Leadership Development Specialist

2 weeks ago


United Kingdom Lifeways Group Full time


Job Title:Leadership Development Specialist

Position Type: Permanent / Full-Time

Hours of work: 37.5 Hours per week

Function: Learning & Development

Salary£35K - £45K

Reporting to:Senior Leadership & Talent Partner

Location: Remote -require frequent travel across the UK

The Lifeway’s Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist support services for people with complex needs. We are striving to be revolutionary in our sector and currently on a transformational journey to become the Care Provider of Choice by 2026 - through new process, digital solutions / tools, and more efficient ways of working, helping our people deliver the best care to the people we support. We would love to invite you to be part of this

We are investing massively in our Leadership Learning and Talent space, to ensure our leaders can rely on professional development and support throughout their career with Lifeways, as we continue to transform every day.

As the Leadership Development Specialist, you will play a vital role in developing our existing managers and preparing our leaders of the future, fostering a growth mindset, and learning culture aligned with Lifeway’s CHOICE values and leadership behaviours.

This role is primarily aimed at nurturing talent and enhancing leadership capabilities within the group.

This role will facilitate the professional growth of emerging leaders and managers through the design and delivery of targeted mentoring, coaching and development programs. They will support the Senior Leadership & Talent Partner with the ongoing review and evolution of the Group's leadership, management, and organisational development workstreams.

This role will require frequent travel across the UK as required.

Role Responsibilities

  • Schedule, deliver and manage leadership development programmes and activities across the group.
  • Design a range of learning and behaviour change interventions that will enhance the capabilities of Lifeways’ leadership teams. Consult with key stakeholders to identify leadership development needs in response to bespoke development requests.
  • Deliver / Facilitate customised leadership development sessions either face to face or virtually
  • Support the collation, development and maintenance of a comprehensive suite of blended learning that enhances leaders’ skills and knowledge in core management competencies and behaviours.
  • Provide one-on-one coaching to identified and agreed high potential individuals, existing and emerging leaders.
  • Utilise a variety of leadership development tools to elevate leaders’ awareness of their opportunities to enhance their capability.
  • Coach, mentor and support leadership apprentices across the group to achieve and complete their programme in a timely fashion.
  • Coach, mentor and support leadership apprentices across the group to achieve and complete their Level 3 and Level 5 Apprenticeship programmes in a timely fashion.
  • Promote internal leadership development opportunities, ensuring high utilisation of leadership development activities, workshops and resources.
  • Utilise a range of methods to conduct thorough evaluations of the effectiveness of leadership development activities.
  • To drive innovation by monitoring, evaluating, and using the technology available to enhance the achievement of meaningful performance improvements and leadership behaviour change.

The ideal candidate will be set up for success by having the following essential skills and experience.

  • Proven expertise in leadership facilitation, motivating and inspiring groups of individuals.
  • Proven knowledge and experience of best practice in leadership development within a complex operationally driven business
  • Demonstrable experience in delivering leadership, management and personal effectiveness programmes to a multi-disciplinary audience at junior and middle management levels
  • Expertise in effective consultation of stakeholders over isolated leadership development needs.
  • Proven ability to introduce new concepts and perspectives to established leaders, especially when challenging established patterns of leadership behaviour.
  • Experience of content and curriculum collation and development, ensuring our training materials are blended and sector leading

Desirable but not essential

  • Insights Discovery accredited practitioner or similar.
  • CIPD L3 or Education and Training Award L3.
  • Experience of developing effective relationships with operationally pressured leaders.
  • Experience of facilitating mentoring and coaching support for leaders working through programmes of learning, such as internal development initiatives and apprenticeships.
  • Experience in the application of experiential learning approaches such as action learning and LEGO play to embed learning and positive behaviour change.

Please apply with a supporting CV and Application form highlighting how you meet the requirements above.

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