Head of Learning and Development for the Government Finance Function (GFF)

HM TREASURY-1; North East; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in the UK is seeking a Learning and Development Lead to lead the Government Finance Academy, delivering high-quality training for a diverse finance workforce. The role involves creating a dynamic learning strategy that meets current and future skills needs, building relationships with various stakeholders, and ensuring effective budget management. The ideal candidate will have experience in HR or learning development, excellent communication skills, and a collaborative approach to project management. Flexibility and generous benefits are offered, including annual leave and a defined benefit pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Generous parental and adoption leave packages

Access to a pension scheme with employer contributions

Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a learning and development role or HR professional background.
• Ability to influence key partners across all levels.
• Capability to manage learning products within budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Government Finance Academy with strategic leadership.
• Design and deliver a dynamic learning strategy aligned to priorities.
• Create tailored learning pathways for career development.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong collaborator management skills

Project management

Job description

Are you looking to join a diverse team of dedicated People and Capability professionals? Leading and overseeing the delivery of the Learning & Development curriculum for the Government Finance Function? If so, we would love to hear from you!

About the Team

People and Capability is a key priority for the Government Finance Function. The Government Finance Function (GFF) ensures that finance is at the heart of decision making in Government - driving the agenda, not just keeping score. The Finance Function comprises of over 9,000 FTE spread across over 40 Government organisations. The team are responsible for delivery of the Skilled and Talented objective within the GFF Strategy 2030.

About the Job

In this role, you will:

1. Lead the Government Finance Academy: Provide strategic leadership for the Government Finance Academy (the Government Finance Function's learning and development curriculum), delivering a high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective learning offer that builds capability across a large, diverse finance workforce, ensuring the curriculum develops leadership, professional expertise and future-ready skills.
2. Build a Future-Ready Learning Portfolio: Design and deliver a dynamic learning strategy and delivery plan aligned to organisational priorities, ensuring the curriculum evolves to meet current and future skills needs and delivers measurable impact.
3. Enable Continuous Professional Growth: Lead the development of tailored "Growth in Role" learning pathways that support performance, career development and progression at all levels for finance professionals across government, ensuring learning is relevant, accessible and clearly communicated.
4. Strategic Partnering: Build strong senior relationships across departments, professional bodies and partner organisations to identify capability needs and co-create learning solutions that are agile, scalable and high impact.
5. Drive Performance, Value and Insight: Set clear success measures for learning and development activity, track uptake and outcomes, demonstrate effective budget management, and use data and insight to continuously improve quality, value for money and learner experience.
6. Maximise Engagement and Adoption: Lead a clear and compelling engagement and communications approach to promote learning opportunities, using digital platforms and targeted campaigns to increase awareness, participation and impact of the learning offer.

About You

The successful candidate will have experience of working within a learning and development role, or as a HR professional who has led on professional development and building capability within a complex organisation.

You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence key partners across all levels, within a complex organisation.

You'll be able to work effectively with a broad range of partners across different boundaries, using strong collaborator management skills, alongside the strengths of working collaboratively within a team.

Lastly you will develop and deliver learning and development products, through effective project management, ensuring results are achieved on time with innovation and resources, taking into account partner needs when setting tasks, and managing within budget.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

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