Cumbria County Council Hiring for Organisational Development and Workforce Training Coordinators at Kendal Full Time

Job title
Organisational Development and Workforce Training Coordinators CS463e
Job reference
REQ00000013119
Date posted
22/11/2021
Application closing date
09/01/2022
Location
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Salary
31,346 – 32,234
Package
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37

Full time
Job category/type
OTHER
Attachments
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Job description
Salary: 31,346 – 32,234

Hours: 37 hours per week

Workbase: Remote working with some travel to workbases across Cumbria

Contract: We have 2 x 12-month fixed term contracts available
Secondments will be considered. Please contact [email protected] to discuss in more detail.

We have two exciting opportunities available to join our successful Organisational Development and Workforce Training team, where your work will make a direct and tangible difference to our workforce’s performance, wellbeing and culture.
Our vibrant Organisational Development and Workforce Training Team provides support to the organisaion, teams and staff development through a variety of mediums to support a modern council and also offers a broad range of learning and development solutions to enable staff to carry out their roles safely, competently and confidently.

About the role
These roles will contribute to the organisation’s future world of work vision by planning, coordinating and delivering on key workstreams to support leading through change initiatives, leadership and management development, wellbeing, coaching and cultural shift interventions.

As a corporate function we work with teams across all directorates from highways to social care to determine their learning needs, provide professional advice on learning solutions and deliver high quality learning and OD interventions, using both traditional and technology based methods.
You’ll be working in a supportive, creative and highly productive environment, where you will be able to flourish and gain valuable experience.

We are looking for* two* individuals who have either excellent demonstrateable skills in detailed coordination and planning of workstreams and/or experience in the delivery of learning through the development and faciliation of blended learning solutions

If you have skills in the following, we would love to hear from you:

Do you have an OD/HR/L&D/leadership and management skillset, with some understanding and experience of delivering change programmes?

Do you have sound transferable coordination and planning skills, prefereably working with Organisational Development, L&D/HR professionals?

Have you got experience of providing support for key projects, able to show initiative and make valid suggestions and improvements?

Are you creative, and solution focused with experience of working in a fast paced environment?

Do you have strong communication skills with the ability to appropriately challenge, communicate, coach and support others through complex projects whilst maintaining good relationships?

Do you have strong influencing and facilitation skills with the ability to appropriately challenge, communicate, coach and support others through change?

Do you have excellent organisational skills, being able to manage multiple priorities at different levels?

If this sounds like you, and you are interested in the role, please apply today. You’ll be working in a supportive, creative and highly productive environment, where you will be able to flourish and gain valuable experience. If this sounds like you, and you are interested in the role, please apply today.

For an informal chat please contact Sarah Fowler ([email protected], 07769 304037).

What the team says:
‘Everyone supports each other and the work is varied and interesting.’

‘My ideas are listened to and I feel empowered to try out new ways of delivering learning.’

Interview information
Closing date: 09/01/2022
Interview date: TBC to be arranged on an individual basis.)

Due to the coronavirus, we are operating virtual interviews. This will preferably be undertaken using the Microsoft Teams software, which is currently free for new users, however if there are any issues with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interviews.

Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss.

What we can offer you
Cumbria County Council is a modern, vibrant place to work offering a range of staff benefits, including:

• Excellent training and development offers

• Flexible working opportunities

• Opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Various perks and discounts schemes, including money off your phone contract and local gyms

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
As an equal opportunities employer, Cumbria County Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Cumbria County Council.

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Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: £31,346.00-£32,234.00 per year