Housing Learning & Development Officer

Venn Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Venn Group is recruiting an Interim Housing Learning & Development Officer in London to drive the professionalisation and workforce development programme for a London Borough. The role focuses on CCS, professional standards and inspection readiness, delivering workshops, coordinating activity and maintaining evidence and records.

The successful candidate will analyse training needs, design development resources, and support Oracle Dynamic Skills integration while ensuring accurate data in

Qualifications

• Experience in social housing or regulatory environment.
• Background in learning and workforce development.
• Experience with Training Needs Analysis translating gaps into development activities.
• Experience designing and delivering learning interventions and evaluating impact.
• Facilitation skills engaging staff and managers at different levels.
• Experience with LMS/HR systems and data reporting.
• Ability to work independently and follow through on actions.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and embedding of Housing Professional Standards Policy.
• Coordinate delivery of workshops, briefings and development activity.
• Facilitate workshops and develop materials.
• Support training needs analysis and translate gaps into development activity.
• Provide day-to-day coordination and administration, maintaining action plans and evidence.
• Assist with Oracle (Dynamic Skills) integration and reporting.
• Data entry and cleansing in Oracle and other systems.
• Support development of Housing induction and ongoing professional development.

Skills

Social housing knowledge

Competence & Conduct Standard

Learning & Development

Training Needs Analysis

Workshop design & delivery

Facilitation

LMS/HR systems

Oracle Learn

Excel & reporting

Tools

Oracle Learn

LMS Systems

Excel

Job description

Interim Housing Learning & Development Officer- London - 3 months

Venn Group’s specialist Local Government recruitment team is recruiting a Housing Professionalisation & Development Officer for a London Borough. This interim opportunity is to provide hands-on delivery, coordination and administrative support for Housing’s professionalisation and workforce development programme, with a particular focus on the Competence and Conduct Standard (CCS), professional standards, workforce competence and inspection readiness.
The role will support implementation of agreed priorities, coordinate development activity and ensure that Housing has accurate systems, records and evidence to track competence, learning and professional qualifications.

The role

• Support the implementation and embedding of the Housing Professional Standards Policy
• Coordinate and support the delivery of workshops, briefings and other development activity, including scheduling, communications, attendance and follow-up
• Facilitate workshops and development sessions where required and help develop practical materials, guidance and resources
• Support training needs and capability analysis across Housing and help translate identified gaps into appropriate development activity
• Provide day-to-day coordination and administration for Housing professionalisation activity, maintaining action plans, records, trackers and evidence
• Support work to make Oracle (Dynamic Skills) fit for Housing’s needs, working with relevant corporate teams to improve how competence, learning, qualifications and development activity are recorded and reported
• Undertake manual data entry and data cleansing in Oracle and other systems where required, ensuring records are complete, accurate and kept up to date
• Support the development and coordination of the Housing induction offer and ongoing professional development activity

About you

• Knowledge of social housing, the Competence and Conduct Standard and/or experience of working in a regulatory or inspection environment
• Strong Learning & Development/workforce development background, ideally within a complex or regulated organisation
• Experience of undertaking Training Needs Analysis, identifying capability gaps and translating these into appropriate development activity
• Experience of designing and delivering learning interventions, workshops and practical development resources, with an understanding of how to evaluate impact
• Facilitator - able to engage effectively with staff and managers at different levels
• Experience of LMS/HR systems, ideally Oracle Learn, together with good Excel and reporting skills
• Able to work independently, analyse information, identify gaps and follow actions through to completion

Key details

• Day Rate: DOE
• Location: London / Hybrid - around 2/3 days onsite
• Start: ASAP