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Learning Specialist

On-site
  • Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Job description

Why Sakura?

When it comes to diagnosing cancer, there’s no time to wait!

At Sakura, we’re driven by our desire to advance cancer diagnosis through fully automated anatomic pathology and by providing our partners with best-in-class innovations, quality and customer care.


What we do:

We empower pathology professionals all over the world by providing integrated solutions to deliver accurate & fast diagnoses of cancer, to optimize treatment success for each life we touch!


The opportunity:

At Sakura, we foster and pursue a culture of continuous development. Recognizing the importance of improving our performance through the development of each employee, we design and develop learning and development programs.

As experts in learning and development, our mission is to help Sakura's human capital and partners perform at their best, resulting in employee satisfaction and customers achieving their pathology potential.

As a Learning Specialist, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and evaluating our learning programs to enhance the skills and knowledge of our national & international colleagues as well as our partners.


Key responsibilities:

  • Designing and developing learning experiences based on business needs.
  • React to business needs and work with all stakeholders to create effective learning and development activities.
  • Find, manage and assess suitability of suppliers and partners in learning and facilities.
  • Provide support for trainers, coaches and mentors to perform their learning roles optimally.
  • Evaluate learning, effectiveness, quality and perform regular improvements.
  • Support, coordination, planning and execution of training sessions, meetings, webinars and events.

Job requirements

We perfectly match if you 

  • have a continuous improvement mindset and customer focus.
  • have +3 years working experience as learning & development Specialist in an international organization. This is a must.
  • have proven ability in developing digital learning content and programs.
  • have good knowledge and understanding of Learning Management Systems (preferably Moodle or Totara).
  • are highly skilled in Microsoft Office suite including teams as well as the e-learning development tools (Articulate 360, TTS, Lectora etc.).
  • are able to use various online tools like surveys, webinar tools etc.

and you

  • have passion for people development.
  • have a bachelor degree in Learning and Development or HR.
  • have an excellent command of English, both verbal and written. Dutch is a plus.
  • are self-organised & structured.
  • are a strong communicator who can connect easily with stakeholders.
  • have strong analytical skills with pragmatic approach.


We offer you:

  • A competitive salary.
  • 8% holiday allowance & 29 paid holidays (full-time based) to recharge your batteries.
  • Annual bonus of max. 8%.
  • Fully paid pension plan (according to the Dutch law).
  • Laptop.
  • Birthday gift & a gym discount to stay fit.
  • A Good work-life balance & hybrid working option.
  • A lease plan for an ergonomic home workplace.
  • a daily freshly prepared lunch: we eat all together at 12h30!

And last but not least, a great job opportunity where you have full ownership of your work, recognition of your achievements and professional development opportunities.


The invitation:

Our culture is friendly and open. We believe that the development of our people enables the company's growth.

By joining us, you will be part of:

  • An inspiring community with a mission that matters! ''advancing cancer diagnostics''.
  • Our International organization who's leaded by a supportive & inspiring management.
  • A financial healthy & privately owned company.


To learn more about Sakura, please visit our career page & follow us on LinkedIn.


*Acquisition in response to our job postings is not appreciated. This means that we think we can find a suitable colleague on our own.

*Please note that we don't offer sponsorship visa. Only candidates with valid EU work visa will be considered.


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