Learning & Development Advisor Adults & Communities

Nottingham City Council

  • Leicestershire
  • £39,939-42,699 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 hour ago
Job Category: Non-TeachingJob Description:Organisation: Leicestershire County CouncilWork Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RAWorker Category: Hybrid WorkerSalary: Grade 11 £39,939-£42,699 per annum (pro rata for part-time)Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Monday - Friday, 9.00am-5.00pmContract Type: PermanentClosing Date: Wednesday 23rd September 2025Interview Date(s): w/c 6th October 2025Would you like to join a dynamic learning and development service where you can share your skills and knowledge with others, and help develop a confident workforce in Leicestershire County Council?About the RoleAs Learning and Development Advisor, you will be:
  • Working with the Adults & Communities department to provide sound and professional learning and development advice, guidance and opportunities, including formal and informal approaches and methods of learning, design, delivery and evaluation of learning and development activities, coaching, advice and support.
  • Keeping up-to-date with changes in adult social care and local authority legislation, case law and best practice and using this to inform effective, high-quality learning and development activities.
  • Providing learning and development activities on a range of policies, procedures and practices to customers across the County Council, including partner organisations.
  • Ensuring that a flexible approach is taken to deliver an effective, blended learning offer which maximises the use of technology (including effective utilisation of the Leicestershire Learning Hub for planning, organising and delivering learning and development solutions) and makes the best return on investment and use of skills when deciding to directly deliver or commission services.
About YouTo apply for this post, you must:
  • Have a relevant degree or professional/management qualification (eg, Social Work qualification, Registered Manager award) OR relevant and significant operational experience at a level equivalent to the above qualification.
  • Have demonstrable experience of having successfully delivered learning and development within a complex organisation, and specifically within the social care sector, on time and within budget.
  • Have experience in providing learning and development advice to managers on learning and development issues.
  • Manage your time effectively, make adjustments to your own practice and process to deliver improved results, and take measured risks and responsibility for outcomes
  • Be able to work as part of a project team, or on your own, and develop good and appropriate relationships with all partners
  • Have knowledge of relevant adult social care and local authority legislation
  • Be able to design, construct, structure and deliver training to meet a variety of needs, delivered face-to-face, online or in a blended format.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.In addition, we also expect you to share 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 page on our career site.For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:Madeleine McNeil, Senior Learning & Development AdvisorTelephone: 0116 3056400Email:How to ApplyLeicestershire 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 the apply button. 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 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.If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: .By applying for this post, you agree to our .About Us:About Leicestershire County CouncilLeicestershire County Council is a and organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the . 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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