Learning & Development Facilitator
Band 6 (Agenda for Change)
This is a fantastic opportunity to come and join us at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. Do you have a background and experience within learning and development? Do you have a natural flare for developing people and helping to deliver continuous professional development? This is an exciting time to come and join us, in supporting the Trust to deliver an exceptional learning development experience, introducing a blended learning approach both virtually and face to face.
You will be working within the Learning and Development service and will be expected to deliver a quality and customer focused service through innovative design and delivery techniques/methods focused on equipping our managers and staff to reach their full potential. Learning development and capability is a key component to deliver the Trust strategy. In particular, it is vital to the people strategy ambition which is to create the best place to work for our staff and to ensure we have a workforce that have the right values, skills, diversity and experience to meet the evolving needs of our service users.
You will have the ability to adapt and deliver a wide range of learning and development interventions – management development, soft skills, core/essential skills, coaching, mentoring, appraisals, and more. You will be supporting the Senior Learning and Development facilitator in supporting our staff to develop effective people and management skills.
A relevant Undergraduate degree qualification or equivalent training or substantial experience in a management/training role within learning and development field is essential. You will also have a formal qualification in teaching e.g. PTTLS or Post Graduate Certificate in Education. You must be an excellent communicator who can quickly establish credibility with colleagues at all levels within the organisation.
You will have experience of working in a fast paced environment and have the ability and resilience to adapt to changing requirements whilst maintaining a quality and customer focused service.
This is a full time, permanent post.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sunny Basra Job title: Learning & Development Manager Email address: sunny.basra@nhs.net Telephone number: 0121 301 3950