National Learning and Development Lead

Skills for Care; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills for Care, a national charity focused on building a stronger workforce for quality care, seeks a fixed-term Learning & Development specialist for a remote-first role ending March 2027. You will bring a strong L&D background and a training qualification, with experience in designing and delivering learning for adults, ideally within adult social care, or with sector understanding.

The role supports the expansion of our new learning platform, The Training Hub, and facilitates workshops.

Qualifications

• Strong L&D background with a training qualification.
• Experience designing and delivering learning for adults.
• Understanding of the adult social care sector is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support expansion of the Training Hub learning platform.
• Deliver facilitated workshops.

Skills

L&D background

Training qualification

Adult learning design

Sector understanding

Job description

We want all applicants to be able to fully participate in our selection processes. We welcome requests for adjustments to our recruitment and selection processes from applicants with disabilities, impairments, or health conditions, and will always consider support available in the recruitment process.

This is a fixed term contract to the end of March 2027 and is a remote-first role. We are ideally looking for someone with a strong L&D background, with a training qualification and experience of designing and delivering learning, ideally in adult social care, or a significant understanding of the needs of the sector.

Skills for Care is the only national charity focussed on building a stronger workforce for the quality care we all need.

We work with employers, Government, and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills, and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support, now and in the future.

We respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using data and evidence to drive forward widescale change.

We provide best practice, tools, resources, and intelligence to support workforce recruitment, capabilities, and culture.

Find out more by taking a look at www.skillsforcare.org.uk.

At Skills for Care we are continuing our work in delivering high-quality learning to the sector and this role is to support that aim. We are looking for someone to join us to not only support the further expansion of our new learning platform, The Training Hub, but also to deliver facilitated workshops., At Skills for Care, we are committed to creating a culture of Belonging, where all of our People are able to contribute to their full potential. All our People are expected to contribute towards the achievement of our aspirations for equality, equity, diversity and inclusion. To find out more please check our website ("https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About-us/Equality-diversity-and-inclusion/Equality-diversity-and-inclusion.aspx").

At Skills for Care, we want our People to be representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us with all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We encourage applications from, but not limited to, people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities.

Candidates will always be selected based on experience and potential.