AddressPost Title: Assistant Learning & Organisational Development Business Partner
SBU/Department: Human Resources, Learning & Organisational Development
FTE: 1 fte (working 37 hours per week)
Duration of Contract: Fixed Term Contract (until 30 November 2024 possibility of further extension).
Salary: UH7 £37,099pa to £40,521pa with potential to progress to £44,263pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience
Annual Leave: 30 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year
Location: De Havilland campus, Hatfield
Main duties and responsibilities
We are looking for a proactive Learning and Organisational Development professional to join our highly regarded team of L&OD Business Partners. This is a varied and exciting role and the successful candidate will design, deliver and evaluate a range of development interventions to further organisational effectiveness and staff development and engagement. This will include delivering workshops, leadership and management programmes, team development activities, and other organisational development initiatives to support change.
Skill and experience required
You will have had experience of Learning and Organisational Development, Staff Development or Learning and Development within a complex and diverse organisation. You will be able to design and deliver learning materials on a range of topics and for a variety of audiences as well as manage other organisational development initiatives. Excellent presentation skills, communication and writing skills are a must alongside the ability to deal with frequently changing and multiple priorities whilst managing projects. You will be able to successfully build and develop excellent working relationships across the organisation.
Qualifications required
You will have a minimum of a degree (or equivalent qualifications) or substantial proven experience. You will have a recognised professional qualification (e.g. Associate or Chartered Member of CIPD or equivalent) or be close to completion, or have equivalent substantial proven experience within Learning and Organisational Development / Staff Development / Learning and Development.
Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria.Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.
We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work, or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work, before an offer is made.
Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Serena Yeo, Head of Learning and Organisational Development s.yeo3@herts.ac.uk
Closing Date: 25 March 2024
Interview & Presentation Date: 9 and 10 April 2024
Reference Number: 057975
Date advert placed: 8 March 2024
Our vision is to transform lives and UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics. We recognise there is currently an under-representation of male staff within the HR department, therefore we particularly encourage applications from male candidates. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships, personal and professional development and family friendly policies. #GoHerts.
