Learning Disability Jobs
At St. John's, we have been making a positive difference to the lives of young people for nearly 140 years. We are now looking for an amazing Learning Support Worker to support us in making that difference! Could that be you?
Why join our inclusive team?
St. John's is one of the largest employers in Brighton and Hove.
What can we offer you?
Salary of £23,469
- 32-days paid holiday (plus bank holidays) - 32-days are taken outside of term time
- Fulfilling and meaningful work – make a difference!
- Free lunch – how much will that save you a month?!
- Career development plans that are tailored to you
- Discounts across businesses in the local community.
Who are we?
St. John's is a non-maintained specialist provision, working with autistic people, the majority of whom also have learning disabilities. Some of our learners have co-occurring conditions such as epilepsy, hearing or visual impairments, or mental health needs. We also support autistic learners who have an additional profile of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) syndrome. We have a team built up of support workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, nurses, PBS practitioners, assistant psychologists, and more, to support us in our holistic approach to development.
Each learner's curriculum is shaped by their individual strengths, interests, and challenges. St. John's is awarded with Autism Accreditation by the National Autistic Society (NAS). We support our learners to develop their skills in the NAS's four focus areas of:
- Difference in social communication and interaction
- Self-reliance and problem-solving
- Sensory
- Emotional Well-being
What are we looking for?
We've been doing this long enough to know that, whilst desirable, experience is not everything! Our amazing learning and development team and our passionate managers have coached people new to this field into support working roles. We know that if you have, the passion and desire to learn, and the want to empower others, you already have the foundations of an outstanding support worker. We are looking for drivers to support our young people to access the community, but having a licence isn't essential.
Sound like you? Then keep on reading!
What will you be doing?
- Supporting the young people in a classroom setting and during breaktimes
- Implementing the learner's behaviour support plan and risk assessment
- Working within a team of multidisciplinary professionals across the charity
- Tracking the progress of individuals and reporting to the teacher, care manager, and/or parents at review meetings.
Exciting opportunity? We think so! Click apply to start your journey as part of the St. John's College family as a Learning Support Worker
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
Are you passionate about capturing and sharing learning from projects and programmes and able to analyse and summarise key points from a wealth of information? ISEAL´s Innovations Fund is a central component of our work to catalyse innovations that improve the effectiveness and deepen the impacts of market-based approaches to sustainability. This is an exciting role to work on the development of a learning agenda and value proposition for the Fund, as well as producing relevant communications and learning reports.
First launched in 2016, the Fund supports innovative projects by ISEAL Community Members to help sustainability systems deliver more value to their stakeholders and effectively drive sustainability improvement on the ground, over time, and at scale. The Fund provides grants that enable recipients to develop and test new technologies and approaches, while drawing out cross-project learning to share with the wider sustainability community.
The Associate Manager will work closely with ISEAL colleagues and grantees to improve the ways learning is extracted from the projects, and to produce high-quality learning products. The person in this role will take ownership of the engagement processes necessary to collate and share lessons learnt in a strongly collaborative setting with ISEAL Community Member organisations or other stakeholders. Previous experience with MEL activities, and specifically on project and programme learning is required to be successful in this role.
The key responsibilities we entrust you with
Implementation of Innovations Fund learning agenda
- Develop and maintain an overall learning agenda for the Fund, and lead Fund and programme team on all aspects of its delivery
- Propose and implement methodologies for capturing learning from grants and for evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the Fund during and after project implementation
- Working with thematic leads, extract and synthesize key lessons and trends across multiple grants and produce reports and other learning outputs to share practical lessons and insights
- Lead the design and delivery of knowledge sharing and learning workshops, facilitating peer to peer interactions between organisations participating in grant-funded projects
- Act as programme officer for Innovations Fund projects aligned with job holder expertise, to provide support and technical insight to grantees and gain insights into project learning
- Conduct stakeholder interviews and other forms of research to support implementation of the learning agenda and to inform the focus of the Fund’s upcoming thematic funding rounds
- Review and provide input on call announcements and on Fund application, proposal, and reporting templates to ensure that these support the Funds learning agenda and approach
Communications
- Working with the rest of the Innovations Fund team, identify opportunities for increasing the Fund’s visibility and map internal and external stakeholders who can support widening the Fund´s impact
- Support implementation of the Fund’s communications strategy, identifying target audiences for Fund and producing and adapting learning products for each
- Produce reports, briefing papers, blogs, case studies, and slide decks, and manage content on ISEAL’s online platforms, to communicate Fund learnings and project findings, outcomes, and achievements
- Project manage work with external designers for specific communications outputs
Other
- Support organisation in Monitoring & Evaluation tasks for the Innovations Fund and contribute to donor reporting
- Help to ensure that the Innovations Fund and related activities deliver on annual workplans, meet commitments to donors
Essential experience, knowledge and attributes
- Solid experience in a role related to project or programme learning activities, analysis of project data and reporting of lessons learnt
- General knowledge of international development and/or sustainability context, ideally with knowledge of sustainability standards or sustainability action
- Ability to quickly grasp new concepts and topical areas
- Excellent project management skills, with ability to establish and manage priorities
- Excellent writing skills and ability to synthesise and distil technical information for a range of audiences
- Proven ability to analyse large sources of information and to identify and summarise the most important points in accessible language
- Strong relationship building and engagement skills with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external
- Experience in facilitating sessions and workshops, even on topics outside of own expertise
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with cross-functional teams in a fully remote, international environment, including occasional international time-zone calls
- Proficient IT skills, familiarity with virtual meeting tools (e.g. Teams, Zoom, etc.)
- Demonstrated interest in sustainability issues
Desirable
- Previous experience drawing lessons learnt from across multiple projects or grants
- Previous experience with an Innovations Fund or similar grant facility
- Good understanding of how market-based sustainability systems operate
- Previous experience in monitoring, evaluation and reporting
About ISEAL
ISEAL supports ambitious sustainability systems and their partners to tackle the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges – from the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis to human rights and persistent poverty. ISEAL Community Members include many of the most respected sustainability schemes worldwide and are active across a diverse range of sectors. Read more about us on our website.
ISEAL´s culture and how we will help you thrive
Our values are Connection, Empowerment, Inspiration, Wellbeing, Effective Working and Creativity.
These are traits we value in each other and in the organisation overall and we instil these in all our processes and interactions.
The issues we work on are of a global nature and our team reflects this, with individuals from many different backgrounds and nationalities. We know this diversity adds to the high quality of work we deliver as an organisation and through our commitment to diversity and inclusion we want to add strengths and perspectives in our team with each recruitment. Diversity for us includes race and gender identity, age, disability status, sexual orientation, religion and many other areas forming part of someone´s identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
As an organisation, we also support our people in their personal and professional development, with specific budgets and processes enabling individuals to take advantage of growth and development opportunities.
We offer 25 days of annual leave, to which we will add a day a year after 2 years (to a maximum of 30 days), as well as an extra five days as a one off once you have been with us for a full five years.
We recognise individuals’ preferences when it comes to where and when to work through a hybrid working model with a minimum of 4 days per month in the London office as well as the opportunity to apply for flexible working arrangements to suit individual´s needs.
Other relevant information
Term: This is a permanent contract
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £45,800 –49,800 per annum, depending on experience
Location: London. Applicants will need to provide evidence that they are entitled to work in the UK. An ability and willingness to work in a hybrid work environment is required.
International travel: The post holder may be required to undertake occasional international travel
Ideal start date: May 2025
Deadline for applications is 16 March 2025
Please note that we will only contact shortlisted applicants.
Interview process
Please see below the planned interview process (please note that we will endeavour to keep to this schedule, but some dates may be subject to change):
First interviews (Teams): 20-24 March
Pre-interview timed exercises (between 60 – 90 minutes from home): 24-30 March
Panel interviews (Teams or in person): w/c 31 March
Decision: w/c 7 April
Accessibility
If candidates required additional time or other considerations for the interview process, we are committed to accommodating any reasonable requests.
Please note that ISEAL will cover travel expenses for in person interviews for candidates travelling from outside of Greater London. ISEAL also covers caring expenses for candidates who are carers and need to arrange of cover for the duration of the interview/exercises.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Summary
- Support lay and ordained practitioner learning networks across the North.
- Identify effective channels for sharing learning and strategic insights for church planting and revitalisation.
- Work with partners to become a well-informed source of expertise and contacts.
- Facilitate tailored support for church planters and resource church leaders in key areas such as HR, buildings, communications and fundraising.
- Strengthen leadership pipeline and recruitment.
- Participate in the Northern Mission Enabling Team, working alongside Mission Enablers for Estates, Rural, Resource Churches and Small New Worshipping Communities.
- Promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture regarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Hybrid working arrangements and must be able to work within the office - Bishopthorpe Palace at least 1 day a week.
- A basic DBS check will be required as part of our pre-employment checks.
- Fixed term contract initially for 2 years plus in principle funding until Dec 2029.
- A market rate salary of £51,577 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
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Want to use your coaching skills to make a real difference? If so, we would love to receive your application for our Social Enterprise Work Coach vacancy! This is an exciting, hands-on role where no two days will be alike. You might be developing a work experience pathway one day, then working alongside a Companion (formerly homeless adult who lives and volunteers at Emmaus) in a shop and leading by example the next. You’ll supervise work, coach Companions and volunteers to develop their working practices and monitor and report on progress outcomes. You will use your people-skills to work closely together with colleagues to best support the individuals you are working with.
This new project will use a strengths based approach to support participants to develop meaningful work skills, to get more out of their work placements here at Emmaus and to build the professional skills and personal resilience needed to move on into paid employment.
Please provide a current CV which has enough detail to allow us to assess it against the person specification.
To empower people affected by homelessness and poverty to change their lives for the better whilst using our voice to achieve social change



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There are video versions of the information below available to view on our website.
This job is to work as an advisor to Neurodiverse Connection. The person in this job will help us hear from other people with a learning disability. The project is to meet and hear from people who have been in mental health hospitals. We will be finding out about what went well and what could have been better.
We want to make sure that our information, conversations and activities are easy to understand for people with a learning disability. You’ll be helping us to get it right.
Sometimes you will be helping us write questions, sometimes you will be meeting people in hospital to find out about their experience. Sometimes you might come to workshops to help us run them well. We also want your help to think about what people tell us. You will help us tell people what we have found out in a way that is easy to understand.
We really want to hear from some people who don’t often get the chance to say what they think. We will be meeting with some people to do workshops and activities. We will be meeting other people online. You can work with us to help us make this interesting and easy to understand for people with a learning disability.
The work time is not fixed for this job and working days will change across the month. The person will be paid for half a day each week. This will mean that the person might work a full day one week and not work the next week, but that payment will always be the same at the end of each month. We will agree working days and time with the person.
Role Description
- To help us reach and engage people with a learning disability.
- Help us make easy read information.
- Help us write easy read and easy to understand interview questions.
- Help make workshops interesting and easy to understand for people with a learning disability.
- Help people with a learning disability take part in interviews and workshops. These may be online or in-person.
- To represent Neurodiverse Connection nationally, regionally and locally and tell people about the work that we do.
- To work alongside the Neurodiverse Connection team to do high quality work.
- Travel nationally and especially within the areas of Bristol, North Somerset, North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire is an important part of this job.
Recruitment Details
Recruitment Timeline
- Deadline for applications: Monday 17th February 10am
- Are you invited for interview? Wednesday 19th February
- Date of interviews: Wednesday 26th February
- Have you got the job?: before Wednesday 5th March
How to apply
Stage 1: complete the application form or send us a video answering the questions. It’s ok for a supporter to help you with this.
- You will be asked to enter some of your contact details and details of previous work.
- You will then be asked to answer 3 questions.
- You will also be asked to complete an equity and diversity form. This is optional.
Stage 2: We will invite some people to an online interview. If you get invited, you will be sent the interview questions 5 days before the interview. You can have help from a supporter if you need this.
About Neurodiverse Connection
How we work
Neurodiverse Connection is a new Community Interest Company. We want to support you as an important team member to work on projects that you love and that match your interests and skills. We want you to tell us if there are things we aren’t getting right. We want to help everyone do well and enjoy being at work.
What you can expect from us
It’s part of our mission to be a great place to work and we think this is good for everyone.
We aim to:
- Work to make Neurodiverse Connection an organisation that you enjoy being part of and that supports you to do great work.
- Help you learn by offering training, working with other people, and supervision.
- Listen when we don’t get it right.
- 35 hour working week (pro rata).
- 4% work place pension contribution.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
- Access to a wellbeing fund.
We are a neurodivergent-led Community Interest Company (CIC) created to improve support and outcomes for neurodivergent people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Battersea is supported by over 600 volunteers across our three centres who assist our staff in a variety of ways. We could not be here for every dog and cat without their dedication and commitment to animal welfare. From 2025 onwards, a strategic aim for our Volunteering Department will be to embed new systems and transition volunteer training and induction to accessible online learning modules. This will enable us to induct new volunteers more efficiently and to upskill, train and support existing volunteers, so that they can help more animals.
The Volunteer Learning Officer will support this cultural transition for volunteers to a tech-based way of working. The Officer will be responsible for collaborating with Battersea specialists to develop training content, build and launch online learning programmes. They will be the primary support for volunteers interacting with new systems. They will also manage our volunteer data across multiple systems, ensuring data compliance and accuracy, thus enabling the team to coordinate volunteers more effectively.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 16th February 2025
Interview date(s): 25th & 27th February 2025
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.





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Battersea Academy is a place where people from dog and cat shelters of all sizes from across the world can come together for learning, guidance, and support. Together, we share and learn what we can do to have an even greater positive impact on the lives of dogs and cats, and how we can ensure the people and organisations caring for them are at their most effective.
Our online and face to face learning opportunities are evidence based and pass through a vigorous internal Quality Assurance process. The team embraces a varied set of skills and talents, ranging from formal teaching qualifications delivering best practice face to face learning, to digital skills embracing developments in online learning, as well as outstanding customer service.
Ambitious plans to ensure we can offer high quality learning opportunities for everyone volunteering and employed in the rescue sector means that we are looking for an additional Learning Designer to join the existing team. With skills and qualifications in teaching and learning, best practice pedagogy and in the design and development of digital learning opportunities, this role will support subject matter experts and overseas Lecturers in designing accessible, relevant and engaging content. This role will also lead on the development of courses and content.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 21st February 2025
Interview date(s): 5th & 6th March 2025
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.





The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer (Evaluations and Learning)
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Contract: 24-month Fixed Term Contract (renewable)
Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week
About the role
Sightsavers is currently seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer (MEL Officer) to work in our Kenya country office to support the portfolio of evaluations and learning by helping to coordinate, commission and quality assure mid-term and end-term evaluations and to disseminate learning.
As the MEL Officer you will focus on supporting external and internal evaluations by assisting with coordination of the evaluation process, from beginning to end. You will also support initiatives for learning and help to facilitate the uptake of learning and recommendations from evaluations and reviews into programme design and delivery.
Working and collaborating with other members of the global MEL Team, you will contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement. National and international travel will be required for this role for up to eight weeks a year.
Further duties include:
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Supporting the co-ordination of externally commissioned evaluations
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Support MEL Advisors with planning and implementation of internal evaluative activities.
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Support the planning and facilitation of workshops (remote and face-to-face), particularly in the Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) region.
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Co-ordinate and maintain evaluation planning schedules, ensuring plans are regularly captured in an appropriate format. Liaising with Sightsavers’ project, fundraising and donor liaison teams to co-ordinate evaluation planning.
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Support the MEL Operations Officer in the upkeep of evaluation resources on the MEL portal page.
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Collect, analyse and present project performance data for inclusion in disseminated material including internally produced evaluation reports, presentations and synthesis reports.
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Support the effective dissemination of learning and integration of evidence from evaluative activities into programme design and delivery.
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Support the promotion and dissemination of the team’s work by identifying opportunities for contributing to conferences, journals, articles, news bulletins, blogs etc.
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Develop and maintain mechanisms for ensuring that externally contracted consultants and members of the MEL Team comply with ethical, safeguarding and data protection procedures.
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Support the MEL Team to pursue strategic objectives for strengthening evaluative activities.
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Support implementation of organisational initiatives to help achieve MEL Team objectives.
Skills and Experience
As the ideal candidate you will possess experience or a degree in a relevant social science subject (international development, public health, sociology, education), have a background in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (preferably in the international development context), and hold knowledge and understanding of evaluation and learning approaches and methodologies, including relevant ethical considerations.
Further requirements include:
Essential
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Experience of liaising with, and managing relationships with external organisations, teams and individuals.
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Experience of drafting Terms of Reference as well as commissioning and contracting evaluators or consultants.
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Experience of planning, delivering and facilitating learning focussed workshops (remote and in-person).
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Proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Ability to meet internal and external deadlines.
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Willing to travel locally and internationally, up to eight weeks per year.
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Understanding of and commitment to equity and inclusion principles, such as gender equity and disability inclusion.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Desirable
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Masters’ degree in a relevant subject area.
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Other language skills an advantage, e.g., Swahili, French or Portuguese.
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Experience of participatory primary data collection and analysis.
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Experience of working effectively within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams based centrally and overseas.
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Experience of reporting to a manager based overseas and working with limited supervision.
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Familiarity with data analysis and visualisation software, such as Microsoft Power BI, as well as artificial intelligence software, such as Microsoft Copilot.
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Experience or understanding of accessible design principles.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please read the Job Description for full details.
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
NEXT STEPS
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal and answer all application questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that interviews will take place during the week commencing 10 March 2025, and the evaluation process will include a written task and an oral interview.
Closing date: 23 February 2025 23.30pm GMT UK.
As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Use your leadership skills to help us be a beacon of what social care, life with learning disabilities, and a more human society can be.
About Us
L’Arche is a worldwide federation of people, with and without learning disabilities, working together for a world where all belong. We believe that people with learning disabilities have much to teach us and contribute to the world.
In the UK there are 11 Communities where 300 adults with learning disabilities and 700 staff and volunteers create vibrant places of welcome, belonging and celebration. L’Arche Communities are incubators for a model of change: mutual relationships lived across differences like disability, ethnicity, and faith traditions and a mutual mission to be a beacon of what social care, life with learning disabilities and a more human society can be.
Within the context of shared life together, each of our Communities also offers high quality, person-centred support for our members with learning disabilities enabling them to lead fulfilling and empowered lives.
Context
Over the last decade L’Arche has transformed from a network of local Communities with a largely volunteer workforce to a unified and professional organisation. We have built a cohesive national entity, with governance and management centred in a talented National Leadership with oversight from a committed and supportive National Board. As a result, we have weathered covid, the cost of living crisis and the quality of our care and support is better than ever before.
The Role
We now seek a leader who can help realise the L’Arche 2030 plan for brilliant care, beautiful community and effective organisation. This will involve enabling and empowering the excellent National Leadership Team, strengthening and developing rigour in our commercial model, and translating our 2030 plan into a well-sequenced and well-resourced set of initiatives.
The Person
It will require a commercially savvy leader of integrity, conviction and empathy. You will ideally bring some knowledge of social care and have outstanding strategic and communication qualities. And you will be thirsty for our mission and values as the role will ask more of you and change you more than any other role you have encountered.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. For more details please see the job pack attached. Applications to be received by 18th February.
Our inclusive communities challenge people to think differently about disability

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Barnet Mencap has been helping people with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults in the London Borough of Barnet for over 50 years. We provide supported accommodation, leisure and learning activities, information, advice, and guidance, and so much more. All while being committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and adults.
We know job satisfaction, flexibility, work/life balance, and a great team are incredibly important. So, at Barnet Mencap, in addition to offering 30 days of annual leave per year (including Bank Holidays), we have a TOIL system to allow flexible working, and our team can benefit from other perks including the Blue Light Card. There will need to be face-to-face work, but there will also be opportunities to work from home and/or have different working patterns as agreed by your manager.
We are looking for a focused individual to join our caring, passionate, and diverse team in offering information, advice, and guidance to our service users. This role gives challenge and satisfaction and will suit someone that has:
- an understanding of the issues faced by people with a learning disability and/or autistic adults
- excellent communication and literacy skills
- experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults
- the ability to strongly advocate for our clients
The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with Section 115 of The Police Act 1997.
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Salary: £18,668.00 (£14.36 hourly)
Hours: 25 hours per week – Monday to Friday with flexibility on start time and finish times
Centre 404 is a friendly, local and thriving charity with an excellent reputation for providing high quality support and services to people with learning disabilities and their families in North London.
We are now looking for someone with experience of working with children with a learning disability and/or Autism to take on the role of coordinator for our short breaks programme for children and their families and family carers in Camden.
As Camden Short Breaks Coordinator, you will be responsible for our delivery of person-centred home- based and community-based outreach support for children and young people living in the borough, ensuring that our service is of the highest quality and meets all CQC standards and contract requirements.
This role involves line managing a team of support workers and positive behavioural support (PBS) workers, liaising with the local authority and local schools, working in partnership with family carers and children and young people to deliver a high-quality service .
Above all, we are looking for someone who is an empathetic and caring communicator who can provide consistent and informed support to families in need. In addition , we would love you to be an innovative and organised team player who will contribute positively to the team.
We strive to offer career development opportunities for all of our staff and welcome ambitious people who want to help us expand our reach of support services.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to read the full job description before submitting their applications. This is available on the vacancies page of the Centre 404 website and on this site as an attachment.
Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.
We are dedicated to providing a meaningful and rewarding work environment, as well as offering a range of perks and benefits for our staff to enjoy.
Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889
How to apply: Please submit a CV along with a cover statement (either within the email itself or as an attachment) addressing the following:
“Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Hopeful Futures is a small but growing grass roots not-for-profit community interest company. Our mission is to create opportunities for autistic people, those with learning disabilities and their families to thrive in local communities. We do this in a variety of ways, one of which being through our Art Projects!
We’re looking for a manager to lead on our two brand new Art Projects: Art Group and Art Hub. This is an exciting and varied role for someone who is creative, has a genuine passion for working with people and who has good project management skills.
The right candidate will have experience of taking original art, creating it into sellable products e.g prints, putting onto cards, mugs, tea towels (to name a few possibilities!) and successfully marketing for sale and/or they will hold a relevant degree with the ability to demonstrate that they have the skills to do this.
This role is full time (37.5 hours Monday - Friday), we would consider part time pro rata (4 days / 30 hours per week) if the right candidate preferred this.
About the Projects
Art School: Background Information to the Art Projects
We ran a Community Art School for adult artists with learning disabilities for two years from 2022 – 2024 thanks to funding from the National Lottery. Over the course of the project we worked with over 40 artists with learning disabilities & autism. Art School was a non-directive art group, a place where neurodiverse adults met to create art that was important to them and reflected who they are as individuals. Neurodiverse people can feel pressure to ‘mask’ who they truly are to fit into society’s accepted norms. We wanted to offer a space where neurodiverse adults could authentically express themselves. This group was led by an autistic art facilitator.
Art Group
We have started a new weekly Art Group in partnership with the charity East London Textile Arts (ELTA). This is a mixed ability group where artists with and without learning disabilities from ELTA and Hopeful Futures come together to work on heritage themed projects for exhibition. You will be responsible for the overall management for the Hopeful Futures part of this group.
Art Hub
Our new Art Hub is all about ‘our work is valuable to our community’. You will be responsible for the running of two weekly art hub sessions at Rosetta Arts in Westham where seven artists with a learning disability at each session will create their own pieces of work through the guidance and support of a qualified art tutor. You will be responsible for helping each artist to develop their work into sellable products and raising their profiles as individual artists.
General information for Applicants
We look for staff who share our value base of LIGHT: Love, Integrity, Gentleness, High expectations and Time. It is important for our Art Projects Manager to be creative, proactive, to have a genuine passion for working with people, positive in attitude, with good project management & creative skills.
We are particularly passionate about creating a diverse workforce and particularly encourage applications from candidates of the global majority.
Please note, all job offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS check and references.
Benefits of Working at Hopeful Futures CIC
- We provide high quality training & a robust induction process to settle you into your role
- Enhanced maternity & adoption leave scheme
- 28 days annual leave increasing by 1 day for each year of continuous service (up to 33 days)
- An additional day off for your birthday
- We are a recognised disability confident employer
- We have an Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme with access to free counselling and other wellbeing services
- Ability to join the Blue Light Card Scheme which provides members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and many more
For more information about the Art Projects, the full job description and person specification please see the ‘Art Projects Manager Job Summary and Description’ document.
Our mission is to create opportunities for autistic people, those with learning disabilities and their families to thrive in local communities




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Learning and Development Administrator
Location: Remote / UK
Position Type: Indefinite Full-Time
Salary: £23,933 per annum
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are looking for a Learning & Development Administrator to join our HR Team. Please note this is a remote, permanent opportunity to join our team.
What you will be doing
We are looking for a Learning & Development Administrator to join our HR Team. This role reports to the Learning and Development Lead and provides a first-class L&D administration service across the organisation.
We are looking for someone who has an appetite when it comes to the training and development of our people. You will be responsible for the administration and support of the development and coordination of training across the organisation. Supporting with our bi-weekly induction sessions and taking a hold of them in the L&D Lead’s absence, we are looking for someone who is keen to develop and engage with the business. The Learning & Development Administrator will be used to working to deadlines defined by the plans and standards as agreed with the L&D Lead. Your role will also entail managing our LMS portal and managing the automation within the system.
In line with the implementation of the overall training strategy and annual objectives, you will also work in close partnership with the HRBP’s, Talent Acquisition Team, HR advisors and other key stakeholders to ensure the L&D function delivers a quality service to our employees for their complete employee life cycle.
What we are looking for
We would be keen to hear from those who have experience already working in an learning & development role and preferably with previous LMS experience (Moodle). You will have solid organisational and communication skills, having the ability to liaise with stakeholders across the business when it comes to their queries as well as onboarding new starters for the induction programme. Use of PowerPoint is essential along with extensive administrative skills.
We believe in internal progression and growing our own talent, so you can expect support in meeting your career ambitions. To support you, we will invest in “on-the-job” development, qualifications, and coaching as appropriate. If you are ready for your next challenge and can add value to our HR Team, express your interest today!
What we offer
- Training and development opportunities
- Flexible working
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Diversity at Forward Trust
Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early
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Job Description
Job Title: Training and Development Officer
Location: Home-based, covering the Southwest
Salary: £26,000 (pro-rata), you’d get £15,600 (gross)
Hours: 29.6 hours to be worked flexibly over 4 days
Contract: 36 months fixed-term, Term Time Only
About us:
Learning through Landscapes is the UK’s leading school grounds charity, dedicated to enhancing outdoor learning and play for all. Our vision is a society where the benefits of regular time outdoors are valued and appreciated, and outdoor learning, play and connection with nature is recognised as a fundamental part of education, at every stage, for every child and young person.
We have unrivalled expertise based on three decades of experience, practical action and research. With offices in England and Scotland and staff based across the UK, our team and our accredited network of outdoor learning experts have the capacity to work nationally and internationally. Click HERE for more information.
What you’ll be doing:
As a Training and Development Officer, you will be working directly with teachers and other education staff supporting their journeys in taking curriculum learning and play outside and to utilise their school grounds. You will deliver LtL’s training and projects within diverse communities across a significant geographical area. This role is part of our exciting new climate change education initiative. It is essential that you are able and willing to travel the Southwest and throughout the UK, including overnight. For more details of the role see the Key Responsibilities document.
What you’ll need:
· Experience of delivering projects with diverse communities
· Experience of training and advising educational staff in primary or secondary schools.
· Experience of delivering outdoor nature-based and curriculum linked learning activities
· A passion for nature
· Experience of producing written materials; educational resources, reports, and similar project related communications
· Competent IT skills (particularly Microsoft Office, Teams and Outlook)
· Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage and deliver a varied workload
· Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions
· Good interpersonal skills
· An understanding of the role safeguarding plays in education
· Ability to work from home or suitable office-type venue
If you don’t have all of the above but feel it could be the role for you, talk to us!
What we offer:
· Flexible working
· Holiday, 28 days + bank holidays + a “birthday gift” day
· Laptop, phone and all travel & subsistence expenses
· Family & carer friendly policies
· Annual training package including: LtL Professional Accreditation in Outdoor Learning and Play, LtL Climate School 180 Network Training package
· Sick pay
· Pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
· Subsidised Christmas meal
· A supportive and welcoming team of colleagues, including our 20+ Delivery Team members.
We’re an equal opportunities employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
We are actively seeking to increase diversity within our workforce and are committed to recruiting the best people on the objective basis of their skills, ability and experience. We offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who choose to opt-in to the scheme and can demonstrate that they have at least 6 out of the 11 from the “what you need” list. To be eligible to apply via the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, you must be from an ethnic minority. Please state clearly in your covering letter if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
We are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process.
If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact the HR Manager, Sarah Knott - see website for details.
To apply: Please send the following by email to our recruitment team, see our website for details.
· Your CV
· A covering letter explaining in no more than one side of A4, your interest in the role and the skills and knowledge you have that make you an ideal candidate
· Contact details (including email address and phone number) of two referees, one of whom should be your most recent employer.
The recruitment process:
The deadline for applications is 9 am on Monday 17th March 2025.
If you have not heard from us by 9 am on Thursday 20th March 2025, you have not been shortlisted.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview (either via TEAMS or at a venue in the Southwest - TBC) on Friday 28th March 2025.
Candidates will be informed of the outcome of the interviews by Tuesday 1st April 2025.
Training and Development Officer
Key responsibilities:
The postholder will deliver training and consultancy to staff in (mainly) primary, Early Years and secondary school settings. The training and consultancy we offer is often bespoke and so all delivery team members contribute to the development of new courses and resources as required.
The training and consultancy may relate to one of our projects (such as Local School Nature Grants or Climate School 180) or be commercial training requested by a setting or local authority.
Flexibility is important as travel will be required and delivery sessions may take place after normal school hours. It will usually be your responsibility to communicate with settings to agree dates and times for delivering the training. The settings may be local or some distance away, so planning your diary to combine visits to reduce travel may be appropriate. When agreed, overnight accommodation and car hire (within budget) may be required.
What would a typical week look like?
Southwest
There is no ‘typical’ week but for a full-time trainer it could look like this. This would of course be scaled down for the 4-day role. The assumption for example purposes makes the starting place Exeter.
Monday - Travel to Newquay for pm session. Travel home afterwards.
Tuesday - Travel to Bath for am session. Travel to Bristol for twilight session. Travel to Weston-Super-Mare postcode for overnight stay.
Wednesday - Travel to Taunton for pm session. Travel home.
Thursday - Travel to Kingsbridge for twilight session.
Friday - Admin day.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Manchester Young Lives does education differently. We build trusting relationships that enable young people to feel respected and safe. We facilitate engaging creative personalised learning programmes that leave learners with SEND believing they can succeed. We are looking for passionate values driven professionals who will support young people in our Learning Hubs to believe in themselves and achieve their aspirations.
As part of expanding our Moss Side Learning Hub, MYL is recruiting an Employability Learning Coordinator to facilitate a programme with young people aged 16 - 25 who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Our Learning Hubs provide opportunities to develop skills needed in adult life and employment, with a high level of pastoral support and varied enrichment activities. The Coordinator will work as part of a team with Youth Engagement Workers to motivate and inspire learners to achieve recognised vocational qualifications (EG play or youth work, art, digital, social care, construction, retail, horticulture, drama), and prepare and deliver high quality flexible education that meets needs and goals.
This is a 28-hour part-time role (including 9.30am – 3.30pm Tuesday and Friday) but we are happy to consider additional flexible working arrangements for the right candidate. Successful candidates can choose whether to have a term time only contract (+ 5 training days) with further pro-rata salary, OR a year-round contract with annual leave entitlement and a requirement to support holiday playschemes.