About The Role For informal enquiries, please contact Anna Chapman (Leadership Development Manager) at Anna.chapman@warwick.ac.uk. The Leadership and Management Development team requires an experienced learning and development professional. Our purpose is to develop the capability of our managers and leaders across the University. This population includes academic and professional services colleagues from supervisory roles to senior university leadership roles. We already have a comprehensive portfolio of development initiatives including workshops, coaching, digital learning, mentoring. Now we’re looking for someone to help us take this to the next level by strengthening our communications, engagement, evaluation and impact measurement. We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. About You The successful candidate will be an experienced learning and development/HR professional. In particular you will have significant expertise in designing and implementing engaging communications plans. You will also be experienced in evaluating learning and development to establish its impact at an individual, team, departmental and organisational level. This is not a learning design and delivery role, although there may be scope for this to evolve in the future. For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description. About The Department We’re a small, friendly and committed team of L&D professionals. We take a strengths approach to how we work; as part of your induction you’ll be able to undertake a strengths profile and actively use this for your own development. We’re part of the University’s HR team. The role offers plenty of opportunity for collaboration across both HR and the wider University. This role is fixed term for 9 months initially, with potential to become a continuing role. About The University Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’*. You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed. QS World University Rankings 2024 Research Excellence Framework 2021 To find out more about us visit our website. How to Apply CLOSING DATE: Sunday 12 January 2025 at 11.55pm To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm). Please attach a CV and cover letter. Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history. Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible). Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish. To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net. Interview Date: TBC Start Date: TBC What we Offer We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here. We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer. If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process. Our Commitment to Inclusion Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here. The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance. Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellfare of all those we work with. In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all neccessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (ie. children and/or adults). We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding. Rehibilitation of Ex-Offenders The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (ie. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process. 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