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Salary
Froom £48,124 per annum
Contractual hours
35
Basis
Full time
Region
Education and Learning Unit
Package
Full SCTS package plus benefits
Date posted
06/03/2026
Job reference
REQ01116
Are you passionate about developing leaders, building workforce capability, and shaping organisational culture? Do you want to drive learning strategy across a national organisation delivering essential public services? If so SCTS is looking for a Senior Education and Learning Manager to lead our leadership development and professional skills portfolio.
Were Looking For Someone With
- Expertise in leadership development or workforce capability at a strategic level
- Strong senior stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Experience managing L&D programmes end-to-end
- Knowledge of modern learning methodologies, digital solutions, and L&D trends
- A collaborative, forward-thinking mindset and confidence working at pace
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
The Key Responsibilities Include
- Lead the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of the SCTS leadership and professional skills portfolio
- Design, embed and maintain organisation-wide skills frameworks aligned to role profiles, learning pathways and performance processes. Review organisational capability needs into prioritised learning roadmaps and delivery plans.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, senior managers and PCS colleagues to understand needs and challenges proactively, and where necessary deliver bespoke learning solutions to meet learner and organisation needs.
- Develop and manage relationships with external learning partners/vendors sourcing best value solutions to meet internal learning needs of the organisation
- Identify, plan and support the personal development of direct reports and wider ELU team.
- Support ELU leadership in managing a quality assurance framework for learning and development colleagues. Take a leading role in the quality assurance process for all learning professionals across the organisation, leading the train the trainer course and mapping standards of practice across all areas of work in the unit.
Applications should be submitted by 11:59pm on Sunday 22 March 2026.
Your application must provide evidence of how you meet the essential criteria set out in the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the Person Specification in the Job Information Pack.
Interviews will be held week commencing 6 April 2026. If selected for interview you will be asked to undertake an additional assessment, details of which will be included in the invite to interview.
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is exempt from the protections of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). This permits us to ask applicants details of both spent and unspent convictions, along with details of any formal cautions that you may have. Individuals without existing security clearance will always be considered as all successful applicants will require a standard level Disclosure check completed before employment can commence.
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