Learning and Development Consultant Full Time

Application Deadline: 24 April 2026

Department: HR Consultancy

Location: Belfast

Compensation: £30,000 – £35,000 / year

Description

DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL. BUILD YOUR CAREER. JOIN US AT AAB.

AAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid-market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.

EVERYONE HAS THE AABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.

Your growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.

At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you’re ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.

ESG COMMITTMENT

We take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.

ROLE PURPOSE

Key duties & responsibilities

• Design engaging, experiential and evidence‑based learning solutions that build practical capability people can apply immediately
• Focus on developing skills that improve everyday performance and effectiveness, particularly for individual contributors and people managers
• Typical themes include:
  Personal effectiveness, management and leadership, communicating with impact, resilience under pressure, problem solving and critical thinking, decision making, performance management and having difficult conversations
• Translate organisational and performance challenges into clear, relevant and practical learning experiences
• Tailor content to different organisational contexts, sectors and levels, ensuring relevance and credibility
• Continuously improve programmes using insight from delivery, participant feedback and impact data
• A key part of the role is staying curious and current — bringing the latest thinking in learning, leadership and management into programmes that are practical, engaging and unmistakably aligned to our brand.

Delivery & Facilitation

• Facilitate high‑impact learning experiences (in‑person and virtual) that are interactive, practical and engaging
• Create learning environments that encourage reflection, challenge, experimentation and behaviour change
• Support participants to build confidence and capability in how they lead themselves and others
• Build strong rapport and credibility with participants at all levels, from early‑career professionals to senior managers
• Use a range of facilitation approaches including discussion, questioning, practice, feedback and reflective learning

Client & Consultancy Work

• Work collaboratively with clients to ensure learning is aligned to real work challenges and performance needs
• Represent the consultancy with professionalism, credibility and warmth across a diverse client base
• Support simple programme evaluation and impact measurement
• Manage multiple programmes and deliveries simultaneously in a busy consultancy environment

Team Contribution

• Actively contribute to a supportive, high‑trust team culture
• Share learning, insight and facilitation practice with colleagues
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement across the consultancy’s learning offer

Experience & qualifications

Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Proven experience delivering professional, management or leadership development
• A strong passion for facilitating learning and workshops, not just designing content
• Confidence and credibility facilitating groups with varied levels of experience and seniority
• A facilitation style that encourages thinking, reflection and ownership rather than instruction
• A strong focus on practical application, performance improvement and behaviour change
• Excellent facilitation, communication and relationship‑building skills
• Ability to work at pace, manage competing priorities and remain flexible
• High professional standards, strong presence and credibility in the room
• Strong PowerPoint skills and confidence working with learning materials
• Willingness to travel for client delivery as required

Please note a full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential requirements for this role.

Desirable Criteria

• CIPD qualification
• Teaching, training or professional development accreditation
• Experience working with awarding bodies such as ILM or CMI
• Experience or accreditation in psychometric tools (e.g. DiSC, Insights Discovery, Myers‑Briggs)
• Familiarity with accelerated, learner‑centred or performance‑focused learning approaches

Personal Attributes
We are particularly interested in individuals who:

• Genuinely enjoy inspiring and enabling others to grow
• Thrive on facilitating learning rather than presenting content
• Are comfortable working with experienced professionals and senior managers
• Can hold space for uncertainty, challenge and exploration
• Believe that great learning is about unlocking insight and capability, not providing all the answers
• Care deeply about helping people perform well, lead effectively and reach their potential
• Curious and committed to continuous learning and professional development
• Takes pride in producing learning experiences that are high quality, engaging and on‑brand
• Thoughtful, credible and confident — able to facilitate experienced groups with professionalism and humility

WHAT AAB OFFER

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 per annum

We want you to feel supported inside and outside of work. That’s why we offer a benefits package designed for your wellbeing, lifestyle, and career.

Time Off & Family Support

• Annual leave (plus public holidays), with the option to buy or carry over leave
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity, paternity, adoption)
• Paid volunteering day to support causes that matter to you

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance (PMI) for you and the option to cover family members
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 mental health and wellbeing support
• Death in Service benefit

Financial Security

• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance policies to support you and your family

Flexible & Agile Working

• Hybrid working model
• Agile working culture that supports flexible hours and smarter working
• Modern office spaces designed for collaboration, focus, and wellbeing

Disclaimer
Unsolicited CVs sent to AAB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AAB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.