Learning & Development Officer

North East Ambition; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in Chester seeks a motivated Learning and Development Officer to support staff development and enhance learning initiatives across frontline teams. You will design, deliver, and evaluate training programmes to enrich staff skills, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. This role offers opportunities to influence practice and improve outcomes for those supported. With a rewarding salary and numerous employee perks, you’ll play a key role in fostering continuous growth within our community.

Benefits

Over 7 weeks’ holiday a year

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Employee discounts on over 130,000 shops and venues

Instant access to salary as you earn it

Free eye tests

Refer-a-friend scheme – receive up to £500

Qualifications

• Experience in learning and development in a charitable sector.
• Ability to support the design, delivery, and evaluation of learning programmes.
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence practice and uplift staff capability.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and delivery of learning initiatives.
• Evaluate learning initiatives to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• Provide professional support services to learning and development.

Skills

Motivation

Enthusiasm

Support staff development

Design and deliver learning initiatives

Job description

• Over 7 weeks’ holiday a year
• Working hours Monday to Friday 08.30am to 04.30pm
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Instant access to up to 40% of your salary as you earn it
• Employee discounts on over 130,000 shops and entertainment venues
• Access to Blue Light Card, the discount service for emergency and social care staff
• Free eye tests and Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
• Refer-a-friend scheme – receive up to £500
• An in-depth induction and welcome programme

About you

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Learning and Development Officer to join our team and help shape a culture of continuous growth. As our Learning and Development Officer, you will play a key role in supporting staff development across diverse frontline and support teams. You will support the design, delivery, and evaluation of learning initiatives that enhances skills, ensures compliance, and fosters a culture of continuous learning rooted in our charitable values. This is a rewarding opportunity to influence practice, uplift staff capability, and ultimately improve the outcomes of the children, young people and adults we support.

The role will primarily involve providing efficient and professional support service to learning and development.

Download job description and person specification.

For more than 40 years we’ve led the way in providing autism-specific care and education for children, young people, and adults across the North-East of England.

Find out more about our work here: www.ne-as.org.uk/what-we-believe.

This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. As such it will be necessary for a enhanced Disclosure submission to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. The North East Autism Society’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children, young people and adults across all of our services is reflected in our safer recruitment process.

As a Disability Confident Employer we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for this job vacancy.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and/or vulnerable adults.