We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re the first to say we do HR differently here. For a start, we work as business partners and specialists. That’s whether we’re making sure that nearly 180,000 colleagues are paid on time, or that our strategy is helping us attract the right people, put them in the right place, and unlock their talent. This is a fast-moving business and our policies and rewards keep up too. That’s why we’re as flexible as we can be about where and when you work. We’re also flexible about your future. There’s always room to move up or across, if that’s what you want. We really value different perspectives so there’s no one opinion, no single path, and yours is important. What’s certain is that you’ll be joining one of the happiest, most engaged teams in the business.

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as a Management Skills Specialist means being part of a forward-thinking organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the development and delivery of foundational management and behavioural capabilities for our colleagues, making a real impact on the business outcomes and shaping the future of learning within a dynamic environment. With a focus on strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, and creating measurable long term learning solutions, you will play a key role in equipping our teams with the skills needed to lead themselves and others successfully. At Sainsbury's, you will be part of a team that values diversity, fosters creativity, and offers endless opportunities for growth and development.

What you'll do

As the Management Skills Specialist at Sainsbury's, you will play a pivotal role in single handedly leading the end-to-end discovery, deployment, and evaluation of a foundational management capability offer aimed at equipping colleagues, particularly first-time managers, with the essential skills, knowledge, and behaviours needed to lead themselves and others effectively. Your responsibilities will include consulting with senior business stakeholders and subject matter specialists to define the strategic management and behavioural skills offer, leading communities of expertise, managing the core curriculum, and ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organisational priorities. Additionally, you will collaborate with various teams to design impactful learning pathways and ensure that all learning solutions deliver measurable business impact through robust evaluation, ultimately contributing to the continuous improvement and success of the skills offer.

Who you are

As a Management Skills Specialist for Sainsbury's, you are a seasoned learning professional with a proven track record in designing and implementing management capability skills frameworks and associated development initiatives that align with business objectives. Your expertise in behavioural and management capabilities within complex organisations, coupled with your strong project management skills and data-driven mindset, enables you to lead the end-to-end discovery, deployment, and evaluation of impactful learning solutions that drive long-term, sustainable outcomes. With excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills, you thrive in an environment of rapid change and ambiguity, driving continuous improvement and stakeholder satisfaction while ensuring the alignment of learning strategies with business goals.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating learning strategies which have delivered clear strategic outcomes against a leading self and first-time management agenda aligned to business objectives.
• Proven background in behavioural and management capability development, either within a complex organisation or consultancy setting.
• Evidence of using data and insights to inform decisions and measure the impact of learning interventions.
• Track record of using performance consulting skills to diagnose skills gaps on which to develop targeted curricula to address capability needs.
• Proven background in partnership work collaborating with talent, performance and leadership teams to drive common outcomes.
• Demonstrates initiative and a hands-on approach to independently leading and delivering work with minimal supervision.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).