Job Description
About the Role:
A renowned Cambridge institution is seeking an experienced, practical, and people-focused Learning and Development Manager to establish and lead its first dedicated Learning and Development function.
This is a unique opportunity to design and implement a training strategy from the ground up—supporting a varied and multi-disciplinary workforce through structured learning, leadership development, and compliance-based training. The successful candidate will help embed a culture of continuous development and play a key role in demonstrating the long-term value of this new post.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead an institution-wide Training Needs Analysis (TNA) to identify development priorities across operational and professional departments.
2. Design and implement a core curriculum of training, tailored to both departmental and organisational needs, including:
3. Health & Safety and compliance
4. Management and supervisory skills
5. Leadership coaching
6. Technical and role-specific training
7. Deliver in-house sessions and appoint trusted external providers where specialist expertise is required.
8. Support and expand the apprenticeship programme and other structured pathways.
9. Develop systems to mea...