Learning & Development Advisor

Midland Heart Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Midland Heart is seeking a Learning & Development Advisor to join the People Services team, helping design and deliver learning initiatives that develop skills, behaviours and leadership capability across the organisation.

You will collaborate with teams across the organisation to build capability, strengthen leadership and enhance our learning offer, supporting onboarding, leadership development and evaluation of impact.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering learning solutions (blended/digital/face-to-face).
• Ability to partner with stakeholders to identify learning needs.
• Experience across full training cycle: analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Support design and delivery of learning solutions to build capability and performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify mandatory training requirements.
• Work with digital learning specialists to develop online and blended learning.
• Support onboarding and induction experiences for new colleagues.
• Support leadership and management development programmes.
• Monitor learning activity and evaluate impact for continuous improvement.

Skills

Blended learning design

Stakeholder management

LMS administration

Learning analytics

Onboarding development

Tools

LMS

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and proactive individual to join the People Services team at Midland Heart as a Learning & Development Advisor. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking team and play a key role in developing the skills, behaviours and leadership capability needed to support our organisational ambitions.

Your role will be to support the design and delivery of impactful learning and development initiatives that help our colleagues grow, perform at their best and deliver brilliant services for our tenants. This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll work with teams across the organisation to build capability, strengthen leadership and enhance our overall learning offer.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the design and delivery of engaging learning solutions that develop the capability and performance of our colleagues across the organisation.
• Working with stakeholders to identify mandatory training requirements and ensure learning remains relevant, accessible and tailored across the business.
• Collaborating with digital learning specialists to develop and expand our online and blended learning provision.
• Supporting the delivery of engaging onboarding and induction experiences that help new colleagues succeed from day one.
• Contributing to leadership and management development programmes that strengthen capability and support future talent across Midland Heart.
• Monitoring learning activity and supporting the evaluation of learning impact, helping ensure our programmes deliver real value and continuous improvement.

In return, we offer a supportive and collaborative environment where you can develop your expertise and make a real impact on how our people learn and grow. You'll gain exposure to a wide range of development initiatives and play an important role in delivering our wider Talent strategy.

• Experience designing and delivering learning and development solutions, including blended, digital or face-to-face learning approaches.
• Experience working with stakeholders to identify learning and development needs and support capability building within teams or across an organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of the full training cycle (analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation).
• Experience using Learning Management Systems (LMS) to administer learning, track training activity, or produce reports on learning or compliance.

Please note – Submission of a cover letter alongside your CV is a mandatory requirement for this role. Applications without an accompanying cover letter may not be considered.

Midland Heart operates Smart Working practices, through which colleagues deliver services from the location they're best delivered on any given day. The successful candidate should therefore expect to work from a Midland Heart site a minimum of 3 days per week, with the remainder worked remotely.

Who are Midland Heart? We're one team working together for our tenants. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we're here to develop your potential.

Please note, the advert close date is Sunday 1st November 2026. Initial assessments for this role will take place on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November 2026.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.