Learning & Organisational Development Manager at University of Bath
Job Description
The Workforce Development team in the Department of Human Resources wish to appoint a Learning & Organisational Development Manager!
The department has recently brought the design and delivery of our leadership and management development in-house and we need to consolidate that change. You will relish working with stakeholders across a diverse organisation to define and provide growth experiences for our leaders and managers.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Providing expertise and leadership for the University in the areas of leadership and management development.
- Analysing organisational needs and develop business cases for investment in collaboration with stakeholders at all levels.
- Designing a comprehensive leadership and management development programme for staff across the University
- Delivering foundational and strategic training products
- Managing external suppliers of learning and learning software solutions
- Acting as an internal consultant to projects, programmes, and departments across the University, delivering bespoke solutions
- Enhancing the quality and impact of staff development work by introducing new and best-practice methods where appropriate.
About you:
You will enjoy designing & delivering learning experiences that make a difference to people and teams – both as part of a strategic approach to development, and in concert with colleagues who are working on complex change initiatives. You do not need to have worked in Higher Education before but experience designing or implementing effective development interventions within a complex organisation is critical. You will demonstrate:
- An ability to deal with stakeholders at all levels
- Curiosity; asking questions and evaluating evidence and ideas, to create insight and understand the whole.
- The ability to make the most of opportunities to learn, improve and innovate.
- Effective & pragmatic decision making.
About the team:
We are a small, agile team that sits within the wider HR department. We run day-to-day processes alongside projects that have team, departmental and University-level impact. We are collaborative, supportive and valued; delivering meaningful change that lasts.
In addition to learning & organisational design/development, the wider team also covers academic promotion, reward, & people data insights.
Further information
This is a part-time role, working 0.8 FTE (29.2 hours per week).
This is an exceptionally exciting role with a broad & thrilling remit and, as a critical part of the Workforce Development team, you will work closely with incredible people from all corners of our organisation. we encourage you to contact Ed Webster, Deputy Director of Workforce Development (ejw85@bath.ac.uk) for an informal discussion about the scope of the role and what it would offer you and your future career.
What we can offer you:
Find out more about our benefits.
We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected & encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality & intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award.
