Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for
two Learning & Development (L&D) professionals to join our team as we implement our new L&D approach and expand our operational training team. The successful candidates will be part of a busy L&D team, providing functional support to help the organisation deliver its strategic aims and corporate priorities.
Job Description
Your day-to-day duties will be varied, allowing you to utilise your training experience and digital learning capabilities within a supportive team environment, while contributing to our key deliverables and goals. You will play an integral part in enhancing the learning and development experience across the organisation.
This role is based in the UK and sits within the People & Culture Directorate as part of the Learning & Development team.
Working Together:
What we’re looking for:
- Collaborative team player dedicated to collectively developing high-quality learning solutions.
- Able to translate briefs or instructions into clear, actionable deliverables.
Delivering High Quality Results:
- Results-driven with a keen eye for detail and clear communication to ensure high-quality outputs.
- Strong time management and organisational skills, with the ability to work to plans and meet deadlines.
Culture:
- Will work with a hybrid model and adapts approach to best fit each scenario and needs of others.
- Friendly and approachable; quick to build rapport with others.
Developing Self And Others
- Confident in delivering engaging training sessions, both in-person and virtually.
- Experienced in the full lifecycle of learning solutions, including planning, content development, facilitation, and evaluation.
Your day-to-day duties will be varied, allowing you to utilise your training experience and digital learning capabilities within a supportive team environment, while contributing to our key deliverables and goals. You will play an integral part in enhancing the learning and development experience across the organisation.
This role is based in the UK and sits within the People & Culture Directorate as part of the Learning & Development team.
Developing Self And Others
- Confident in delivering engaging training sessions, both in-person and virtually.
- Experienced in the full lifecycle of learning solutions, including planning, content development, facilitation, and evaluation.
Person specification
The ideal candidates will bring experience of working within a learning and development environment, delivering training activities both face-to-face and virtually, preferably in a hybrid-working context. They will possess a positive and solutions-focused mindset and as happy working within a team as they are independently. The successful candidate will be flexible in their approach and adaptable to provide the best solutions within scope. This role will have a positive impact to the work of the L&D team and some of our key priorities and deliverables. The role holder will have a L&D CIPD qualification or equivalent, or willing to undertake the qualification.
Interview Details:
- Date: W/C 14 September 2026
- Format: Online
- Location: UK Wide
Our L&D team is based across the UK. This is a hybrid role, involving working from your nearest office location (Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and Newcastle) and from home. Frequent travel to other offices and locations across the UK is to be expected.
We will be hosting a briefing session on Thursday 13th August at 12:00pm. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the role, gain insight into the team and key responsibilities, and ask any questions you may have. To register or ask any questions please email: recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk mailto:recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
How To Apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential Criteria:
- Proven practical experience in delivering impactful and engaging training sessions, both in-person and virtually.
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
- Excellent time management abilities and proven track record of meeting deadlines.
- Committed to own Continual Professional Development.
Desirable Criteria:
- Skilled facilitator with the ability to create immersive and engaging learning experiences.
- Knowledge of accessible design standards and inclusive design principles, ensuring equitable learning opportunities.
- Use of design software such as Articulate and Vyond, or similar platforms, to elevate the learning experience.
- CIPD Qualification, working towards qualification or willing to undertake relevant development.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
Alongside your salary of £27,000, The National Lottery Community Fund contributes £7,821 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
Time off
The standard working week for full time staff is 37 hours, with a minimum 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day. We have a range of formal and informal flexible working options, and offer generous paid leave.
Flexible working
Flexible working enables teams and individuals to manage work-life balance, while ensuring the organisation is able to work effectively.
Options Include:
- part-time hours
- compacted hours
- non-standard working hours
- ad hoc working from home
- job sharing
- flexible working hours
Generous annual leave
Annual leave is 25 days per year on joining The National Lottery Community Fund plus bank holidays, rising by one day every year of employment up to a total of 30 days. An additional three days of leave is given every year – normally at Christmas. Your entitlement will vary according to your date of appointment, and is pro rata for part-time employees.
Financial
Salary progression is based on the percentage increase allocated by HM Treasury on an annual basis. In addition to your salary, we offer several financial benefits.
Pension scheme
The Fund operates 2 pension schemes, Alpha, our Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and a Partnership Pension Scheme with Legal & General.
For Alpha, the employer’s contribution is between 26.6% and 30.3% and the employee contributions rates are between 4.6% and 8.05% depending on salary.
For Partnership, the employer’s contribution rate is between 8% to 14.75% of your earnings. You do not have to contribute to this scheme, but if you do, the Fund will match your contributions up to 3% of your pensionable pay.
Healthcare plan
We offer an inexpensive healthcare cash plan that looks after you and your family, providing a range of positive health and wellbeing benefits. Even better, it also takes care of the money side of things with cash payments towards costs such as dental and optical bills, prescription charges and even hospital stays.
Health and wellbeing
We recognise that keeping our people happy and healthy enables us to be a more effective organisation and make The National Lottery Community Fund a better place to work.
Eye tests and glasses
All VDU users are eligible to a free eye test on appointment and at regular intervals thereafter. If as a result of the eye test you are prescribed special equipment or glasses for VDU use, we will pay the cost of basic lenses and frames within certain maximum limits.
Employee assistance programme
All our employees have access to a confidential employee assistance programme, which provides information and advice on a wide range of topics affecting your work or personal life.
Employee discount scheme
We provide a discount benefits scheme that offers a wide range of discounts helping you save money off shopping, excursions, holidays and much more.
Cycle2Work
To promote healthier journeys to work and support our social and environmental aspirations, we offer the chance to participate in the Government initiated cycle to work scheme. Bicycles are bought by us and loaned to you for a 12-month period, during which time you repay the amount via salary sacrifice, reducing your tax and National Insurance contributions.
Season ticket and rental deposit loan
Once you have worked with us for a month you are eligible to apply for an interest free season ticket loan of up to £5,000, or a rental deposit loan up to the maximum of one month's salary.
Give As You Earn
You can support your favourite charity or charities via the Give As You Earn Direct Donation Scheme, which is deducted straight from your pay. Giving direct from your pay is tax-free and the causes you care about benefit from your regular support.
Paid maternity/adoption leave
Staff who are eligible for statutory maternity pay will receive full pay for the first 22 weeks of their maternity leave, plus enhanced pay benefits.
Paid paternity leave
Staff who are eligible for statutory paternity pay will receive 10 days full pay, plus enhanced pay benefits.
Paid shared parental leave
We also offer the option of shared parental leave with enhanced pay, for eligible staff.
Paid parental leave
Staff who have worked with us for one year are entitled to one week's parental leave on full pay per year if they have one or more child under the age of eight. This is in addition to their annual leave entitlement.
Paid volunteering leave
Employees can request up to three days paid leave per year for volunteering.
Paid public duty leave
Staff may take up to 18 days paid leave per year to undertake public duties.
Unpaid career break
Staff with two years service can request an unpaid career break of up to 50 weeks every five years to undertake study leave, a sabbatical, volunteering, travel or to spend an extended period with their children beyond their parental leave entitlement.
Development
The Learning and Development team at The Fund play a critical role in developing our people to keep you engaged, equipped and empowered to reach your potential.
Professional subscriptions
If you are in a post where membership to a professional association or organisation is directly related to your job function, you can claim for reimbursement of the subscription fees, to the maximum of one subscription per annum.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
- Email : recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Further information
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about-us/working-for-us/benefits-of-working-with-us
