Learning and Development Advisor

Tfgm; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Free travel on buses and rail/Metrolnk

Local Government pension scheme

Hybrid working

Wellbeing support

Job summary

TfGM’s People Directorate is hiring a Learning & Organisational Development Advisor to support learning, development, talent and organisational activity. You will handle LMS/e-learning, compliance training, reporting, budgets, and engagement across teams.

The role offers progression from Band 5 toward Band 6, with potential autonomy in defined workstreams and collaboration across L&D, OD, and external providers. This is a permanent, hybrid-working position based in Greater Manchester.

Qualifications

• Experience providing learning or organisational development support within a People function.
• Experience with LMS/e-learning systems and reporting.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and supplier relationships.
• Ability to coordinate multiple priorities and work with colleagues at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive, accurate learning and organisational development support to colleagues and managers.
• Manage learning systems, compliance training, reporting, and budgets.
• Coordinate induction, engagement activity, and early careers programmes.
• Support delivery across L&D and OD workstreams and partners.

Skills

Learning systems

Training coordination

Performance management

Budgets

Supplier management

Engagement

Apprenticeships

Early careers

Job description

Are you passionate about creating a positive learning experience and helping colleagues develop their skills? We're looking for a Learning & Organisational Development Advisor to join TfGM's People Directorate, supporting colleagues and managers across learning, development, talent, and organisational development activity.

Your Role

You’ll provide a proactive, accurate, and customer-focused Learning and Organisational Development service. Your work will cover learning systems and records, mandatory and compliance learning, performance management, training budgets, reporting, e-learning, procurement, induction, engagement activity, talent, apprenticeships, and early careers.

This career-grade role provides scope to progress from reliable administration, coordination, routine advice, and defined delivery at Band 5 towards greater autonomy, analysis, facilitation, continuous improvement, and ownership of defined workstreams at Band 6. You’ll support both the Learning & Development and Organisational Development teams.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

At TfGM, our work helps keep Greater Manchester moving and supports the communities that rely on our transport network every day.

You’ll join TfGM’s People Directorate, working within the Organisational Development and Culture team.

You’ll work with colleagues across People, including L&D Partners, Early Careers, Organisational Development, Strategic People Partners, Talent Acquisition and Inclusion, and People Shared Services, as well as teams across TfGM and external learning providers.

Your work will contribute to an organisation where colleagues can thrive and, ultimately, deliver better outcomes for the communities we serve.

What you'll bring

What you do and how you do it is important - whatever type of role you work in at TfGM - and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You’ll bring experience of providing learning, training, or organisational development support within a professional People function, alongside strong organisation and relationship-building skills.

You’ll be comfortable coordinating competing priorities, working with HR, learning or performance systems, producing accurate reports, and handling sensitive information appropriately. Experience across areas such as LMS/e-learning, training coordination, performance management, budgets or suppliers, engagement, apprenticeships, or early careers will support your success. At the higher career-grade level, we’ll look for stronger evidence of autonomy, analysis, stakeholder influence, improvement, and ownership of workstreams.

What we can offer you

This is a Permanent role with a salary of £31,855 - £36,198 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel for your commute, and access to our Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website.

All appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.