Learning and Capability Officer

Government Recruitment Service; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service seeks a Learning and Capability Officer to join the Function’s growing Profession and Capability team. The role supports the development of the Grant Profession offer and delivers high-quality learning interventions and products, addressing learning needs and building engagement with the capability offer.

The post holder will assist with the smooth running, administration and organisation of key learning, networking and engagement events, with responsibilities

Qualifications

• Provide administrative and secretariat support for the team.
• Manage enrolments/registrations and delegate queries to ensure smooth delivery.
• Design and update digital content, news items and events as required.
• Produce monthly performance dashboards to track profession metrics.

Responsibilities

• Work with SEOs to support the development of the Grants profession and its offer.
• Deliver administrative and secretariat support across the team.
• Provide organisational support for existing training programmes and engagement events.
• Manage profession and training enrolments/registrations, monitor shared mailboxes, and resolve delegate queries.
• Administration of the Grants Centre of Excellence website to maintain content and update digital content, news items and events.
• Support data capture and reporting; maintain databases and dashboards.

Skills

Administrative support

Event coordination

Data reporting

Content design

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Website CMS

Job description

We are seeking a Learning and Capability Officer to join the Function’s growing Profession and Capability team. This is a great time to join the team as we have recently become a new government profession. We are designing and delivering an ambitious programme of learning and development (L&D) opportunities to support grant making capability across government, and the wider public sector.

Our L&D strategy includes:

• Defining and championing the profession and professional identity for its members.
• Completing and refining a comprehensive, entry-to-expert level training programme and recognised accreditations that drive continuous professional development.
• Fostering collaboration and a supportive community culture—uniting the profession through the Community of Practice.
• Attracting, developing and retaining skilled talent by creating an environment where potential is maximised, expertise shared and a clear career pathway is defined.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a critical role, helping support the future development and success of a growing grants profession. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the development of the Grant Profession offer and delivery of high-quality learning interventions and products that address identified learning needs and to build engagement with the capability offer.

The post holder will be instrumental in supporting the smooth running, administration and organisation of key learning, networking and engagement events.

Key requirements of the post are as follows.

• Work with SEOs to support the development of the Grants profession and its offer.
• Deliver administrative and secretariat support across the team.
• Provide organisational support for existing training programmes and engagement events.
• Manage profession and training enrolments/registrations, monitor shared mailboxes, and resolve delegate queries to ensure seamless event delivery.
• Administration of the Grants Centre of Excellence website to maintain and develop content. Use creative skills to design and update digital content, news items and events as required. Perform regular content audits, and support site development to ensure a high-quality user experience.
• Support the management of data capture and reporting. Maintain accurate databases and produce monthly performance dashboards to track profession metrics.
• Creative design of promotional communication to keep stakeholders informed and increase engagement in the functions capability offer.
• Respond to adhoc customer queries at pace

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Learning and Capability Officer

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: £30,768 to £32,622 a year Hours: Full-time Location: York Job type: Permanent Posting date: 30 Oct 2026 Closing date: 15 Nov 2026

Summary

We are seeking a Learning and Capability Officer to join the Function’s growing Profession and Capability team. This is a great time to join the team as we have recently become a new government profession. We are designing and delivering an ambitious programme of learning and development (L&D) opportunities to support grant making capability across government, and the wider public sector.

Our L&D strategy includes:

• Defining and championing the profession and professional identity for its members.
• Completing and refining a comprehensive, entry-to-expert level training programme and recognised accreditations that drive continuous professional development.
• Fostering collaboration and a supportive community culture—uniting the profession through the Community of Practice.
• Attracting, developing and retaining skilled talent by creating an environment where potential is maximised, expertise shared and a clear career pathway is defined.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a critical role, helping support the future development and success of a growing grants profession. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the development of the Grant Profession offer and delivery of high-quality learning interventions and products that address identified learning needs and to build engagement with the capability offer.

The post holder will be instrumental in supporting the smooth running, administration and organisation of key learning, networking and engagement events.

Key requirements of the post are as follows.

• Work with SEOs to support the development of the Grants profession and its offer.
• Deliver administrative and secretariat support across the team.
• Provide organisational support for existing training programmes and engagement events.
• Manage profession and training enrolments/registrations, monitor shared mailboxes, and resolve delegate queries to ensure seamless event delivery.
• Administration of the Grants Centre of Excellence website to maintain and develop content. Use creative skills to design and update digital content, news items and events as required. Perform regular content audits, and support site development to ensure a high-quality user experience.
• Support the management of data capture and reporting. Maintain accurate databases and produce monthly performance dashboards to track profession metrics.
• Creative design of promotional communication to keep stakeholders informed and increase engagement in the functions capability offer.
• Respond to adhoc customer queries at pace

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

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