People Development Advisor

University of Reading; Devon and Torbay, Reading; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Reading seeks a People Development Advisor to enhance learning and development across the institution. This role focuses on delivering training for senior management and fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. The successful candidate will utilize their facilitation and project management skills to create impactful learning solutions.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive workforce

Support for flexible working arrangements

Commitment to gender equality and diversity

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering training to senior management.
• Ability to develop inclusive blended learning solutions.
• Successful track record in customer-focused development activities.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide range of training opportunities including leadership and management.
• Conduct development needs analysis and diagnosis.
• Deliver coaching and mentoring to colleagues.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Creativity and innovation

Relationship building

Project management

Knowledge of learning evaluation

Coaching and mentoring

Customer-focused development

Job description

Closing date: 6^th July 2025

Interview date: WC 14^th July 2025

Right to work: By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route. Applicants wishing to consider the SWR must ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement before applying. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

Working at the University of Reading offers an exceptional opportunity to apply your skills and experience. This role is based at Whiteknights campus, offering a stimulating and peaceful working environment in one of the UK's most attractive University campuses.

Holding a place in the top 30 of UK universities, the University of Reading is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, committed to acting together, as a diverse and inclusive community, to deliver a better world through the transformational power of education and research.

As People Development Advisor you will be an integral part of learning and development for colleagues across the university, supporting a wide range of training opportunities including leadership & management, personal & professional skills, coaching & mentoring and researcher development.

As the successful candidate, you will have :

• Excellent facilitation skills and be experienced in the delivery of training to senior management audiences.
• Skills in creativity and innovation in the development and delivery of a variety of inclusive blended learning solutions, that enhance performance in managers and staff.
• The ability to build and maintain relationships with managers and staff that facilitate effective development needs analysis and diagnosis.
• The ability to plan, organise and work to deadlines as well as effective project management skills. Demonstrating a clear focus on purpose, outputs and impact.
• Knowledge and techniques that evaluate and embed learning into the workplace.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring colleagues to middle management level.
• A successful track record in the delivery of customer focused development activity, which responds to development needs and feedback and is tailored accordingly.

Contact details:

Contact Name: Carly Roalf

Contact Job Title: People Development Manager

Contact Email address: [e-mail]

Alternative Contact Name: Susan Thornton

Alternative Contact Job Title: Assistant Director of HR (People and Talent)

Alternative Contact Email address: [e-mail]

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.