L&D Consultant – AI and Data Upskilling

## L&D Consultant – AI and Data Upskilling Apply locations:
London:
Leeds:
Edinburgh time type:
Full time posted on:
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End Date:
July 13, 2026 (10 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR0021865
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* Job Title:

L&D Consultant – AI and Data Upskilling
**** Division:
** Human Resources
** Department**:
Organisational Capability
* ** Salary:
** National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,300 to £65,000 and London from £46,400 to £69,500 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
* ** This role is graded as:
** Senior Associate – Corporate
* ** Your external recruitment contact is
** Benjamin via
* ** Your internal recruitment contact
** is Lauren via
* Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The Organisational Capability team works with ExCo and leadership teams, to develop capability to meet evolving needs and deliver our Mission. We also partner with the business to identify and deliver training and professional development. Tools such as our employee survey provide insights to help inform our effectiveness and our priorities.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the design and delivery of an integrated AI and data upskilling programme aligned to the FCA’s evolving digital capability model.

The FCA is moving from a standalone data literacy and AI awareness approach to a capability-led model that integrates AI, data, and business skills, positioning training as a core enabler of safe and effective technology adoption, alongside governance and tooling. Over an initial six-month period, you will play a central role in shaping learning interventions that:
* Sequence skills development alongside tooling and technological capability
* Move colleagues beyond baseline awareness towards applied, role-specific use of AI and data
* Support the development of professional judgement, process thinking, and responsible use of automation and AIYou will contribute to a broader objective to enable greater AI maturity and a data-led mindset at scale, ensuring colleagues can use the appropriate technology confidently, safely, and in ways that improve business processes and regulatory outcomes.

Role responsibilities
* Design integrated learning interventions combining AI literacy, data literacy and core business skills, translating strategic concepts such as tool readiness, professional judgement and safe AI use into practical, applied experiences that build confidence and capability
* Sequence learning alongside tool and technology adoption by collaborating with HR, DTI and business areas, ensuring training reinforces trust, enables process and automation thinking, and improves workflow design capability
* Define and communicate tool readiness requirements across roles and cohorts, aligning capability development with organisational needs to support effective and scalable AI and data adoption
* Develop scenario-based, role-specific learning grounded in real organisational workflows, enabling colleagues to apply AI and data skills directly within their day-to-day responsibilities
* Embed behavioural and judgement-focused learning that promotes safe and ethical AI use, deepens understanding of data governance and accountability, and supports effective manager role modelling
* Pilot targeted learning interventions with defined cohorts, evaluating effectiveness through behavioural change, process efficiency and quality outcomes, and refining approaches using data-driven feedback
* Engage and align stakeholders across HR, DTI and business functions to co-create learning solutions that are strategically aligned, operationally relevant and scalable across the organisation
* Contribute to organisational capability building by shaping integrated AI, data and digital upskilling approaches, helping shape how training, tooling and governance combine to enable…