Learning and development leader Work, Jobs in Sparkhill, Wmd (with Salaries)

Head of Area
Rethink Mental Illness —Birmingham
- £45,284 - £54,942 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Travel
- Contracts
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
3d
Quality Assurance and Development Manager
Bright Life Living —Great Barr
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
Quick apply
Organisational Development and Leadership Practitioner
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust —Coventry
- £49,387 - £56,515 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Programme Leader - STEM (Computer or Health)
Malvern International Plc —Wolverhampton
- £44,974.95 a year
- Full-time
- English
- Master's degree
- University
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
Quick apply
Graduate Policy Officer
West Midlands Combined Authority —Birmingham
- £29,031 - £32,601 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
11d
Senior Learning Specialist/Trainer (Agile and Lean)
QA Limited —Birmingham
- Remote
- Agile
- AI
- Teaching
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
10d
Head of Employer Services
City of Wolverhampton Council —Wolverhampton
- £66,939 - £70,283 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
4d
Insight Data Analytics Manager
Independent Office for Police Conduct —Birmingham
- £41,878 a year
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Data analysis skills
- Master's degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
4d
Social Value Officer
Equans —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quality Improvement Leader
The Manufacturing Technology Centre —Coventry
- £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Mentoring
- Teaching
Quick apply
10d
Operational Sustainability Lead
Department for Transport —Birmingham
- £57,515 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
9d
Digital Learning and Skills Lead
HCRG Care Group —Coventry
- £46,000 a year
- Remote
- Data analysis skills
- Project management
- AI
- Employee discount
Quick apply
4d
Leadership & Culture Development Manager
Helping Hands —Alcester
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Leadership
- Communication skills
Quick apply
8d
Learning & Development Lead
Mondelēz International —Birmingham
- Full-time
- English
- Analysis skills
- Leadership
Director of Assessment Integrity and Innovation
Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) —Whoberley
- £81,000 a year
- Part-time
- Presentation skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
7d
Deputy Director for Change & AI Transformation
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero —Birmingham
- £86,000 - £117,800 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- AI
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Sick pay
PMO Lead
National Gas —Warwick
- £49,855 - £63,000 a year
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Employee assistance programme
8d
Empty Homes Manager
Bromford —Wolverhampton
- £48,317.17 a year
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Maintenance
- Travel
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Change and Engagement Manager, Workplace Services
Deloitte —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
11d
Learning & Development Consultant
Softcat —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- School
- Flexible schedule
8d

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Head of Area

Rethink Mental Illness -
Birmingham

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Job details

Full-time
£45,284 - £54,942 a year
3 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Referral programme

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Procurement
Continuous improvement
Contracts
IT

Full job description

Head of Area (Midlands)
Location: Field-Based (Midlands)

We're now looking for an experienced and strategic Head of Area to lead our operational services across the Midlands and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of mental health support.

About the Role
Reporting to the Regional Associate Director, you'll provide leadership across a diverse portfolio of mental health and social care services, ensuring they deliver outstanding outcomes, meet contractual requirements, and remain financially sustainable.
You'll work closely with NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Local Authorities, commissioners, funders, and community partners to influence service delivery and identify opportunities for growth and innovation. You'll also lead a team of Service Managers, Contract Managers, and Registered Managers, creating a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Services within your remit may include:

Community mental health support
Housing and supported living services
Employment and vocational programmes
Crisis cafés
Carer support services
Criminal justice services
Care navigation
Peer support and mentoring
Suicide prevention and bereavement services
Helplines and registered groups

What You'll Be Doing

Providing strategic and operational leadership across services throughout the Midlands.
Managing large-scale contracts, budgets, and performance frameworks.
Building influential relationships with commissioners, NHS partners, Local Authorities, and voluntary sector organisations.
Driving quality, compliance, safeguarding, and risk management standards.
Identifying opportunities to expand services, secure new contracts, and support income growth.
Leading service transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
Ensuring people with lived experience remain at the heart of decision-making and service design.
Representing Rethink Mental Illness externally and strengthening our reputation across the region.

About You
We're looking for an inspirational leader with a strong track record of delivering high-quality health, social care, or mental health services.

You'll bring:

Significant senior leadership experience within health, social care, NHS, or mental health services.
Experience managing complex service contracts, large budgets, and operational performance.
Strong understanding of commissioning, procurement, and service development.
Proven ability to lead dispersed multi-site teams and drive organisational change.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to engage commissioners, government bodies, and sector partners.
Experience using data and insights to influence strategic decision-making.
A genuine commitment to co-production, inclusion, and person-centred care.
A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across the Midlands.

Apply Today
If you're a strategic leader with the drive, expertise, and passion to improve mental health outcomes at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us in building communities that care.

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Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:

Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

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