Learning Lead - Mental Health - NW Based - Driver Required

To manage and deliver a professional learning and organisational development service that contributes to the ongoing development of our people and drives both individual and business performance.

This role will have a dedicated focus on our Mental Health division, partnering with leaders and teams across our Independent Hospitals and Community Mental Health Services to identify, design and deliver learning and organisational development initiatives. Supporting the development of a skilled, engaged and high-performing workforce, ensuring that people development activity aligns with organisational priorities and the delivery of high-quality Mental Health services.

• With a business partnering approach work with key managers to identify individual and collective training needs using a robust learning needs analysis methodology.
• Lead the ongoing development and coordination of a local learning framework aligned to the business workforce plan to ensure there are sufficient individuals, skill levels and experience requirements in place to meet current and future service demands.
• Support and manage the local delivery of OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that support AFG’s ambition to be a high performing organisation.
• Influence our learning culture to promote self-learning, personal mastery, continuous improvement, and reflective practice.
• Manage and support the delivery of all Mental Health training interventions through the Learning Partners.
• Design, develop and deliver training solutions that meet business needs through a wide variety of training methods.
• Review and look to optimise existing training processes for efficiency.
• Produce clear evaluation reports using qualitative and quantitative data for all training programmes and other specific development work undertaken.
• Audit and assess opportunities and risks relating to levels of workforce competence and practice with a view to taking local action to continually improve.
• Facilitate improvements in standards of professional and regulatory practice by contributing to the ongoing development, improvement and implementation of policy and practice changes.
• Line manage, coach and develop the Learning Partner team.
• Utilise and manage external relationships, such as training providers, to develop and deliver training requirements.
• Work within the agreed L&OD budget and manage spend against your allocated budget items during the year.
• Provide 1:1 coaching and ongoing support following requests from key customers.
• Liaise with external training providers to source specific business requests.
• Keep up to date with the latest training trends, developments, legislation, and best practices.
• Product Owners who support organisational development projects where there is likely to be an impact on the target customer population.
• Support the delivery of specific development interventions for first line managers and above across AFG as agreed with the Learning and Organisational Development Manager.
• Keep abreast of developments and best practice within the training & development field and health & social care sector to enhance and maintain the reputation of the Learning & OD team.
• Detailed knowledge of policies applicable to area of work and working knowledge of all relevant other policies
• To be flexible in order to both deliver training and support to the multiple sites within the Mental Health Division of AFG.
• To carry out any other training related duties / work as requested by the Learning and Organisational Development Manager.

• Participate fully in training and development and any external training as required.
• Attend and actively participate in supervision sessions and performance reviews.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings.
• Develop and share skills to aid in the provision and improvement of support.

• With a business partnering approach work with key managers to identify individual and collective training needs using a robust learning needs analysis methodology.
• Lead the ongoing development and coordination of a local learning framework aligned to the business workforce plan to ensure there are sufficient individuals, skill levels and experience requirements in place to meet current and future service demands.
• Support and manage the local delivery of OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that support AFG’s ambition to be a high performing organisation.
• Influence our learning culture to promote self-learning, personal mastery, continuous improvement and reflective practice.
• Manage and support the delivery of all Mental Health training interventions through the Learning Partners.
• Design, develop and deliver training solutions that meet business needs through a wide variety of training methods.
• Review and look to optimise existing training processes for efficiency.
• Produce clear evaluation reports using qualitative and quantitative data for all training programmes and other specific…