Job summary
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trusts Learning and Development department is responsible for the provision of a Learning Management System (LMS) that meets the needs of its 10,000 employees.
This post has responsibility for the system development and insight reporting for all learning databases and systems. The Learning System and Data specialist is tasked with the support and maintenance of all digital learning databases that are hosted by the Trust including the development of new solutions to ensure a digital platform to host learning and continuous professional development is available across all divisions.
The LMS is built using mainly HTML, CSS and Java Script technology and so the post holder should possess excellent knowledge of this technology and act as the departments Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all digital learning solutions.
The post holder will lead a team and will, when required, manage external suppliers in the provision of system upgrades and development releases. This post has responsibilities for continually improving database performance and maintaining their data quality and integrity, namely accuracy, completeness, consistency and validity.
Main duties of the job
Provision of a fit for purpose Learning Management System (LMS) that meets the needs of all employees of the Trust
Development and Maintenance of all performance reporting relating to Learning & Development activity.
To actively seek opportunities to minimise the use of local training databases across the Trust, ensuring that all L&D activity is recorded within one recognised digital platform
Project Management of all new digital learning packages whilst ensuring that they are pragmatic, varied, high quality and support Trust values and strategic objectives
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
- At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
- Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
- Blue Light card eligibility
- And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Job description
Job responsibilities
Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in information management, statistical or business subject
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Significant experience of working with workforce, finance or organisational data.
Desirable
- Prince 2 Project management / methodology experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manipulate complex data and present this in a format that meets the needs of multiple audiences
- Well-developed administrative skills including the ability to work under own initiative, organise and prioritise workloads, meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
- Flexible and creative, challenging current ways of working to produce new and innovative solutions
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both written and oral, at all levels, both within the trust and with external stakeholders
- Ability to build and maintain constructive relationships based on shared understanding of issues with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
- Creative thinking and ability to design e-learning and digital content
Expereince/Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge of workforce and usage of database systems within the NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of workforce reporting and creation of reports and KPI monitoring for multiple purposes.
- Understanding of NHS statutory and mandatory training requirements
- Advanced keyboard skills to ensure highest levels of accuracy at all times.
- Significant experience of working with complex data, data manipulation and analysis.
- Significant experience of utilising databases to provide reports
- Understanding of data flows between workforce systems.
- Experience of working in a large organisation with complex organisational structures.
Desirable
- Experience of Articulate software
- Experience of Moodle software
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in information management, statistical or business subject
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Significant experience of working with workforce, finance or organisational data.
Desirable
- Prince 2 Project management / methodology experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manipulate complex data and present this in a format that meets the needs of multiple audiences
- Well-developed administrative skills including the ability to work under own initiative, organise and prioritise workloads, meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
- Flexible and creative, challenging current ways of working to produce new and innovative solutions
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both written and oral, at all levels, both within the trust and with external stakeholders
- Ability to build and maintain constructive relationships based on shared understanding of issues with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
- Creative thinking and ability to design e-learning and digital content
Expereince/Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge of workforce and usage of database systems within the NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of workforce reporting and creation of reports and KPI monitoring for multiple purposes.
- Understanding of NHS statutory and mandatory training requirements
- Advanced keyboard skills to ensure highest levels of accuracy at all times.
- Significant experience of working with complex data, data manipulation and analysis.
- Significant experience of utilising databases to provide reports
- Understanding of data flows between workforce systems.
- Experience of working in a large organisation with complex organisational structures.
Desirable
- Experience of Articulate software
- Experience of Moodle software
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.
