What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Are you a visionary leader ready to revolutionise learning in the social care sector?
At Community Integrated Care, we’re on a mission to deliver the Best Life Possible—and we believe that starts with exceptional learning. We’re looking for a strategic, innovative, and people-focused Head of Learning and Development to lead our national L&D function and shape the future of workforce development.
This is a full-time, permanent post and you will be ideally based within commuting distance from our head office in Widnes with the need for national travel.
What is The Deal for you?
1. Flexibility! You can work your full-time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
2. Hybrid Working! Expect to be in our North West office one or two days a week, with the remainder working from home or visiting services around the country.
3. Benefits: Retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app.
4. Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
5. Dare to Learn: Access to our amazing online training platform where you can upskill taking a variety of courses and qualifications.
6. Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
You’ll lead the design and delivery of our L&D strategy for our 6, colleagues through a team of over 50 L&D professionals and a budget of more than £2m. This is more than a leadership role—it’s an opportunity to transform how learning empowers people while embracing innovation, digital transformation, and sector-leading practices to achieve our organisational goals. Day to Day (list not exhaustive see attached job description)
7. Collaborate across the charities leadership teams to ensure our learning delivers the very best outcomes for the people we support
8. Deliver the L&D 2 year plan ensuring completion of our sector-leading capability framework (GROW), with impactful learner journeys and competency assessments;
9. Drive leadership development, talent growth, and performance across apprenticeships, qualifications, coaching, and more
10. Lead the commercialisation of L&D offerings to generate income and amplify impact both within the charity and across the sector
11. Build external partnerships and influence sector standards
12. Oversee accreditation, compliance, and continuous improvement
13. Drive quality, efficiency and productivity of the training provision to ensure we have a best in sector offering, driving exceptional utilisation and return on investment
14. Inspire and lead a high-performing team to deliver exceptional service across the UK
Your values:
Our ideal Candidate Qualifications, Skills and Experience
15. CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience
16. A proven track record of leading in-house L&D functions in regulated environments
17. Experience with LMS platforms (ideally Cornerstone), accreditation, and coaching
18. Strategic thinking, stakeholder influence, and a passion for innovation
19. A collaborative, resilient, and visionary mindset
You’ll be part of a values-driven organisation that champions inclusion, innovation, and impact. You’ll have the platform to shape sector-leading learning solutions and make a real difference in people’s lives.
Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.