Learning and Development Specialist

Earn £40,000 - £45,000 depending on your experience

This is a remote role which requires travel across England and Scotland

We’re looking for a Learning and Development Specialist to join our team and identify the learning and development needs of the business and individual employees. Your goal is to maximise employee potential and effectively respond to the needs of our clients.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to contribute to strategic change and development. You’ll play a key role at the forefront of our training and development strategy, collaborating across the business to build strong partnerships, enhance learning initiatives, deliver cost-effective solutions, and ensure all compliance targets are met and aligned with organisational needs and the CQC framework.

We think there’s nowhere better to develop your career as a Learning and Development Specialist because:

Great place to build your skills with potential development opportunities across the business - in 2024, over 30% of Head Office positions were filled through internal hires.
Family friendly benefits including: grandparents leave and enhanced bereavement leave
Holiday buy and sell scheme
2 paid volunteer days
Inclusive culture - peer lead groups, including LGBTQ+, Ethnicity and Culture and Neurodiversity
Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice and support
96% would recommend working with us to others on Glassdoor

What you’ll be doing as a Learning and Development Specialist:

Your role will include leading the creation and implementation of current and future L&D content, ensuring all training is timely, relevant, and delivered in the most appropriate format. You’ll stay up to date with new developments and trends in training and apply them, where relevant, to deliver optimum results and motivate and engage employees. The role includes delivering practical training, maintaining accurate records, and conducting regular site visits across Scotland and England to complete TNAs and observations.

You’ll also support internal and external audits to ensure compliance and competence, deputise for the Head of Learning and Development when required, and provide leadership to the L&D team through 1:1s, meetings, and talent reviews.

To be a successful Learning and Development Specialist you’ll have:

Essential:

In date train the trainer qualifications in EFAW and Manual Handling and MHFA
Lead train the trainer qualification in Oliver McGowan
PTTLS, AET or equivalent training qualification
3 years plus training experience in social care/health care
Experience in delivering condition specific training
E-learning/online training experience
Experience of course content creation
Full understanding of the CQC framework and Skills for Care updates
Experience of the Nourish platform and delivering the training
Strong communication skills (both written and verbal essential)
Strong analytical skills; ability to scrutinise regional data to ensure compliance
Line management experience
Experience in coaching and mentoring
Ability to work in a team environment
Remain calm under pressure and work accurately to deadlines
Strong organisational skills
IT literate; able to use google suite, word, excel, laptop and tablet functions

Desirable:

Apprenticeship coordination/understanding
Have or be willing to work towards a digital learning apprenticeship

Equal opportunity statement

The Good Care Group and Oxford Aunts is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be a disability confident, and age diverse employer. To support a fair and inclusive hiring process, we anonymise all applications before they reach the hiring manager to help reduce unconscious bias.

Successful candidates will also be required to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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