Salary: £44,075 to £47,181 per annum (pro rata should successful candidate opt for part time hours)
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time or Part time– 37 hours per week or 30 hours per week
Location: Based at County Hall – Chichester or Worthing, with hybrid working available
The Learning and Development team are currently recruiting for a Learning & Development Officer, specialising in Management and Leadership development. You will be joining a supportive team of learning and development officers, who develop training to ensure our staff across the County Council have the skills, knowledge and experience to undertake their roles effectively. In this role you will be designing and delivering learning activities in a variety of ways, to ensure learning objectives are achieved.
You will work from an initial specification provided from the Learning and Development/Organisation Development Consultant and will design and deliver the finished outcome. You will need to work collaboratively, be creative and have confident presentation skills. You will also need to have demonstratable professional knowledge of management practice and theories which includes coaching, management fundamentals, project management and change management. If this sounds like a role that fits with your experience and knowledge, then we want to hear more from you!
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:
For a full list, please visit our Rewards and Benefits page.
The Opportunity
In this role, you will research, design and deliver bespoke learning outcomes in line with the requirements of the identified stakeholders. You will need to pro-actively establish and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders, as well as the wider learning and development team.
You will deliver engaging training sessions, using a variety of training methods from face to face to webinars and everything in between. For every session, you will need to ensure learning objectives are met accordingly. You will continuously assess, evaluate and update learning resources to ensure that delegates are receiving the most up to date and relevant skills to enable them to deliver in their roles.
You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes are available.
About you
Some of the key skills, experience and knowledge required to be successful in the role include:
- Professional learning and development qualification or experience in delivering training and supporting learning using a variety of methods.
- Relevant knowledge, experience and expertise in management and leadership development to enable you to understand initiatives and create appropriate learning and development outcomes.
- Experience of effective coaching skills and supervision of others and evidence of your own continuous professional development.
- Excellent standards of communication at all levels, to enable clear exchanges of information when providing training in different environments, ranging from face to face training in groups to one-to-one webinar delivery.
- An understanding of a wide range of learning styles and the ability to deliver training to all, at a variety of levels, in a tactful, diplomatic and empathetic way.
- Ability to present information and subject matter in a clear, concise and accurate way, which promotes understanding and achieves learning objectives, both verbally and in written format.
- Ability to organise and prioritise work, in a clear and logical way to ensure deadlines are achieved.
- Excellent questioning skills and the ability to listen, you will be able to obtain information, without judgement, to enable you to summarise and respond back to the learner effectively.
- Good IT skills, including being able to use MS Office software, communicate via email and deliver webinars via MS Teams.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
About us
West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents every day. The Human Resources and Organisational Development Directorate provides critical support functions to our services, focusing on delivering better and cost-effective outcomes. Our teams use their experience to enable and challenge the Council to deliver improved efficiency and effectiveness.
The Learning & Development Team provide an extensive range of Learning and Development solutions to West Sussex County Council staff, including Adults’ Services, Children’s Services, Corporate Services and the private, voluntary and independent adult social care sector within West Sussex.
Further information
The reference number for this role is CRS01073.
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact James Hodge at [email protected] or Louise Holden at [email protected]
For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected]
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.
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