Learning and Development Specialist (Talent)

Overview

In this role you will lead the 12-month Beyond Boundaries talent and learning programme within the Fast Stream and Emerging Talent team. You will co-facilitate workshops, coach participants, and drive programme improvements based on feedback and evaluation. You will manage learner support, communications, and post-programme mentoring, while ensuring alignment with wider government learning goals. The position offers cross-team collaboration, data-informed insights, and opportunities to shape civil service development at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• Civil Service Pension scheme
• flexible working options
• commitment to inclusion and diversity
• minimum 25 days’ annual leave (up to 30)
• learning and development tailored to your role
• occupational health and wellbeing support (implied by Civil Service benefits)

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end delivery of the 12-month Beyond Boundaries programme with 11 virtual modules
• Lead and co-facilitate learning workshops
• Provide coaching (one-to-one and group via action learning sets) and guide participants
• Manage pre-work, joining instructions, FAQs, feedback collection, and attendance/evaluation tracking
• Deliver an additional 6 months of post-programme mentoring
• Collaborate across teams to align with programme goals and feed insights into learning evaluation metrics
• Scope and support other Fast Stream and Emerging Talent initiatives and assessments as needed
• Share best practices across the business unit to reinforce a centre of expertise

Key requirements

• Experience facilitating learning events individually and in pairs
• Understanding of adult learning styles and how they shape design and delivery
• Knowledge of evaluation methods and impact measurement with continuous improvement
• Experience in formal coaching and talent development and learning principles
• Excellent knowledge of the wider civil service and career pathways

• collaboration
• relationship building
• open to feedback
• facilitation of training workshops
• coaching tools
• data handling to inform decisions

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