Learning and Development Specialist

West Sussex County Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job description

With excellent collaborative ability and exceptional communication skills?

Keep reading to find out more about this fantastic opportunity within our Learning and Development function.

The Opportunity

Salary: £42,708 to £45,718 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: County Hall, Chichester and working from home (Hybrid)

Interview date: 07 and 09 May 2025

As a Learning and Development Specialist you will be working as part of a team of Learning and Development Specialists. The Learning and Development team are professional, enthusiastic, creative and empowering. The team support WSCC staff and our partners to develop the skills and knowledge to undertake their roles effectively, creating a culture of continuous learning and growth, whilst also working in ways that role model our values and cultural aspirations.

You will design and deliver learning activities within a quality and professional framework, ensuring that learning objectives are met, using a range of methods including:

• Face to face training courses
• Online courses delivered via webinar using MS Teams
• Interactive workshops and group facilitation

With a core focus on Management and Leadership Development, you will support all areas of Corporate Learning and Development. This includes supporting service priorities such as the embedding of good quality management practice and delivering the Mental Health First Aider training.

You will be designing and delivering learning solutions that best meet the needs of our learners and internal stakeholders, working from an initial specification from the Learning and Development or Organisational Development Consultant.

What are we looking for?

In addition to you having a professional learning and development qualification or relevant experience, you will need to:

• Have excellent collaborative working abilities, be effective in working in partnership to co-design solutions, and be able to think strategically.
• Have confident presentation skills.
• Have the ability to work proactively and think creatively to produce learning solutions that achieve desired outcomes effectively, efficiently and within timeframes.
• Be able to establish and maintain credible working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Reflect our values and our empowering culture in all that you do, including the way you work with others, focusing on abilities, enablement, and solutions to achieve desired outcomes.
• Have a drive to support and enable others, to be the best that they can be and provide a great service.
• Demonstrate professional knowledge of management practice and theories including coaching, management fundamentals and change management.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00921.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact James Hodge Manager (Learning & development) at For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.