Leadership and Learning Development Manager

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; Ealing; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A significant healthcare provider in England is seeking a Leadership and Learning Development Manager responsible for analyzing workforce development needs and implementing training initiatives across the Trust. Candidates should have a Master's Degree, extensive experience in organizational development, and strong leadership skills. This full-time role offers a salary range of £61,631 to £68,623 per annum including high cost area supplement.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working on large, complex OD and Learning projects at a senior level.
• Demonstrable experience and success in managing complex OD, learning, and leadership workforce initiatives.
• Knowledge of the NHS and its systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead on analysing learning and workforce development needs.
• Facilitate the design and implementation of a development plan.
• Manage training centre and delegated budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Facilitation

Negotiation

Education

Master's Degree or equivalent senior experience

Professional registered Chartered CIPD Member (MCIPD)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

LMS

Job description

Go back London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Leadership and Learning Development Manager

The closing date is 07 October 2025

We have recently reviewed our Organisational Development and Learning Service and this is a newly created post. The post holder will lead on analysing the learning, leadership, and workforce development needs for the Trust. They will facilitate the design, development and implementation of a learning and development plan and programme of activities, events and initiatives to support the priority learning and organisational development needs and enable the achievement of the Trusts' People plan, service, divisional and corporate objectives.

They will support culture change and organisation transformation through a learning and development programme, apprenticeship strategy and talent development initiatives to meet workforce development needs and succession plans. Supporting the Head of OD, Learning and Leadership with the design and development of the leadership development programmes and management and leaderships initiatives and events.

They will develop KPIs and metrics to measure the effectiveness of the programmes and review and evaluate the OD, learning and leadership development offer to assess the impact against the Trust's people plan and divisional and Way Forward strategy outcomes, while focussing on its staff and patients and related work streams.

They will manage the training centre, the training Admin post holders and delegated budgets.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have oversight of the Corporate learning and development offer and support reporting analysis and implementation of the OD, learning and leadership development programme and benchmarking/improvement frameworks.

They will work across the Trust and APC on the analysis of workforce development needs and the delivery of an inclusive training, learning and development offer to meet the workforce development needs.

They will support the Head of OD, Learning and Leadership to develop and deliver transformational programmes and projects for the creation of a more inclusive workforce in line with the Trust and ICS's priorities and APC service improvement for the North West London workforce.

They will be required to work across the Trust to implement a positive learning culture to address staffing and recruitment challenges including role redesign, recruitment and retention, all training including EDI and bullying and harassment.

They will deliver major leadership and management initiatives working with the OD Partners and external OD experts, staff and patient focus groups, Board members and external and internal stakeholder groups that have been set up for this purpose.

They will manage the training centre, the training Admin Officers and Apprenticeship Programme Manager and delegated budgets.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• 1. Professional registered Chartered CIPD Member (MCIPD)
• 2. Educated to master's Degree or equivalent senior experience - OD, Change management, learning, training etc
• 3. Evidence of continuous professional development - OD, learning, leadership development Devt. 4.OD, leadership, training qualification
• 5. Project or Programme Management

Knowledge and experience

• 1.Extensive experience of working on large, complex OD and Learning projects and programmes at a senior level
• 2.Significant experience of workforce innovation practice and issues, working across multiple partner organisations
• 3.Demonstrable experience and success in managing complex OD, learning and leadership workforce initiatives.
• 4.Experience of translating complex operational and best practice evidence into concise service reports to senior leaders, Trust Board and key stakeholders
• 5.Extensive knowledge and application of OD diagnostic and change management tools, techniques and frameworks
• 6.Experience of leading and managing teams
• 7.Extensive facilitation/training skills to support OD and culture work on ED & I.
• 8.Demonstrable experience of proactively promoting inclusion leadership in complex organisations.
• 9.Experience of designing and managing an OD and learning development programme
• 10. Understanding of the NHS and its systems and processes
• 11. Knowledge of ESR and reporting systems

Skills, abilities and attributes

• 1.Able to use assessment methods and diagnostic tools to analyse workforce information and identify development needs and undertake learning needs analysis to prepare plans to meet the needs identified
• 2.Able to plan and organise a range of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans and respond effectively to multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• 3.Ability to develop proposal reports for new OD, leadership and management programmes and initiatives.
• 4.Ability to inspire confidence and trust, command respect and build and maintain credibility with line managers and create a sense of community amongst those involved in the work
• 5.Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
• 6.Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritize and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information.
• 7.Capable of designing, implementing and supporting project and programme infrastructures.
• 8.Ability to develop internal policies, documents and performance metrics.
• 9.Proficient budgeting skills and budget management capabilities
• 10.Advanced IT skills; ability to use Microsoft word, excel, power point, MS Teams, LMS
• 11. Excellent written communication and report writing skills.

HEART Values

• 1. Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork
• 2. Demonstrate commitment to place Quality at our HEART

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

£61,631 to £68,623 a yearPer Annum Including High Cost Area Supplement