Job summary
The post holder is part of the team responsible for the delivery and facilitation of core Trust programmes. These include our Induction portfolio and accredited ILM and City & Guilds programmes. In addition they will support the L&D Facilitators as they work closely with People team leads across the Trust's sites to identify and help address training and development priorities. The post holder will also provide a range of bespoke programmes and manage a number of projects to support the delivery of the Education Academy's business plan .
As part of the L&D team the post holder will help to ensure that our programmes are of a high quality, relevant and reflective of our Trust values by using and developing robust evaluation and feedback processes.
The nature of this role will involve close and regular contact with staff in all disciplines and levels of the organisation as we provide learning and development programmes on a Trust wide basis.
Main duties of the job
Operational Training Delivery
- Design, deliver and evaluate quality learning and development initiatives for example management and leadership development programmes that meet the needs of Barts Health staff and are aligned to the priorities of the Trust.
- Using an evidenced-based approach keep up to date with best practice, research and developments in leadership and management, healthcare and the wider NHS and weave these into our programme portfolio
- Work with external facilitators and training providers for specific learning and training programmes ensuring the Trust's vision, values and priorities are central to any commissioning/delivery.
- To promote the Trust's equality, diversity and inclusion strategy through everything they do.
To be part of the team marking delegate assessments for programmes accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and City & Guilds (C&G). These include our leadership, management and coaching qualifications and the Award in.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Project Management
- Provide a learning and development service to managers across the Trust who contact the Design and Delivery team with requests for bespoke team development events e.g. behavioural changes, team building, having improved conversations
- Responsible for specific pieces of work as identified by the L&D Manager regarding requests for training and development received outside of the Design and Delivery annual training plan.
- Identify and engage with key stakeholders to build effective working relationships, ensuring they are actively engaged in the diagnosis, design and development of programmes/workshops and that key deliverables are mutually agreed and recorded
- Evaluate and critically review own projects once completed and provide written updates to L&D management team.
Education Technology
Maximise the use of digital engagement tools for all of our programmes and ensure that L&D colleagues are suitably supported to use the same tools.
Actively use the Course Attendance Tracker (CAT) to accurately record course attendance thereby removing the need to keep paper-based registers.
- Provide educational expertise to the TEL/VLE team to assist with the development of learning experiences using instructional design and technology to create bite size learning that increase the accessibility of our programmes
Information Management
- To liaise with the Education Academy administration teams to ensure all relevant course attendance data is monitored and where issues identified draw up plans for addressing these.
- Ensure all learner identifiable data is stored according to Trust policy including hard and soft copy of assessment results, application forms and programme registrations.
- To evaluate and assess internal training using a recognised evaluation model. To liaise with the Learning & Development Managers on reporting impact on achieving overall corporate objectives and/or service improvement .
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Project Management
- Provide a learning and development service to managers across the Trust who contact the Design and Delivery team with requests for bespoke team development events e.g. behavioural changes, team building, having improved conversations
- Responsible for specific pieces of work as identified by the L&D Manager regarding requests for training and development received outside of the Design and Delivery annual training plan.
- Identify and engage with key stakeholders to build effective working relationships, ensuring they are actively engaged in the diagnosis, design and development of programmes/workshops and that key deliverables are mutually agreed and recorded
- Evaluate and critically review own projects once completed and provide written updates to L&D management team.
Education Technology
Maximise the use of digital engagement tools for all of our programmes and ensure that L&D colleagues are suitably supported to use the same tools.
Actively use the Course Attendance Tracker (CAT) to accurately record course attendance thereby removing the need to keep paper-based registers.
- Provide educational expertise to the TEL/VLE team to assist with the development of learning experiences using instructional design and technology to create bite size learning that increase the accessibility of our programmes
Information Management
- To liaise with the Education Academy administration teams to ensure all relevant course attendance data is monitored and where issues identified draw up plans for addressing these.
- Ensure all learner identifiable data is stored according to Trust policy including hard and soft copy of assessment results, application forms and programme registrations.
- To evaluate and assess internal training using a recognised evaluation model. To liaise with the Learning & Development Managers on reporting impact on achieving overall corporate objectives and/or service improvement .
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to Post-graduate level or significant demonstrable equivalent level of experience
- oCIPD qualified or recognised qualification in education or learning and development
Desirable
- oAssessor qualification to enable quality assessment decisions
- oRecognised coaching qualification (Level 5 or above)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience and understanding of evaluating and measuring performance
- oExtensive specialist experience of design, delivery and evaluation of a broad range of learning and development programmes including leadership and management and behavioural skills
- oSignificant and demonstrable experience of delivering accredited leadership and coaching qualifications e.g. ILM/CMI
- oSignificant and demonstrable experience of formal assessment approaches that will ensure our assessment decisions are valid, reliable and relevant.
- oSignificant experience of using digital engagement tools to enhance teaching practice
Knowledge
Essential
- oComprehensive knowledge of leadership and management theory and practices
- oThorough knowledge and understanding of performance management and its implications for Trust effectiveness
- oKnowledge and understanding of the use of technology in education and its significance to education and training in the NHS
- oThorough understanding of quality assurance process for accredited programmes such as ILM
Skills
Essential
- oRole model continuous professional development and contribute to the skills and knowledge development of the Design & Delivery team
- oThe ability to manage a classroom with learners of differing levels of ability.
- oAbility to challenge disruptive and/or poor behaviour in the classroom
- oAn enquiring mind and the ability to undertake wide-ranging research of current and emerging theories and practices in the use of technology in education and training
Other
Essential
- oProvide cover for colleagues as appropriate which may include facilitation of other programmes or workshops
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to Post-graduate level or significant demonstrable equivalent level of experience
- oCIPD qualified or recognised qualification in education or learning and development
Desirable
- oAssessor qualification to enable quality assessment decisions
- oRecognised coaching qualification (Level 5 or above)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience and understanding of evaluating and measuring performance
- oExtensive specialist experience of design, delivery and evaluation of a broad range of learning and development programmes including leadership and management and behavioural skills
- oSignificant and demonstrable experience of delivering accredited leadership and coaching qualifications e.g. ILM/CMI
- oSignificant and demonstrable experience of formal assessment approaches that will ensure our assessment decisions are valid, reliable and relevant.
- oSignificant experience of using digital engagement tools to enhance teaching practice
Knowledge
Essential
- oComprehensive knowledge of leadership and management theory and practices
- oThorough knowledge and understanding of performance management and its implications for Trust effectiveness
- oKnowledge and understanding of the use of technology in education and its significance to education and training in the NHS
- oThorough understanding of quality assurance process for accredited programmes such as ILM
Skills
Essential
- oRole model continuous professional development and contribute to the skills and knowledge development of the Design & Delivery team
- oThe ability to manage a classroom with learners of differing levels of ability.
- oAbility to challenge disruptive and/or poor behaviour in the classroom
- oAn enquiring mind and the ability to undertake wide-ranging research of current and emerging theories and practices in the use of technology in education and training
Other
Essential
- oProvide cover for colleagues as appropriate which may include facilitation of other programmes or workshops
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
