Learning and Development Manager

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has a great opportunity for a Learning and Development Manager to join our HR & OD team on a permanent part-time (28 hours per week) basis.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is a professional body, a membership organisation and an international publisher with the goal of advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.  With over 600 employees, based in Cambridge, London and internationally we do this by publishing high quality chemistry journals, books and magazines, by engaging with our members and by interacting with our community to raise the profile of chemistry and ensuring high quality standards within the chemical sciences.

Our employees are essential to what we do and providing them with the skills and knowledge to enable them to achieve the organisation’s goals is key to our success. In this role, you will contribute to our strategic direction by identifying capabilities and developing, delivering and evaluating the success of training and learning and development interventions for individuals, teams and the organisation to enable us to deliver our strategic priorities and future ambition. You will be part of our HR & OD Management team, with responsibility for a circa £200,000 training budget and currently 2 direct reports.

We are looking for: 

• Previous experience managing a learning and development team or function.
• Previous experience of designing and implementing training needs analysis, designing and managing learning and development programmes and initiatives to support organisation needs.
• Experience of designing and introducing engaging performance management processes
• Analytical and reporting skills together with experience of using data to drive L&D decisions.
• Experience of design and delivery of engaging and impactful L&D solutions.
• Experience of managing talent programmes, including graduate/apprentice programmes.

The Royal Society of Chemistry supports development and offers excellent benefits. The contractual base for this role is our Cambridge office, however we are currently embracing hybrid working, and therefore you will have the opportunity to work from a location other than this, as agreed with your line manager. Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend the offices as needed for their role.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply before the end of our closing date.

View and download the full job description here.