Learning and Development Officer
Learning and Development Officer
Help shape practice. Inspire learning. Make a difference for children and families.
Behind every confident practitioner is great learning, great support, and a shared vision of what outstanding practice looks like.
Cheshire West and Chester are looking for a passionate and creative Learning and Development Officer; Practice Model to help bring our children's services practice model to life. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how professionals learn, develop and practice, ensuring children and families receive the very best support at every stage of their journey.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
This isn't a typical training role.
It's about creating meaningful learning experiences, championing professional development, and working with colleagues and partners to embed a strengths-based, trauma-informed and relationship-focused approach across our workforce.
What you'll be doing
You'll work closely with our Practice Model Lead and a wide range of partners to design, coordinate and deliver engaging learning opportunities that help our workforce grow and thrive.
From developing innovative training programmes and facilitating workshops, to evaluating impact and identifying future learning needs, you'll play a key role in ensuring our practice model is understood, valued and consistently applied across children's services.
You'll also:
- Design and deliver engaging learning and development programmes.
- Create evidence-informed training content through a trauma-informed and systemic lens.
- Work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners.
- Analyse feedback, learning outcomes and workforce development needs.
- Support practice development events, forums and networking opportunities.
- Help drive continuous improvement and innovation across children's services.
About you
We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic about learning and passionate about helping others develop.
You'll be someone who can make complex ideas easy to understand, build positive relationships with a wide range of people, and inspire confidence in others. You're equally comfortable facilitating a training session, analysing feedback data, or developing new ideas to improve learning outcomes.
You'll ideally bring:
- Experience in learning and development, training, workforce development or a related field.
- Knowledge of how adults learn and how to create engaging learning experiences.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Experience identifying learning needs and evaluating impact.
- The ability to work collaboratively and influence across teams and organisations.
- A commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.
- Knowledge of trauma informed practice and systemic practice.
Why join us?
You'll become part of a service that is committed to continuous improvement, innovation and investing in its people.
In return we offer:
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Employee discounts and wellbeing support
- Family-friendly policies and flexible benefit
Ready to make an impact?
If you're passionate about learning, development and helping professionals deliver outstanding support to children and families, we'd love to hear from you.
Salary: Grade 9 SCP 27-31 (£39,481 - £43,149)
For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Anna Johnson on 0151 356 6550 / Anna.Johnson@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and children. It’s a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults at risk, children, or both).
To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk
Candidates may use AI tools to support proofreading, editing and presentation. However, all application materials should represent the candidate's own experience, perspectives and thinking. We are seeking original and authentic responses, and applicants should ensure that any submission reflects their own analysis, judgement and vision for the role. No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.
Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £13.45 per hour for all contracted hours.
For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.
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Salary range
- £39,481 - £43,149 per year