This 18 month fixed term contract (FTC) offers the opportunity to shape the capability and confidence of colleagues working across technical and regulatory areas of the Bank of England. This role designs, delivers and continually improves technical and regulatory learning that supports the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Market Infrastructure Directorate (FMID).
As the UK's central bank, the quality of learning provided directly supports regulatory effectiveness and contributes to the Bank's wider mission to maintain financial stability, making this role both meaningful and impactful. It is a rare opportunity to contribute to learning that truly matters, in a place unlike any other.
About The Team
This role sits within the Technical Training team, which supports PRA and FMID colleagues in building the technical skills and knowledge required to be competent and compliant in role. The work directly supports the PRA's objective to ensure the safety and soundness of firms and the avoidance of disorderly failure, and the FMID's role in maintaining the resilience of financial market infrastructure.
The Technical Training team is a subset of the wider Learning and Organisational Development (L&OD) team, which empowers colleagues across the Bank to develop skills, knowledge, and capabilities to thrive. They are responsible for the central learning offering, facilitating the Bank's core technical and human skills, new joiner experience, internal apprenticeships, digital learning solutions and wider learning resources and capabilities.
The L&OD team is part of the Organisational Capability & Effectiveness (OC&E) function, which equips the Bank with the knowledge and culture needed for high performance. OC&E is part of the People Strategy & Insights (PS&I) division in the People Directorate, which attracts, develops, supports, and retains the people the Bank needs to fulfil its mission.
About This Role
Technical trainers deliver trainer-led sessions across our technical curriculum, in both the physical and virtual classroom, supporting new joiners and colleagues in developing the capabilities required to become competent and compliant in role. The curriculum covers governance, risk and financial markets, as well as the internal supervisory approach for PRA and FMID regulated firms.
Alongside delivery, this role designs and updates learning content to ensure materials remain accurate, current and engaging. This role involves developing new solutions using best‑practice learning design principles to support learning transfer and inclusivity.
This role works closely with business areas to ensure regulatory developments are reflected in the learning framework and collaborates with L&OD colleagues to ensure alignment with wider learning provision. This role also contributes to managing the wider Regulatory Learning Framework (RLF), working with internal subject matter experts (SMEs) and external learning suppliers.
Main Role Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality learning to a variety of audiences: new joiners and those longer in role looking to develop, and to colleagues with a range of knowledge and experience, across supervision and policy roles and seniority.
Design, update and enhance materials and the learning offer.
Work collaboratively with SMEs across the PRA, FMID and wider Bank to ensure learning offer remains current, accurate and aligned to organisational needs.
Translate complex regulatory concepts into engaging, accessible blended learning.
Support the management and continuous improvement of the RLF, including maintain effective relationships with external suppliers.
Partner with business areas and colleagues to support them problem-solve learning needs.
Evaluate the impact that learning solutions, using insights to inform improvements.
Maintain accurate learning records, produce and analyse management information (MI), and ensure effective communication about the learning offer.
Support and partner with the wider L&OD team to elevate performance, enhance the learning offer, and strengthen strategic problem‑solving - building on an already respected and trusted function to further grow its credibility and increase the amount of work we can confidently insource over time.
Role Requirements
Minimum Criteria
Technical and regulatory knowledge covering PRA and FMID objectives and regulated firms, governance, risk management, financial markets.
Relevant experience covering one or more of the following:
Supervisory or regulatory experience within or alongside the PRA; or
Financial services experience giving strong understanding of business models, markets and prudential concepts; or
Specialist regulatory experience in areas such as governance, risk management, capital and liquidity, or financial accounting and analysis.
Facilitation and delivery skills, with the ability to apply an understanding of how adults learn to create engaging sessions and support learner participation and understanding.
Effective learning design skills, with the ability to analyse and distil complex information, work with SMEs to ensure technical accuracy, and create engaging activities, case studies and visual materials.
Essential Criteria
Professional skills including organisation, time‑management and communication (verbal, written and presentation), interpersonal interaction and influencing, alongside the ability to work independently, manage ambiguity and balance competing priorities.
Collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build productive working relationships with SMEs, external suppliers and colleagues across the Bank.
Ability to explain complex regulatory concepts clearly and accessibly across different learning environments.
Desirable Criteria
Knowledge of learning and development theory and practice, including approaches for conducting learning needs analysis, identifying creative solutions, designing engaging learning and designing evaluation processes.
Experience in applying learning and development methodologies (for example ADDIE) in the design and delivery of learning solutions.
Experience working with third-party suppliers to develop or deliver learning solutions.
Skills in developing learning strategies and evaluating learning effectiveness, with the ability to design interventions, apply evaluation models, and use insights to refine and improve learning solutions.
Skills in identifying creative solutions to business challenges, with the ability to generate options and propose innovative approaches.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.
For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.
Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.
Salary and Benefits Information
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.
Salary range as follows:
Leeds circa £62,480 - £70,000
London circa £69,440 - £78,000
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
Private medical insurance and income protection.
National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.
The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.
This role closes on 9th March.
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.
Desired Skills and Experience
Technical and regulatory knowledge covering PRA and FMID objectives and regulated firms, governance, risk management, financial markets.
Relevant experience covering one or more of the following:
Supervisory or regulatory experience within or alongside the PRA; or
Financial services experience giving strong understanding of business models, markets and prudential concepts; or
Specialist regulatory experience in areas such as governance, risk management, capital and liquidity, or financial accounting and analysis.
Facilitation and delivery skills, with the ability to apply an understanding of how adults learn to create engaging sessions and support learner participation and understanding.
Effective learning design skills, with the ability to analyse and distil complex information, work with SMEs to ensure technical accuracy, and create engaging activities, case studies and visual materials.