Kisharon Langdon has an exciting opportunity for a Learning and Organisation Development Advisor to join their growing team in North London.
Kisharon Langdon are a newly merged charity offering a wider breadth of services of enhanced quality, enabling us to better support people with learning disabilities and autism and their families. From nursery and school to further education, through to employment opportunities and supported living, Kisharon Langdon will enable people with learning disabilities and autism to thrive and realise their ambitions and aspirations. Whilst we support the Jewish community, we celebrate and benefit from the diversity of the communities in which we are based and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
The Role:
Reporting to the Assistant Director (AD) – Organisation Development (OD) & Culture, this is a new role which will support the implementation of Learning & Organisation Development initiatives that are accessible across the recently merged organisation, and be responsible for managing the learning and development activities, contributing to the wider people and culture strategy, and supporting transformation in the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Champion a values-based culture of continuous learning and improvement including training and development opportunities.
• Contribute to the strategy for developing the organisation and its culture in line with strategic objectives.
• Work with the AD – OD & Culture to design and implement OD priorities including L&D, wellbeing, employee engagement, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, succession and talent planning, culture development initiatives, and other employee development programmes.
• Provide advice and coaching to develop leadership and management capability, through learning and development activities, performance management frameworks, and the development and implementation of skill booster sessions to support people management skills.
About You:
Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience and CIPD level 5, equivalent, or working towards. You will have previous experience of delivering training, learning and development events to different stakeholder groups. Train the Trainer qualification is desirable however experience and values are also very important to our organisation. You will have experience managing some or all of: scoping and providing L&D needs; developing leadership and management capability; improving performance management frameworks incl. appraisal and successfully developing and implementing schemes for employee engagement, wellbeing, EDI, succession and talent planning. You will be a confident communicator with excellent written and oral skills and comfortable presenting in a group setting.
What we offer:
• 20 days holiday, plus bank holidays and Jewish holidays
• Pension
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme with free access to independent advice, support and counselling on a wide range of issues
• Personal Development and career progression opportunities
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For more information and to be personally recommended for the role, please contact melissa@theworkavenue.org.uk
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