Job Description

Job Title: Learning and Organisational Development Practitioner

Location: St James's House, Dudley / Hybrid (including delivery across borough)

Contract Type: Interim (3 months initially)

Hours / Grade: Full-Time / Grade 9

Directorate: Transformation

Service Area: Workforce & Learning

Day Rate: 160.21 PAYE or 209.57 Umbrella

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Learning & Organisational Development Practitioner to join our Talent and Development team on a full-time interim basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting organisational priorities during a period of transformation, helping to strengthen leadership capability, workforce performance and organisational culture across the Council.

Key Responsibilities:

• Potential to design, develop and deliver leadership and management development programmes aligned to organisational priorities.
• Facilitate core management development interventions, including priority training programmes.
• Support delivery of corporate induction and wider employee development activity.
• Contribute to organisational development initiatives that support culture, values and transformation.
• Undertake learning needs analysis and commission or design solutions to meet service requirements.
• Deliver and support coaching activity as part of the organisation's internal coaching offer.
• Work collaboratively across services to support workforce development and engagement initiatives.
• Evaluate impact and continuously improve learning and organisational development provision.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience of designing and delivering leadership, management and organisational development interventions.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• A solutions-focused approach, with the ability to respond to emerging organisational priorities.
• Experience of supporting workforce development in a complex organisational environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage a varied and demanding workload.
• A qualified coach or working towards a coaching qualification is desirable.

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact at pace, contributing to key programmes that support leadership capability, employee development and organisational change across the borough.

Connect2Dudley is a trading style of Dudley & Kent Commercial Services LTD - A joint venture between Dudley Metropolitan Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dudley is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.