Job summary
Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Senior Learning & Development Advisor? Then look no further, come and join us at Hope House Children’s Hospices by playing a vital role in achieving ‘Our Mission’ Helping every child with a life-threatening condition live their best life.
Hope House Children’s Hospices have an opportunity for a Senior Learning and Development Advisor to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of between £36,167 - £40,937 per annum, plus benefits. We offer hybrid working to have a real work life balance, this role is a blend of working both in the office and remotely from home.
Your role as Senior Learning and Development Advisor will be to work collaboratively as part of the People Team to provide a proactive, customer focussed and efficient people service, ensuring an engaged and valued workforce with the skills and knowledge to deliver the charity’s purpose.
Main duties of the job
Senior Learning and Development Advisors key responsibilities include:
- To work collaboratively as part of the People Team to provide a proactive, customer focussed and efficient people service, ensuring an engaged and valued workforce with the skills and knowledge to deliver the charity’s purpose.
- Demonstrating behaviours reflecting our charity’s values of working together with trust and support, fairness, and honesty in the decisions we make and how we work and interact with others and embracing new learning and sharing of best practices.
- You will partner with managers to contribute towards the delivery of: induction and learning programmes. Engagement, wellbeing, and equality, diversity & inclusion initiatives.
- Develop and deliver robust effective frameworks around succession planning, leadership, and talent management.
We are looking for a Senior Learning & Development Advisor who is/has:
- Friendly and personable, you will be flexible in your approach to work and be comfortable to travel across Shropshire, Cheshire, and North Wales to fulfil your duties.
- Previous experience of working in an in-house learning and development team including knowledge of modern people development and change strategies and how to apply these in practice.
- Outstanding communication skills along with excellent project management and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
About us
Working at Hope House Children’s Hospices is more than just a job, you will be joining an incredible team who are motivated to deliver our Purpose which is to give every local child with a life-threatening condition, and their family, access to professional care and improve their quality of life from the point of diagnosis.
Whether your role involves helping us to reach more children, providing outstanding care, raising vital funds, or ensuring the charity is well run and managed, we work together to help every child to live their best life.
Our team live by our values by working together with trust and support; being fair and honest in the decisions we make and how we work and interact with others; and embracing new learning and sharing best practices.
Belonging and feeling part of the team is really important to us. Whatever your background, you’ll be treated with fairness and respect. We want all our staff to feel comfortable and be able to bring their true selves to work.
If you are looking for a worthwhile and rewarding career, where your work will make a real difference to the lives of local children and their families then we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Senior Learning & Development Advisor? Then look no further, come and join us at Hope House Children’s Hospices by playing a vital role in achieving ‘Our Mission’ Helping every child with a life-threatening condition live their best life.
Hope House Children's Hospices have an opportunity for a Senior Learning and Development Advisor to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competative salary of between £36,167 - £40,937 per annum, plus benefits. We offer hybrid working to have a real work life balance, with a blend of working from the office in Oswestry and remotely from home.
Your role as Senior Learning and Development Advisor will be to work collaboratively as part of the People Team to provide a proactive, customer focussed and efficient people service, ensuring an engaged and valued workforce with the skills and knowledge to deliver the charity’s purpose.
The Senior Learning and Development Advisor's key responsibilities:
- To work collaboratively as part of the People Team to provide a proactive, customer focussed and efficient people service, ensuring an engaged and valued workforce with the skills and knowledge to deliver the charity’s purpose.
- Demonstrating behaviours reflecting our charity’s values of working together with trust and support, fairness, and honesty in the decisions we make and how we work and interact with others and embracing new learning and sharing of best practices.
- You will partner with managers to contribute towards the delivery of: induction and learning programmes. Engagement, wellbeing, and equality, diversity & inclusion initiatives.
- Develop and deliver robust effective frameworks around succession planning, leadership, and talent management.
We are looking for a Senior Learning & Development Advisor who:
- Is friendly and personable, you will be flexible in your approach to work and be comfortable to travel across Shropshire, Cheshire, and North Wales to fulfil your duties.
- Has previous experience of working in an in-house learning and development team including knowledge of modern people development and change strategies and how to apply these in practice.
- Has outstanding communication skills along with excellent project management and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
About us:
By joining Team Hope House & Ty Gobaith, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we make a real commitment to your career, health, and wellbeing. We will support you by offering:
- Generous annual leave entitlement, starting at 34 days per annum with service increments
- Organisational pension scheme
- Blue Light Card and Staff rewards programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Wellbeing services which includes staff counselling
- Funded Medicash - Health Care Cash Plan
- Flexible working arrangements
- Great development opportunities
Closing date: 20th June 2025
Interview date: 4th July 2025
If you think you have what it takes to be our Senior Learning & Development Advisor and help us deliver our mission, then please click ‘apply’ now! We are welcoming informal discussions with our Head of People, Claire Lewis, contact us on 01691 679679. We’d love to hear from you!
The successful applicant will be required to obtain a standard disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).
Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people, and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Senior Learning & Development Advisor? Then look no further, come and join us at Hope House Children’s Hospices by playing a vital role in achieving ‘Our Mission’ Helping every child with a life-threatening condition live their best life.
Hope House Children's Hospices have an opportunity for a Senior Learning and Development Advisor to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competative salary of between £36,167 - £40,937 per annum, plus benefits. We offer hybrid working to have a real work life balance, with a blend of working from the office in Oswestry and remotely from home.
Your role as Senior Learning and Development Advisor will be to work collaboratively as part of the People Team to provide a proactive, customer focussed and efficient people service, ensuring an engaged and valued workforce with the skills and knowledge to deliver the charity’s purpose.
The Senior Learning and Development Advisor's key responsibilities:
- To work collaboratively as part of the People Team to provide a proactive, customer focussed and efficient people service, ensuring an engaged and valued workforce with the skills and knowledge to deliver the charity’s purpose.
- Demonstrating behaviours reflecting our charity’s values of working together with trust and support, fairness, and honesty in the decisions we make and how we work and interact with others and embracing new learning and sharing of best practices.
- You will partner with managers to contribute towards the delivery of: induction and learning programmes. Engagement, wellbeing, and equality, diversity & inclusion initiatives.
- Develop and deliver robust effective frameworks around succession planning, leadership, and talent management.
We are looking for a Senior Learning & Development Advisor who:
- Is friendly and personable, you will be flexible in your approach to work and be comfortable to travel across Shropshire, Cheshire, and North Wales to fulfil your duties.
- Has previous experience of working in an in-house learning and development team including knowledge of modern people development and change strategies and how to apply these in practice.
- Has outstanding communication skills along with excellent project management and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
About us:
By joining Team Hope House & Ty Gobaith, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we make a real commitment to your career, health, and wellbeing. We will support you by offering:
- Generous annual leave entitlement, starting at 34 days per annum with service increments
- Organisational pension scheme
- Blue Light Card and Staff rewards programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Wellbeing services which includes staff counselling
- Funded Medicash - Health Care Cash Plan
- Flexible working arrangements
- Great development opportunities
Closing date: 20th June 2025
Interview date: 4th July 2025
If you think you have what it takes to be our Senior Learning & Development Advisor and help us deliver our mission, then please click ‘apply’ now! We are welcoming informal discussions with our Head of People, Claire Lewis, contact us on 01691 679679. We’d love to hear from you!
The successful applicant will be required to obtain a standard disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).
Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people, and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The qualifications that are key for this role include:
- 3 x A levels Grade A-C or equivalent.
- CIPD Level 5 qualification in L&D, HR or equivalent or substantial equivalent experience in learning and development.
- Previous experience of working in an in-house learning and development team including knowledge of modern people development and change strategies and how to apply these in practice.
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- The key skills you will require for this role include:
- A full understanding of the Learning & Development cycle including learning design, delivery & evaluation, in person and online.
- Design and delivery of talent management programmes including workforce planning; apprenticeships, graduate and leadership development, lifelong learning, and career management.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Experience in using psychometrics, coaching, and mentoring for people development; either as a practitioner or through vendors..
- Working with sensitive and confidential information.
- Maintaining Continuing Professional Development.
- Excellent project management and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- The essential knowledge that you will require for this role includes:
- Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
- Learning Management Systems and HR databases.
- Change and Organisational Design process.
- Apprentice Levy.
- Work experience and employability programmes.
- Succession planning.
- Training design and delivery.
- Up to date knowledge of current and emerging L&D trends, best practices, and technologies.
Desirable
Competencies
Essential
- The Competencies and behaviours that are critical in this role include:
- Creating and Innovating.
- Planning and Organising.
- Adapting and Responding to Change.
- Collaborative with a Can do attitude.
Desirable
Professional Membership
Essential
- Chartered membership of the CIPD or working towards.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The qualifications that are key for this role include:
- 3 x A levels Grade A-C or equivalent.
- CIPD Level 5 qualification in L&D, HR or equivalent or substantial equivalent experience in learning and development.
- Previous experience of working in an in-house learning and development team including knowledge of modern people development and change strategies and how to apply these in practice.
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- The key skills you will require for this role include:
- A full understanding of the Learning & Development cycle including learning design, delivery & evaluation, in person and online.
- Design and delivery of talent management programmes including workforce planning; apprenticeships, graduate and leadership development, lifelong learning, and career management.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Experience in using psychometrics, coaching, and mentoring for people development; either as a practitioner or through vendors..
- Working with sensitive and confidential information.
- Maintaining Continuing Professional Development.
- Excellent project management and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- The essential knowledge that you will require for this role includes:
- Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
- Learning Management Systems and HR databases.
- Change and Organisational Design process.
- Apprentice Levy.
- Work experience and employability programmes.
- Succession planning.
- Training design and delivery.
- Up to date knowledge of current and emerging L&D trends, best practices, and technologies.
Desirable
Competencies
Essential
- The Competencies and behaviours that are critical in this role include:
- Creating and Innovating.
- Planning and Organising.
- Adapting and Responding to Change.
- Collaborative with a Can do attitude.
Desirable
Professional Membership
Essential
- Chartered membership of the CIPD or working towards.
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
