Learning & Development Business Partner (Leadership & Management Development)

 ID: 1601            Learning & Development Business Partner (Leadership & Management Development)

Service:            Learning & Development

Salary:             £37,211 to £41,518 FTE per annum

Additionally, £3,866 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum (if Office based)

Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum (if Home based)

Location: This role is offered as either Homebased or from our London (N1) office (with hybrid

working available). Our office space is wheelchair accessible.

Hours: 37 hours per week (Full-time). Candidates seeking part-time work are encouraged to apply as we will consider 29.6 hours per week

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract: Permanent

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the

importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

To help achieve this we rely on an amazing group of leaders and managers. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced L&D professional with a passion and expertise in leadership and management development to join us to help support the development of those leaders and managers. We’re investing in leadership and management development at Family Action, and this role will be responsible for the design, development and delivery of an integrated leadership and management development offering

Main Responsibilities: (for a full list of the main responsibilities for the role please check the job description)

·       Develop and implement a clear, outcome-focused leadership and management development offering for aspiring leaders to senior management.

·       Design and deliver leadership and management training (and wider support/interventions) across Family Action.

·       Embed a blended learning approach, including the curation of workshops, e-learning, coaching, mentoring, and other management learning resources.

·       Actively support the implementation of the wider Learning and Development strategy and the continuous development of a strong organisational learning culture.

Main Requirements (for a full list of the requirements for the role please check the job description and person specification): 

·       CIPD Learning & Development level 5 or above (or equivalent significant experience/training/qualification)

·       Good experience in a specialist Learning & Development role at Officer/Advisor level or higher

·       Demonstrates strong knowledge and understanding of leadership and management development as a subject matter expert

·       Expertise in instructional design, including needs analysis, learning objectives, curriculum development, and assessment strategies.

·       Ability to develop blended learning solutions, incorporating digital tools, e-learning, and experiential learning methods.

Benefits:

-       an annual paid leave entitlement that commences of 30 working days plus bank holidays

-       up to 6% matched-pension contributions

-       enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions

-       eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers

-       cycle to work scheme

-       investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

·       Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form

·       Closing Date: Friday 31 October 11.59pm

Interviews are currently planned to take place virtually from w/c 10 November.

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.