to take time off to recharge and enjoy other aspects of our lives. 

Equality and Inclusion:

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and work hard to create an environment where people of diverse backgrounds and life experiences can thrive. The team is highly collaborative and meritocratic. Great ideas come from everywhere, and we strive to make it easy for people to express themselves and be heard. 

Location & Office Culture:

Safe Intelligence is based in London, UK, and we’re focused on building the initial team here. We highly value the ability to work flexibly and remotely at times, but we also have a strong belief that regular in-office interactions make for a much more fulfilling and productive work experience.

Our company culture combines optimism for the future (hard problems can be solved with the right effort), speed of iteration (the best ideas come from many ideas tested), and rigour in what matters (correctness and precision are critical for safety). 

Come and join us to add your skills and passion to the future of Safe Artificial Intelligence!

How to apply:

Find us on LinkedIn and submit for this role. If you have any questions, please feel free to email  

Not ticking every box on our list? If you don’t meet all the criteria but feel you have something special to bring to the table, we encourage you to apply anyway. 

• Design and develop age-appropriate, engaging digital learning materials and lesson plans for early years children (ages 2-5).
• Deliver live virtual interactive sessions, including storytelling, music and movement, creative arts, and educational games.
• Utilize various online platforms and educational tools to create a stimulating and effective learning environment.
• Provide individualized support and feedback to children during virtual sessions.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with parents/guardians regarding their child's progress, offering guidance and support.
• Adapt curriculum and teaching strategies to meet the diverse learning needs of young children in a remote setting.
• Monitor children's engagement and development, documenting observations and progress.
• Collaborate with other remote educators and curriculum developers to enhance program offerings.
• Stay current with best practices in early childhood education and digital learning technologies.
• Ensure a safe and positive virtual learning experience for all children.
• Troubleshoot technical issues that may arise during virtual sessions.

• CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education (or equivalent qualification).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working directly with young children in an early years setting.
• Demonstrable experience or a strong understanding of online teaching, virtual classroom management, or digital content creation for children.
• Excellent knowledge of early childhood development theories and practices.
• Proficiency with video conferencing tools (e.g., Zoom, Google Meet) and learning management systems.
• Creative and engaging presentation style suitable for young children.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and active listening skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and maintain a professional home office environment.
• Technical aptitude and willingness to learn new digital tools.
• A passion for early education and making learning fun and accessible.
• Patience, enthusiasm, and a nurturing approach to working with children.