Programme Designer and Educationalist

**Programme Designer and Educationalist Location**: Sydenham / Hybrid Department: Professional Learning Team Hours: 36 hours per week will consider 28.8 hours per week Salary: £51,938 per annum About us This is a fantastic opportunity to work at a leading Hospice who aspires to a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to care and support, whenever and wherever they need it. St Christophers Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders and formed part of the modern hospice movement. Proudly celebrating over 50 years and with a turnover of over £20 million, we provide invaluable care and support to over 7,500 people across the five London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. The Professional Learning Team at St Christophers CARE exists to advance palliative and end of life care around the world through the delivery of cutting-edge and high impact products.

We are a team of educationalists, lecturers, associates and support staff who create and deliver a wide variety of learning opportunities for a broad range of health and social care professionals. We support learners, both in person and virtually from a range of professional contexts to enhance their skills, knowledge and understanding of end of life care and provide a space for people to think differently about death dying and loss. Based out of St Christophers CARE, our three-story centre incorporates a number of flexible learning spaces, including a lecture theatre, virtual teaching rooms, library (with free resources), digital support area, skills lab, bright meeting rooms and a fabulous roof garden. Your new role The Programme Designer and Educationalist has a critical role in ensuring the quality of learning made available through CARE, primarily for professionals involved in palliative and end of life care.

The postholder will strongly influence the design and style of delivery of learning for professionals on offer, bringing knowledge and confidence as an educationalist to shape and enhance a broad variety of education and training events, courses and products. We offer a supportive working environment which includes flexibility around hybrid working. As the Programme Designer and Educationalist you will be responsible for the following: Shaping, then supporting the programme of learning for professionals delivered via CARE, reflective of new opportunities and evaluation and feedback on past events Guiding the work of Delivery Team members as they plan and evaluate specific events, courses of on line offers Proposing developments of technological and other infrastructural developments that facilitate and ensure high quality learning Advising internal committees and leaders regarding education related advancements related to workforce development at St Christophers To succeed in this role You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with a qualification as an educationalist, in addition, a health and social care qualification is desirable You will have extensive experience of delivering a variety of education and training You will have experience of co-designing education and training You should have experience of guiding and supporting other people in the design and delivery of education and training offers You will need to be an excellent communicator, both written and verbal with strong interpersonal skills You will have high levels of IT competency If this sounds like you, we will be excited to hear from you Benefits of joining St Christophers You will gain a stimulating and rewarding career with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department, with working from home options Access to excellent training and development opportunities Season ticket loans A number of health and wellbeing schemes A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan Access to plenty of free local street parking.