Staff Development Consultant (Learning & Events)

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 the 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 within the SD, OD teams, EDI and the wider HR team
• Chairing or advising Staff Development groups representing different sections of an organisation. 

We are UAL 

For the fifth year running, University of the Arts London is the world’s second University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings® 2023. Our diverse and talented community comprises over 5,000 academic, professional, and technical staff. Together we are committed to social purpose. This includes creating a better and more sustainable world and championing race equality.  

We offer highly creative working environments that inspire staff across all areas to fulfil their potential and continuous training to further develop their skills and expertise. We also offer hybrid and flexible working practices, and excellent staff benefits to improve your work life balance.  

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Closing date: 10 April 2023.

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. 

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

Candidates are advised to submit applications early.

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