Head of Learning and Development

Salary

£64,477

Location

Merefield House, Castleford – Hybrid working

Hours

Up to 37

End Date

17/11/2025

Reference

V056/25

About Us

This is fantastic time to join Vico Homes as we launch our bold new growth plans. Our commitment to building more homes for more people has just got bigger and we're planning 10,000 homes over the next 10 years. That's 3,000 more by 2028, aiming for 45,000 by 2035.

We're not just optimistic - we're energised and ready to lead the way. This is about creating vibrant communities, shaping better futures and putting a home within reach for thousands more families. Together, we are the leading provider of homes in our operating area.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do (1,475 colleagues and growing) and we believe learning and development is key to unlocking their potential and achieving our ambitious growth strategy. We're looking for a strategic and passionate Head of Learning and Development to lead all our learning and development activity under our new Vico Academy.

The Role

As the Head of Learning and Development, you'll be a key member of the People and Culture management team. With a newly appointed Executive Director and an updated people and culture strategy, this is an exciting time to help us to deliver on our ambitious growth plans. You'll collaborate with leaders and teams across the organisation to create inclusive, impactful learning experiences that foster growth, resilience and deliver high performance.

We are looking for candidates with the right skills, relevant experience and energy to support us with our ambitious growth strategy and who can live our Vico values:

• Confident with a 'can do' and positive approach
• United in our vision for creating places to be proud of
• Ambitious in our aim of delivering 10,000 new homes and ambitious for all our colleagues
• Caring and can working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders.

If this sounds like you then we want to hear from you. We do not require sector experience and welcome applications from those working in other sectors.

For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact Sarah Cooper, Executive Director of People and Culture, via our Recruitment Team (please email ).

Please note: Final interviews will take place on 27 and 28 November 2025.

Working for Vico Homes

Want to work in a place that values you? Where you're offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You're in the right place

We have a strong and inclusive culture and we're always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.

Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:

• Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Pension - generous employer pension contribution
• Flexible working - we're happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
• Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
• Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
• Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

How to apply and what happens next

• Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
• Complete the supporting information form below with details of how you meet the person specification
• We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one
• Email your supporting information form, and CV if you have one, to before the closing date. Applications close at midnight on the closing date specified
• You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
• We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview

If you have any questions about a career at Vico Homes, you can contact us by email on