Learning & Development Facilitator

Job Overview

The NIHR South Central Regional Research Delivery Network has an exciting opportunity to join our Workforce Development Team.

This role offers flexibility with a hybrid working model, allowing you to split your time between working from home and our offices in Southampton or Oxford. Travel within the South Central region will be required and so a full driving licence and/or access to transport is important.

Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

The Learning and Development Facilitator will have responsibility for the design, development and delivery of training and workforce development programme delivery as part of the NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Workforce Development function.

This role will implement shared national processes for commissioning, designing, delivering and evaluating learning and work with the Workforce and People Senior Manager to understand regional workforce needs and design and deliver solutions.

This role will act as a source of advice and guidance regarding research related training and support regional facilitators to develop in their roles to ensure the sustained delivery of high quality training.

The postholder will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the complex research process, be an effective facilitator and have highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.

Working for our organisation

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Do you have experience of working in a research delivery environment, and are you passionate about research and training?

The Learning and Development Facilitator will design, develop and deliver training to the research delivery workforce in the South Central region.

You will find the person specification document attached, which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application, as hiring managers use these criteria as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail, please read the full job description document attached.

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

1. Postgraduate qualification (eg. Postgraduate Diploma) or equivalent relevant experience
2. Evidence of ongoing, relevant Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Desirable criteria

1. Recognised teaching qualification
2. Specialist health and care research training

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

1. Experience of working in a research environment (NHS, University, Industry)
2. Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating effective learning interventions
3. Experience of using virtual meeting and learning platforms such as Moodle, Zoom, MS Teams and Google Meet
4. Experience in developing and maintaining successful working relationships in a multidisciplinary environment
5. Knowledge of research governance and related regulations

Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

1. High Level of IT competence including word processing, Google Workspace applications, MS Office applications, Access and presentation packages