Management Development Advisor

St John Ambulance

The closing date is 15 May 2025

Job summary

The Management Development Advisor will be delivering and implementing innovative training programmes for our employee managers in line with our HEART values. The role will be expected to positively impact and interface with all parts of our organisation and we are looking for someone who is passionate about developing managers and able to practically lead on delivering on our training commitments with the colleagues from across People and Culture and Community Engagement Network. They will be experienced within the field of Management Development and can confidently deliver management training, development and upskilling which builds our inclusive culture.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver in-house training, development and upskilling programmes which are aligned to meet organisational and individual needs, including induction, people policy, management development, bespoke development programmes for teams, personal skills and other training activities. Youll take a blended learning approach, tailoring to different learning needs and styles for staff and managers.
  • Collaborate with the People and Culture Leadership team to influence and surface organisational matters, to support the delivery of the People Plan, actively working with the Leadership & Management Development (LMD) Partner in the development of manager and colleague training and development initiatives ad upskilling to respond to management development improvements
  • Train, Guide, coach and advise people managers on good people-practise during change and transition, including coaching, facilitation, mentoring, mediation, to support psychological safety, belonging and retention.
  • Support and guide managers on managing their people, through the whole employee lifecycle taking a people centric approach.

About us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,577 employees and over 33,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Date posted

15 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£27,250 to £30,300 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

B0442-25-0000

Job locations

St. John Ambulance

Raleigh Road

Bedminster

Bristol

BS3 1AP


Regus

1 Victoria Square

Birmingham

B1 1BD


St. John Ambulance

5 Broadfield Close

Sheffield

S8 0XN


St. John Ambulance

27 St. John's Lane

London

EC1M 4BU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Management Development Advisor - Permanent

Full Time - Hybrid Working

Our offer to you

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

  • Competitive salary and pension scheme
  • 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
  • Hybrid, Flexible working
  • Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
  • Health and Wellbeing portal access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Discounts you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,577 employees and over 33,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary

The Management Development Advisor will be delivering and implementing innovative training programmes for our employee managers in line with our HEART values. The role will be expected to positively impact and interface with all parts of our organisation and we are looking for someone who is passionate about developing managers and able to practically lead on delivering on our training commitments with the colleagues from across People and Culture and Community Engagement Network. They will be experienced within the field of Management Development and can confidently deliver management training, development and upskilling which builds our inclusive culture.

About You

To be successful in this role, you need to be educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C / 4) including Maths & English, minimum 5, Learning & Development / CIPD / Training / Teaching or similar relevant qualification, experience in Researching, creating, designing and delivering management development programmes and training solutions including virtual and blended methods, Skilled and knowledgeable in the development of leaders and managers, learning and organisational development models, continual improvement approaches, methodologies and ability to deliver creative and engaging Management Development events through excellent training and facilitation skills.

About the Role

  • Deliver in-house training, development and upskilling programmes which are aligned to meet organisational and individual needs, including induction, people policy, management development, bespoke development programmes for teams, personal skills and other training activities. Youll take a blended learning approach, tailoring to different learning needs and styles for staff and managers.
  • Collaborate with the People and Culture Leadership team to influence and surface organisational matters, to support the delivery of the People Plan, actively working with the Leadership & Management Development (LMD) Partner in the development of manager and colleague training and development initiatives ad upskilling to respond to management development improvements
  • Train, Guide, coach and advise people managers on good people-practise during change and transition, including coaching, facilitation, mentoring, mediation, to support psychological safety, belonging and retention.
  • Support and guide managers on managing their people, through the whole employee lifecycle taking a people centric approach.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management Development Advisor - Permanent

Full Time - Hybrid Working

Our offer to you

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

  • Competitive salary and pension scheme
  • 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
  • Hybrid, Flexible working
  • Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
  • Health and Wellbeing portal access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Discounts you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,577 employees and over 33,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary

The Management Development Advisor will be delivering and implementing innovative training programmes for our employee managers in line with our HEART values. The role will be expected to positively impact and interface with all parts of our organisation and we are looking for someone who is passionate about developing managers and able to practically lead on delivering on our training commitments with the colleagues from across People and Culture and Community Engagement Network. They will be experienced within the field of Management Development and can confidently deliver management training, development and upskilling which builds our inclusive culture.

About You

To be successful in this role, you need to be educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C / 4) including Maths & English, minimum 5, Learning & Development / CIPD / Training / Teaching or similar relevant qualification, experience in Researching, creating, designing and delivering management development programmes and training solutions including virtual and blended methods, Skilled and knowledgeable in the development of leaders and managers, learning and organisational development models, continual improvement approaches, methodologies and ability to deliver creative and engaging Management Development events through excellent training and facilitation skills.

About the Role

  • Deliver in-house training, development and upskilling programmes which are aligned to meet organisational and individual needs, including induction, people policy, management development, bespoke development programmes for teams, personal skills and other training activities. Youll take a blended learning approach, tailoring to different learning needs and styles for staff and managers.
  • Collaborate with the People and Culture Leadership team to influence and surface organisational matters, to support the delivery of the People Plan, actively working with the Leadership & Management Development (LMD) Partner in the development of manager and colleague training and development initiatives ad upskilling to respond to management development improvements
  • Train, Guide, coach and advise people managers on good people-practise during change and transition, including coaching, facilitation, mentoring, mediation, to support psychological safety, belonging and retention.
  • Support and guide managers on managing their people, through the whole employee lifecycle taking a people centric approach.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C / 4) including Maths & English, minimum 5, Learning & Development / CIPD / Training / Teaching or similar relevant qualification

Desirable

  • Project management qualification or equivalent, Researching, creating, designing and delivering management development programmes and
  • training solutions including virtual and blended methods
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C / 4) including Maths & English, minimum 5, Learning & Development / CIPD / Training / Teaching or similar relevant qualification

Desirable

  • Project management qualification or equivalent, Researching, creating, designing and delivering management development programmes and
  • training solutions including virtual and blended methods

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.

Employer details

Employer name

St John Ambulance

Address

St. John Ambulance

Raleigh Road

Bedminster

Bristol

BS3 1AP


Employer's website

https://www.sja.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St John Ambulance

Address

St. John Ambulance

Raleigh Road

Bedminster

Bristol

BS3 1AP


Employer's website

https://www.sja.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Atlanta Baker

atlanta.baker@sja.org.uk

Date posted

15 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£27,250 to £30,300 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

B0442-25-0000

Job locations

St. John Ambulance

Raleigh Road

Bedminster

Bristol

BS3 1AP


Regus

1 Victoria Square

Birmingham

B1 1BD


St. John Ambulance

5 Broadfield Close

Sheffield

S8 0XN


St. John Ambulance

27 St. John's Lane

London

EC1M 4BU


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