Regional Training Coach (North Region)
At Planteria Group, we help organisations reimagine their workplaces, making them more productive, healthy, and sustainable. From creating warm, welcoming reception areas to designing large-scale living architecture, we turn ordinary spaces into vibrant places where people genuinely love to be.
We’ve grown from a small family business into the UK’s leading interior landscaping specialist, transforming workplaces and commercial environments with the power of nature, to international expansion with operations in the US. Along the way, we’ve partnered with some of the UKs, and now US’s most recognisable brands to bring biophilic design to life, from lush office greenery and elegant corporate floristry to spectacular roof gardens and living walls.
Our success is driven by a fantastic team of 180 employees internationally, and we’re continuing to expand. We’re now looking for passionate individuals to join us on this journey and help us shape the future of sustainable, inspiring workplace design.
Your Impact:
In this hybrid role, you will fulfil the role of a Horticultural Technician as well as focusing on ensuring that new and existing employees receive structured training and coaching from induction, onboarding, through to the development of their horticulture skills, adoption of best practices and working to standard operating procedures across the region.
This position will require you to travel across our North region, covering core cities such as: Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast.
You be responsible for providing true and accurate training updates to the L&D Advisor, Technical Trainer, Team Leaders and Regional Managers, supporting with new starter assessments, contributing to probation review processes, and ongoing upskilling of the team. Additional responsibilities will include:
- Rolling out training materials and SOP’s for all core roles and tasks in our North region.
- Liaising with the L&D, Talent and P&C teams to ensure a seamless process of induction and onboarding.
- Ensuring that changes or developments in working practices or systems are reflected in SOP’s and trained out to all relevant employees.
- Maintaining systems to track compliance and progress to contribute to the provision of useful MI and corrective action reports when required.
- Monitor and co-ordinate at regional level mandatory training and refreshers (Health & Safety etc.).
- Travel across the region to deliver and manage the onboarding & training process for new starters following their induction week.
- Contribute to the formulation of an annual training plan and budget for the region and then rolled up at group level.
- Attend regular meetings and engagement with L&D and P&C to ensure alignment and a progressive agenda to build and develop skills at our HQ in Henham, Bishop's Stortford.
Requirements
You will be a great fit if you have:
- Strong horticulture experience in a B2B environment. You have excellent knowledge of the role of a Horticultural Technician and understand what great looks like in this role - Ideally, you have done the role before.
- Passion for the learning development of individuals. You thrive in a coaching role and take pride in seeing others develop in their role and become more confident in their abilities.
- Experience of coaching and mentoring other team members within horticulture and / or customer service.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to coach and deliver training that is tailored to the individual learning style.
- Good problem solver with a patient, methodical approach to record keeping in relation to learner's progress.
- Comfortable working independently but able to share knowledge and information with the wider team.
- The ability and desire to travel and operate in the field. This role will require consistent travel to the different locations mentioned earlier, where our technicians are based in the region - This will require you to stay overnight at hotels, for various periods of time.
- Excellent communication skills.
- As this role requires a high amount of travel across our North region, so a full driving license is required for the role.
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At Planteria Group, our culture is guided by our core values: Humble & Confident, Positive & Energetic, One TEAM, Relentless to Improve, and Create Wow!
If you want to be part of a flourishing, fast-growing business that values agility, collaboration, and creativity, we’d love to hear from you. If you feel that you don’t quite hit the experience, we’re after, please do apply anyway as we’re always looking for people who are looking to grow and develop us!
Planteria Group is proud to promote equality of opportunity and an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
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Accessibility & Adjustments
We want every candidate to have the best possible experience throughout our recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, including the interview, please let us know, and we will be happy to support you.
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All employees must follow the organisation’s Health & Safety policies, take care of their own safety and that of others, use equipment and PPE correctly, report hazards or incidents, participate in training, and cooperate with emergency procedures, risk assessments, and investigations to maintain a safe, tidy, and compliant workplace.
Benefits
Way of Working: This is a field-based role, requiring travel to multi-counties such as: Warwickshire, South, West, East and North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Leicestershire, Northumberland as well cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. There will also be some days spent at our HQ in Henham, Bishop's Stortford.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday plus any UK Bank Holidays.
- BUPA Cash plan.
- Learning and Development Opportunities.
- Quarterly Company Bonus Scheme and Annual Performance Related bonus.