Senior Learning and Development Advisor

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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire LE3 8TF

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £41,208 - £45,054 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: 30 hours

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: October 4th 2024

Interview Date(s): TBC

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference by developing the Council's workforce?

Do you want a job where no two days are the same?

About the Role

• To enable the delivery of a learning and development service, including the management of a specific area of responsibility and staff, based upon an understanding of the Council and Departmental requirements
• To support the implementation of the Council's transformation agenda through delivery of the People Strategy and departmental plans, understanding the role that Learning and Development has in enabling the Council to achieve its outcomes and through developing and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders
• To lead on projects as directed by the Learning and Development Manager and Head of People Services, including taking the lead on apprenticeships
• Line Managing a team of professional Learning Advisors with responsibility for their recruitment, supervision of their work, development and performance management
• Working with a range of stakeholders, including senior managers and HR/OD Business Partners to develop workforce development strategies and plans for defined areas of responsibility, in order to ensure that statutory, professional, technical and behavioural development needs for the Council are met
• Ensuring that a flexible approach is taken to deliver an effective, blended learning offer which:
• Maximises the use of technology
• Makes the best return on investment and use of skills when deciding to directly deliver or commission services
• To support the Learning and Development Manager, representing the service at both formal and informal meetings, events, consultations/negotiations with various stakeholders and Professional Bodies

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Have a relevant degree or professional/management qualification or relevant operational experience equivalent to this qualification
• Have a relevant Learning & Development Qualification
• Have experience of successfully delivering learning & development within a complex organisation to deadlines
• Have demonstrable experience of recruitment, supervision, development and performance management of allocated staff to achieve service objectives and optimum service performance
• Have provided advice to senior managers on complex learning and development issues
• Have experience of writing and presenting reports for management meetings and /or committees on various learning and development and operational/service subjects
• Have experience and proven ability to deliver a wide range of projects/tasks on time and within budget

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Paul Lowis Learning & Development Manager

Telephone: 0116 2304080

Email: paul.lowis@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Stonewall Top 100, Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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