Learning and Development Lead

Macmillan Davies; New Forest; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home group is seeking a Learning and Development Lead to enhance their training initiatives across the South of England. This role involves strategic leadership in learning and development, managing a learning management system, and ensuring a culture of continuous improvement. The successful candidate will work closely with senior management and travel to various care homes to deliver training and gather feedback. A CIPD qualification or equivalent experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and delivering face-to-face and online learning.
• Experience managing a learning and development function across a dispersed geography.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and strategic approach to learning and development.
• Develop and oversee centralised learning systems.
• Lead management and development of the LMS.

Skills

Leadership

Learning and Development

Diversity and Inclusion

Education

CIPD qualified

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

I am delighted to be working with a group of private care homes to recruit for their first Learning and Development Lead to join them on a permanent basis

Role – L&D Lead

Location – home based with travel across the South of England

Package £55,000 basic. £6k car allowance/car.

Bonus 6% non-contractual bonus

You will manage your own diary with travel 3 days a week to visit care homes

The role

You will provide developmental insight and support to unlock potential within local sites, in line with the overall strategic ambition, values and culture of the organisation.

This role will develop and oversee centralised learning systems and approaches (including feedback mechanisms) to embed learning and development across the organisation from entry level roles through to board leadership.

This role is a key partner of the Senior Management Team

Duties

• Provide leadership and a strategic approach to our learning and development
• Develop a framework of learning to ensure all elements of the quality service we offer are supported
• Lead on the management and development of our learning management system (LMS), ensuring that appropriate training courses, resources and data can be stored, collated and reported on from it
• Develop and deliver a range of training resources
• Regularly attend the various care homes to provide face to face learning and development
• In collaboration with appropriate departmental leads, review and procure appropriate third-party specialist learning resources, courses and tools to ensure a culture of continuous learning is embedded and supported across the organisation
• Develop a holistic approach to talent development and succession planning with approaches such as apprenticeships
• Provide mechanisms to gather quantitative and qualitative feedback from across the organisation
• Contribute to specific projects of work relating to the wider organisation

Essential experience needed

CIPD qualified or qualified by equivalent demonstrable experience

• Experience of developing and delivering a range of face-to-face, online and blended learning approaches to learning and development to achieve positive people outcomes
• Experience of running a small learning and development function that operates across a dispersed geography
• Knowledge of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging approaches, having used these elements to contribute to a successful employee experience and increase engagement
• Experience of managing a range of internal and external relationships and stakeholders to achieve improved employee experience

Eligibility to live and work in the UK