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Qualifications, training, knowledge, and experience

·   Degree in education/learning and development or equivalent experience

·   Highly specialist in-depth knowledge of L&D including apprenticeship programmes, commissioning of training and development relevant to the health and social care sector.

·   Experience of managing complex projects with conflicting demands and deadlines

·   Working knowledge of procurement procedures and SBS to commission new training providers, raise POs and pay invoices. 

Communication skills

·   Ability to prepare and produce highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information in a concise manner for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders.

·   Work in collaboration with key stakeholders to build and maintain working partnerships including HR colleagues, staff, managers, union bodies, Health Education England, training providers, Universities, and other external agencies.

·   Present to wide ranging audiences on a range of L&D programmes and projects.

·   Ability to negotiate with external organisations, for example, training providers

Analytical and judgemental skills

·   Analyse complex issues and make recommendations on a range of options, for example, training needs analysis results, staff survey results, usage of apprenticeship levy monies and other budgets.

·   Identifies risks relating to L&D projects and makes recommendations for their resolution.

·   Lead procurement exercises for a range of L&D programmes ensuring best value for money

Planning and organisational skills

·   Plan and organise a complex range of activities that will require adjustment and flexibility e.g. L&D programmes, staff survey, staff flu vaccination programme.

·   Run procurement exercises in-line with financial and procurement legislation.

·   Lead on the annual training needs analysis

Physical skills

·   Standard keyboard skills

Responsibility for patient care

·   Has incidental contact with patients/clients but would provide non-clinical advice when and where necessary

Responsibility for policy and service development

·     Proposes policies that impact on own area of work and beyond e.g. learning and development, PDR policy

Financial and physical resources

·     Monitors L&D budgets

·     Contributes to forecasting of L&D budgets

Human resources

·      Manages L&D team e.g. appraisal, recruitment, development planning, performance management.

·      Provides an advisory service to managers and staff on L&OD  

·      Responsible for the delivery of the L&D service

Information resources

·     Occasional requirements to create reports e.g. training trends, training needs analysis, budget monitoring  

Research and development

·     Undertakes surveys and research as necessary to own work

Freedom to Act

·       Able to work autonomously guided by principles and organisational/occupational policies and regulation. 

·       Provides specialist advice to managers and staff on L&OD matters

Effort factors

Physical - Combination of sitting, standing walking - light physical effort.

Mental – work pattern unpredictable e.g. managing team, covering facilitation, frequent requirement for concentrations to write reports, procurement specifications, budget monitoring.

Emotional – occasional exposure to emotional circumstances e.g. managing team performance, feeding back learner progress, facilitating difficult conversations.

Working conditions – exposure to unpleasant working conditions is rare