Learning and Development Partner
Location: National Post – based at most local Sense Scotland office with travel to other locations. (Ideally Dundee or Glasgow)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Salary: £27,471 - £29,591 (Dependant on experience)
Are you experienced L&D professional looking for your next career opportunity?
Do you want to do meaningful L&D work that improves quality of support work offer?
Then this could be the perfect role for you!
We are looking for an experienced Learning & Development (L&D) professional with experience designing a range of learning solutions to drive employee learning within Sense Scotland.
At Sense Scotland we are passionate about developing our staff and supporting their ongoing learning. Our L&D team are constantly adapting our learning offering to support the organisation to achieve its strategic plan through the effective use of emerging technologies as shown through exciting delivery methods and remote learning offering during the pandemic.
We now have an exciting opportunity for an L&D Partner to drive the design and delivery of learning projects to build capabilities of our staff and supporting the SSSC and Care Inspectorate qualification requirements for our operational workforce.
In this role you will develop strong stakeholder relationships, identify learning, development, training needs and propose recommended learning solutions to meet the desired learning outcomes and evaluating the impact of learning, while developing a range of learning tools to develop local learning capabilities.
Working with stakeholders such as with Heads of Service, Registered managers and subject specialists to facilitate learning needs analyses, the planning and facilitation of learning and development opportunities to employees across Scotland and working with key stakeholders to gain commitment to the learning solutions designed and to ensure we are meeting the learner needs of our employees.
This is a really exciting role within Sense Scotland, and you will offer some direct delivery of core practice training such as communication focused training, manual handling, CALM and healthcare, making a key contribution to the continuing development of Sense Scotland as a national centre of excellence in our specialist practice areas detailed in our L+D Framework.
Say hello to the team.
Sense Scotland has been supporting individuals with communication support needs and /or a physical/learning disabilities for more than thirty-five years.
The Learning and Development team manages the delivery of all training, qualifications, and continuing professional development to all Sense Scotland staff and people we support.
This includes induction, statutory occupational training, Scottish Vocational Qualifications at SCQF levels 6 and 7 in Social Services and Healthcare and Social Services Children and Young People, SCQF level 8 in Learning and Development, including the assessor award, the Diploma in Deafblind Studies, British Sign Languageand bespoke training as identified by service managers.
Learning and Development manages and supports Sense Scotland’s SQA Assessment Centre, internal verifiers, assessors and the networks of training facilitators and coaches.
This role could be for you if you:
Desirable
Closing date for application is Wednesday 5th May 2021.
Interviews will be held remotely on Thursday 13th May 2021.
To apply for this role:
Please download the application here, then either click the ‘apply for job’ button, or email your completed application to: recruitment@sensescotland.org.uk
We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:
At Sense Scotland we recognise how hard our staff work and help us to deliver vital support, that makes a real positive impact to the people that we support We value the work that each staff member does within the organisation. In addition to local recognition of staff’s achievements, we encourage nominations for our staff awards from across all areas of the Organisation.
Each year, nominees and winners are invited to the annual Employee Awards event, where staff are recognised for their excellent commitment and achievements.
Values and Commitment
Our vision is for the people we work with to live meaningful and independent lives in a world that supports them to achieve their own ambitions.
We work to and are committed to our Core Values. These values are derived from families and enshrine the Organisation’s ethos and guide the actions of all staff. Sense Scotland’s values in practice mean we will:
Sense Scotland is an Equal Opportunities Employer