Grade G £20,651.07 - £22,931.49 per annum.
Contract: Part time, 22.2 hours per week. Permanent.
Role specifics Candidates must hold a recognised HR, training and development (or teaching) or leadership qualification
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application
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The Role
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, Workforce Planning and Development Officer to work in the Organisational Learning and Development team. The role will be focused on planning the delivery of learning and development activities across the council, schools and children’s and adult’s social care settings.
You will be involved in identifying development needs, planning the activities and evaluating the outcomes. You will have a focus on ensuring legal, ethical and regulatory responsibilities are met, such Ofsted and CQC.
You will engage and consult with a range of stakeholders including managers, staff, partners, schools and commissioned services to identify their workforce training needs and provide advice and guidance on activities to meet those needs.
You will be responsible for commissioning training providers and suppliers and promoting the training online and through social media.
Here is your chance to make a real difference to people who work in Bolton helping to improve skills and the services we deliver.
About You
As an enthusiastic and highly motivated person, you will use your verbal communication skills to engage and influence others at all levels.
You may not have worked in a learning and development environment previously, but you will have a passion for making a difference to individuals, services and organisations.
You will have be resilient and flexible and enjoy working in complex and changing environments. You’ll also need to be highly organised and self-disciplined, with experience of project management and following commissioning processes.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the comitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk