Learning and Development Specialist

5 days ago


Milton Keynes UK, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom The Sowerby Group Part time

Learning and Development Specialist

Salary: £37,000 pa + good range of benefits

Permanent: 36.5 hours per week – part time or flexible working considered

Location: Milton Keynes – Hybrid – 2 days per week office based.

My client is World Vision UK an international children’s charity whose primary focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. World Vision helps children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by their Christian faith.


As a Learning and Development Specialist, you'll play a key and pivotal role in designing and delivering development interventions to support the delivery of learning and talent management priorities as well as supporting WVUK’s diversity and inclusion agenda.

You will work closely with the Chief People Officer, HR, Internal Communications and Heads of Departments to identify capability needs, designing and delivering blended learning and development interventions across the organisation, and tracking progress to demonstrate added value to WVUK.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Commission, signpost, advise, create or deliver learning/training which is appropriate for WVUK and aligns with the charity’s Thriving People Strategy. This includes personal, leadership, team building and development.
  • Manage and deliver ongoing improvements to the induction and on-boarding programme. Review WVUK’s current L&D provision.
  • Work with colleagues to embed interventions and training solutions which support the diversity and inclusion priorities.
  • Implement various learning methods across the organisation, including designing and delivering e-learning courses, workshops and other training.
  • Track budgets and negotiate contracts.

World Vision’s Christian identity underpins everything they do, so as an active Christian (*Permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of The Equality Act 2010), this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

Come join World Vision’s 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories

In addition to the salary offered, WVUK offers good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking at the Milton Keynes office.

If you believe you have the skills and experience World Vision is seeking, and you have an active and committed Christian faith which can be supported with a pastoral reference, please send your CV and covering letter to the email address provided by the closing date of Friday 15th November.


Please note this role is only open to those who have full eligibility to live and work in the UK as there is no opportunity for World Vision to offer sponsorship. Due to the nature of the role, only those applicants with an active and committed Christian faith, supported with a Pastoral Reference ,will be considered.


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