Learning Associate
Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension up contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Old Leake (PE22 9PN) Near Boston
Ways of Working: Site Based
Hours of work: Monday – Friday / 08:30 – 17:00
Contract Type: 9-Month Fixed-Term Contract (FTC)
Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.
Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Our site in Old Leake, just outside Boston, Lincolnshire, specialises in chilled Italian ready meals and modern deli products for a dedicated customer. The site employs around 700 people and operates in a fast-paced production environment.
What you’ll be doing
In this busy and exciting role, you will be responsible for delivering learning interventions at our dynamic and fast paced manufacturing sites - ensuring our employees are not only compliant when it comes to the regulatory and mandatory aspects of their role but also engaged and motivated through your training delivery.
Based in our factories for the majority of your working day - driving engagement, building solid working relationships with key stakeholders and delivering a best-in-class training proposition, will be top of your agenda.
We are looking for someone with the tenacity and resilience to join our journey of change - as we move from Factory Trainers to Learning and Development Specialists.
Role Accountabilities
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Training delivery and competency assessment of machine usage, health & safety, manual handling and all elements of food safety
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Supporting training needs and compliance gap analysis
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Leveraging strong interpersonal skills and engaging content to deliver learning across all available channels
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Supporting site to ensure compliance with standards agreed, through the provision of learning interventions.
What we’re looking for
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Ideally, you will have a real flair for developing cross functional relationships and driving training best practice to ensure employees receive outstanding learning interventions and training.
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An FMCG background is not essential, however you will need to be ready for the challenge of working in this fast-paced ever-changing industry.
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If you are a dynamic and energetic training professional with the ability to drive the L&D agenda on the shop floor, this could be the perfect role for you.
What you’ll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits- Holidays
- Competitive matched pension up contributions
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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