Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Swansea
Are you looking for a role with variety and responsibility?
Have you been looking for an opportunity whereby you can liaise and work closely with stakeholders of varying seniority levels?
Can you see yourself as a L&D professional responsible for multiple work strands?
Do you have excellent planning and organisational skills?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
This role sits within the Learning and Corporate Development (LCD) team within Talent, Learning and Development (L&D).
This team centralises the management of external training from the strategic assessment of learning needs to contract management as well as developing training content for non-technical topics, managing communications, engagement, budget and MI data for Talent and L&D.
As this role will cover a variety of work strands, as outlined above, it will be pivotal for the successful candidate to ensure that the needs of all our talent and learning customers are met, through exceptional customer interaction.
This will also be essential in helping the team to lead discussions around learning needs and with comms and engagement. Other areas of responsibility and focuses will include overseeing budgets, training evaluation, training application requests, creation and development of MI data dashboards, continuous improvement and process optimisation.
The role holder will also lead on specific projects as required and will oversee line management of a Learning and Corporate Development Lead.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Candidate Pack.
To be successful in this role you will have extensive experience of L&D processes, particularly with focus on learning needs analysis, training application assessment, budget management and training evaluation.
You will also have experience in MI data reporting from analysis of data sources and of translating this insight into dashboards (representing both quantitative and qualitative data).
You will be an effective communicator and will have the ability to deliver communication initiatives, sharing bespoke messages to different audiences, with different needs.
You will also be proficient in using Microsoft tools such as Excel, Word, Forms and Power Automate.
With the requirement to oversee various work streams you will also be highly organised with the ability to work at pace to meet set deadlines.
Additional Information
This role can be based in Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham or Swansea, your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. This role is suitable for hybrid working, and therefore a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements. Hybrid working is a non-contractual arrangement where employees have the flexibility to work remotely combined with a minimum of 60% of their working time a month at either their principal workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, to carry out separate duties at alternative working locations or DVSA sites. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.
If you have questions regarding how hybrid working is practiced within the business area, or any reasonable adjustments or flexible working arrangements you may currently have or need in place if successful in your application, please contact the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details).
Whilst we welcome applications from part-time applicants, successful candidates will be required to work a minimum of 30 hours per week (Monday-Thursday).
Occasional travel and overnight stays will be expected across the UK for meetings.
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CIPD or equivalent L&D qualifications or willing to study
Willingness to work towards a Continual Professional Development (CPD)
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Alongside your salary of £34,233, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency contributes £9,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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