Job Training and Capability Lead, Castlemaine

About Us
GWF is one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand, employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range is diverse and includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products, and animal feed. GWF’s business units include Tip Top, DON, MAURI, and Jasol.
DON’s heritage goes back to the late 1800s. Since the beginning, we have been passionate about crafting great-tasting meat products that Australians love. We produce ham, bacon, salami, smallgoods, and fresh pork.
We take great pride in our skills, techniques, and brands, which have evolved over more than a century. We’ve grown from a small family business to become one of Australia’s largest food manufacturers, now part of the GWF group.
DON is also a leading Australian employer with offices and facilities in metropolitan and regional locations across the country. We take pride in being a responsible employer and a great place to work. We offer a safe and supportive environment where everyone can achieve their full potential.
About the Role
As the Training and Capability Lead, you’ll lead DON’s Castlemaine-based training and capability function, responsible for ensuring employees are supported with the right learning experiences at the right time.
You’ll own the end-to-end delivery of onboarding, role-based training, and development programs that enable people to work safely and perform at their best. This role includes oversight of frontline capability, leadership development, compliance learning, audit readiness, and the site’s learning management system. You’ll be in a key position to real value to our operations through enhanced capability development.
The role also leads a small training team and delivers core operational programs such as Frontline Leadership training
Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a training and capability strategy aligned with business goals
• Lead daily training operations, ensuring compliance and audit readiness
• Design and deliver key programs (e.g. Frontline Leadership, onboarding, compliance) to build and enhance workforce capability, including leading and supporting national and training initiatives.
• Coach and lead a small team of training coordinators and LMS system administrator. Oversee the DON learning management system
• Coordinate training activities across a large manufacturing environment
• Maintain training compliance activity
• Facilitate engaging training sessions and continuously improve content

Why Join Us
Our Purpose is to Craft food that brings out ‘the good’.
When you work at DON, not only will you be part of a community crafting iconic products that people love, you will also enjoy a safe and supportive environment where you can be your authentic self, advance in your career if you choose to, be recognised and rewarded for your contributions, and make a positive difference in the community.
We also work hard to ensure the programs and benefits we offer are competitive and reflect the needs and preferences of our people. They include (among others):

• Flexible work arrangements
• Community partnerships and initiatives, including 2 volunteer days per year
• Options to purchase additional leave
• Discounted products
• Training and development programs
• Global career opportunities
• Various recognition programs and rewards, including an end-of-year celebration
• Health and wellness initiatives
• Study Assistance

About You
You are an experienced Training leader with:

• People leadership experience, ideally in a training or capability function
• Certificate IV in Training & Assessment or progress towards (required)
• Experience working in manufacturing, food, or safety-critical industries (ideal)
• Strong project and stakeholder management capability
• Experience with LMS systems, audit readiness and training record compliance
• Facilitation and content development skills across leadership and technical topics
• A proactive, people-first mindset with a strong focus on operational improvement

Applications
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking on the ‘Apply' button.
At DON and George Weston Foods, we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. So we can get to know you in the best possible way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Please let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via email to Write to the company
Applicants for this position may be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests, including a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol tests, and a security/background check, which may also include a criminal record check. Proof of eligibility to work is required for all successful applicants.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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