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Join the Wellcome Trust as an L&D Specialist to shape the future of global health through innovative learning programs
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Salary £57490
Location London, UK - Hybrid
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Organisation summary: The Wellcome Trust is a prestigious global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health worldwide. With an ambitious goal to spend £16bn over the next decade, the foundation is at the forefront of addressing significant global health challenges, including mental health, infectious disease, and the intersection of climate and health. Working at Wellcome Trust means contributing to meaningful change and being part of a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and employee development.
- Design and manage central L&D programs and solutions.
- Lead the creation and implementation of new L&D initiatives.
- Enable effective development for staff across the organization.
- Significant experience in designing and delivering soft skills and team development programs.
- Degree level CIPD qualification or equivalent.
- Experience in evaluating learning for continuous improvement.
- Managing L&D providers and technology partners.
- Strong training design and facilitation skills.
- Coaching qualifications or experience, and psychometric tool experience, or willingness to learn.
The Wellcome Trust offers a hybrid work structure with a gradual shift to more in-office days by September 2024, alongside excellent benefits. They advocate for diversity and inclusion, flexible working options, and accommodating recruitment processes for all candidates.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy, and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
As a Learning and Development (L&D) Specialist, you will be working in the Talent team within People reporting to the Associate Director, Talent. You will contribute to our Talent Agenda by designing and managing our central learning and development programmes and solutions. This role has responsibility for core learning and development activity across the organization, leading on the design and implementation of new learning and development initiatives and projects to enable focused and effective development for our people.
Job requirements include significant, proven experience of designing, developing and delivering soft skills training and development, team development and onboarding programmes; Degree level CIPD qualified or equivalent Experience of evaluating learning to drive continuous improvement. Proven experience of managing learning and development providers and technology partners. Demonstrable training design skills and facilitation skills. Coaching qualification and/or experience Psychometric tool experience (e.g., Insights Discover, MBTI, SDI or similar) or willing to develop.
We offer excellent benefits and help our employees to develop in an open, respectful culture where differences are valued. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days working either remotely or in the office. From 1st September 2024 we will move to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition.
