Learning Lead - Mental Health required for 35 hours per week in the Northwest - driver essential

Alternative Futures Group; Liverpool City Region; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in mental health services is seeking a Learning Lead to oversee training and development initiatives. The ideal candidate will foster a culture of learning, ensure training alignment with organizational goals, and possess substantial experience within the Mental Health sector. This full-time position offers flexible working options and requires applicants from the Northwest.

Benefits

Flexible working options

9-day fortnight or 4.5-day week

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and executing training programs in a Mental Health context.
• Knowledge of traditional and modern training methods.
• Ability to manage time and multi-task effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver a professional learning and organizational development service.
• Work with key managers to identify training needs.
• Design and develop training solutions that meet business needs.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Organizational Development

Training Needs Analysis

Mental Health Knowledge

Education

Experience in Learning Lead or similar role

Degree in relevant field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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We are looking for a Learning Lead for Mental Health to manage and deliver a professional learning and organisational development service that contributes to the ongoing development of our people and drives both individual and business performance. You will work closely with key managers across all areas of AFG (Mental Health, Learning Disability and Support Functions) to shape future development activity and evaluates success and ensure that all development work and activity is aligned to our People and Organisational Development strategy.

You will have experience of working in a Learning Lead, Training Manager or similar role, knowledge of training requirements and needs along with experience of working in Mental Health, Hospital, NHS or similar environment and have a proven track record in designing and executing successful training programs in a Mental Health context.

Key Responsibilities

• With a business partnering approach work with key managers to identify individual and collective training needs using a robust learning needs analysis methodology.
• Lead the ongoing development and coordination of a local learning framework aligned to the business workforce plan to ensure there are sufficient individuals, skill levels and experience requirements in place to meet current and future service demands.
• Support and manage the local delivery of OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that support AFG’s ambition to be a high performing organisation.
• Influence our learning culture to promote self-learning, personal mastery, continuous improvement, and reflective practice.
• Manage and support the delivery of all Mental Health training interventions through the Learning Partners.
• Design, develop and deliver training solutions that meet business needs through a wide variety of training methods.
• Review and look to optimise existing training processes for efficiency.
• Produce clear evaluation reports using qualitative and quantitative data for all training programmes and other specific development work undertaken.
• Audit and assess opportunities and risks relating to levels of workforce competence and practice with a view to taking local action to continually improve.
• Facilitate improvements in standards of professional and regulatory practice by contributing to the ongoing development, improvement and implementation of policy and practice changes.
• Line manage, coach and develop the Learning Partner team.
• Utilise and manage external relationships, such as training providers, to develop and deliver training requirements.
• Work within the agreed L&OD budget and manage spend against your allocated budget items during the year.
• Provide 1:1 coaching and ongoing support following requests from key customers.
• Liaise with external training providers to source specific business requests.
• Keep up to date with the latest training trends, developments, legislation, and best practices.
• Product Owners who support organisational development projects where there is likely to be an impact on the target customer population.
• Support the delivery of specific development interventions for first line managers and above across AFG as agreed with the Learning and Organisational Development Manager.
• Keep abreast of developments and best practice within the training & development field and health & social care sector to enhance and maintain the reputation of the Learning & OD team.
• Detailed knowledge of policies applicable to area of work and working knowledge of all relevant other policies
• To be flexible in order to both deliver training and support to the multiple sites within the Mental Health Division of AFG.
• To carry out any other training related duties / work as requested by the Learning and Organisational Development Manager.

Please only apply if you meet the below requirements:

Person Specification

Experience

• With a business partnering approach work with key managers to identify individual and collective training needs using a robust learning needs analysis methodology.
• Lead the ongoing development and coordination of a local learning framework aligned to the business workforce plan to ensure there are sufficient individuals, skill levels and experience requirements in place to meet current and future service demands.
• Support and manage the local delivery of OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that support AFG’s ambition to be a high performing organisation.
• Influence our learning culture to promote self-learning, personal mastery, continuous improvement and reflective practice.
• Manage and support the delivery of all Mental Health training interventions through the Learning Partners.
• Design, develop and deliver training solutions that meet business needs through a wide variety of training methods.
• Review and look to optimise existing training processes for efficiency.
• Produce clear evaluation reports using qualitative and quantitative data for all training programmes and other specific development work undertaken.
• Audit and assess opportunities and risks relating to levels of workforce competence and practice with a view to taking local action to continually improve.
• Facilitate improvements in standards of professional and regulatory practice by contributing to the ongoing development, improvement and implementation of policy and practice changes.
• Line manage, coach and develop the Learning Partner team.
• Utilise and manage external relationships, such as training providers, to develop and deliver training requirements.
• Work within the agreed L&OD budget and manage spend against your allocated budget items during the year.
• Provide 1:1 coaching and ongoing support following requests from key customers.
• Liaise with external training providers to source specific business requests.
• Keep up to date with the latest training trends, developments, legislation and best practices.
• Product Owners who support organisational development projects where there is likely to be an impact on the target customer population.
• Support the delivery of specific development interventions for first line managers and above across AFG as agreed with the Learning and Organisational Development Manager.
• Keep abreast of developments and best practice within the training & development field and health & social care sector to enhance and maintain the reputation of the Learning & OD team.
• Detailed knowledge of policies applicable to area of work and working knowledge of all relevant other policies
• To be flexible in order to both deliver training and support to the multiple sites within the Mental Health Division of AFG.
• To carry out any other training related duties / work as requested by the Learning and Organisational Development Manager.

Skills and Knowledge

• Experience of working in a Learning Lead, Training Manager or similar role.
• Knowledge of training requirements and needs along with experience of working in Mental Health, Hospital, NHS or similar environment.
• Proven track record in designing and executing successful training programs in a Mental Health context.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Ability to navigate and deal with complex situations to produce a clear way forward – big picture thinking.
• Knowledge of learning and development best practices
• Strong knowledge of working with traditional and modern training methods (mentoring, coaching, on-the-job, workshops, courses, simulations, e-learning etc.)
• Ability to plan, multi-task and manage time effectively
• Strong experience in MS Office products to support learning work

This role is homebased; we can only accept applications from residents of the northwest. With our extended flexible working options, you can also choose to work a 9-day fortnight or a 4.5-day week, supporting our employees with their work life balance.

This role is Band II as per our structure

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider and Training

• Industries

  Civic and Social Organizations and Non-profit Organizations

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