Staff Development Consultant (Learning & Events)

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The opportunity

UAL is looking for a Staff Development Consultant to join the diverse and talented People Strategy hub team within HR. This is an exciting time to be joining UAL; we have a new University Strategy, and the new People Strategy will be launched imminently. Anti-racism, Inclusion, Social Purpose are core UAL priorities and the Staff Development team will be focused on these areas to support staff and students to reach their full potential. 

The role will work on full learning cycle of activities including designing, curating, procuring, developing, delivering and evaluating development programmes including induction, personal effectiveness, digital and management and leadership development, working with subject matter experts in the EDI and digital teams as appropriate, to provide a range of activities in various formats and available on different digital platforms. This includes blended programmes, eLearning, in person and virtual group sessions and briefings. 

About you

You will have extensive staff development experience covering the full training cycle, with internal consultancy and coaching skills, preferably gained in large complex organisations. Your experience will range from delivering core programming to managing large-scale roll out programmes. You will also use your facilitation skills to deliver induction programmes, personal effectiveness programmes and work with external providers to keep our management development and digital offering relevant and up to date. 

In practice, you should have experience of: 

• Identifying learning needs and developing programmes aligned to strategy
• Designing, curating, and facilitating training and events 
• Project managing and delivering large scale rollout learning projects
• Building relationships and trust in large complex organisations
• Collaborating with colleagues with the SD, OD teams, EDI and the wider HR team
• Charing or advising Staff Development groups representing different sections of an organisation.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

Our culture

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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