Learning & Development Advisor

2 weeks ago


Birkenshaw South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom Networking Women in the Fire Service Full time

Learning & Development Advisor.

Fire Service HQ, Birkenshaw, with frequent travel to fire stations across the county of West Yorkshire.

£28,282 to £29,269 per annum.

[National Pay Award pending usually from 1 April 2024].

Are you passionate about helping people to be even better at their jobs through learning and development?

This role supports WYFRS by enabling our firefighters to achieve competence, supporting them and their managers with NVQs, promotion and enabling their professional development. You will play a key role in advising colleagues and managers on a range of L&D activities, including coaching, apprenticeships, courses, qualifications, and appraisals.

What we offer: an excellent package including generous holiday entitlement, family friendly working, 37 hour week flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, local government pension scheme, free onsite parking, Sports and Social Club with free use of gym, an Employee Assistance Program, car salary sacrifice scheme.

Job Purpose: To assist in the delivery and coordination of Learning and Development services to all staff within WYFRS, supporting, guiding, mentoring and advising colleagues to enable achievement or and maintenance of competence alongside professional and personal development.

Key Responsibilities:

· support candidates with their NVQs and online development portfolios, conducting internal quality assurance, mentoring assessors and IQAs and maintaining data tracking systems for compliance and reporting purposes.

· provide guidance and support for employees on career development, appraisals, learning interventions and career development opportunities, playing a key role in coordinating and supporting learning and development projects and events.

Essential requirements: You will

· be an all-around learning and development advisor, with experience of the whole learning cycle.

· have experience of accredited learning, i.e. NVQs.

· be fantastic at using MS Office products (training will be provided) and be able to use online systems and processes such as databases.

· be incredibly organised, yet creative. You will understand how important the planning, logistics, coordination, and evaluation are in effective learning programmes and will have demonstrable experience.

· either hold an appropriate Level 3 qualification in coaching & mentoring Level 3 or have extensive experience.

· We would love it if you also have a Level 3 Learning and Development professional qualification such as the Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector or trainers’ certificate; if you don’t have this, you’ll need to demonstrate your experience.

· We are keen on developing you too, so, if you don’t have a Quality Assurance Qualification, we’ll help you to achieve it – all we ask is that you do so within six months.

We offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working. Whilst you will be required to work from our offices for parts of your initial training, after this you’ll work both in the office and from home as part of our ‘hybrid’ working model. Therefore, applicants must have a reliable home internet connection.

The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check and the possession of current valid driving licence.

Joining a first-rate organisation, you will have the job satisfaction of knowing each day that you are contributing to the success of one of just six metropolitan fire and rescue services in the UK, supporting over 950 firefighters who work round the clock to help people and save lives.

We are a caring organisation, promote an environment of inclusivity and learning and welcome people from all walks of life – just as long as you can show commitment to our values such as integrity and teamwork.

We offer an excellent package as outlined above. Job share applicants welcome.

For further details of this and all our vacancies and to apply online please visit

Closing date for all applications is midnight Sunday 19 May 2024.

We are an equal opportunities employer; we value and celebrate equality, diversity & neurodiversity and inclusion. We particularly welcome candidates from communities that are currently under-represented at WYFRS, including women, ethnically or racially diverse applicants and applicants with disabilities. We can offer support and adjustments for candidates and staff who experience barriers to work that result from health conditions or Specific Learning Differences, such as dyslexia.

WYFRS is a ‘Real Living Wage’ employer and have been rated ‘good’ by HMICFRS in all areas of our service.

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