Learning Design Manager
- NHS
- Part Time
- Canary Wharf
- 58589.00 - 68344.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Launched in 2016, the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) is an innovative government-academia partnership funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and co-led by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), with a consortium of academic and implementing partners in the UK and internationally. It comprises a multidisciplinary team of public health professionals and researchers with a novel integrated triple-remit of outbreak response, research, and capacity strengthening to prevent and control epidemics of infectious diseases in countries eligible for UK Official Development Assistance (ODA). Both institutes contribute to and are responsible for delivery of the UK-PHRST triple mandate across outbreak response, research and capacity strengthening, with LSHTM leading the research programme and UKHSA who lead the outbreak response.
The UK-PHRST is a multidisciplinary team that includes a range of technical skillsets from across public health, core programme/operational management, and senior leadership.
The UK-PHRST Learning Design Manager is responsible for driving the delivery of a range of capacity strengthening activities in ODA-eligible countries as well as supporting the development and delivery of high-quality activities for the UK-PHRST team, including the core deployable team and reservist cadre, such as deployment and refresher trainings.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct regular learning needs analysis, in collaboration with UK-PHRST Technical teams/leads and others, in order to determine and develop or commission (where relevant) the most relevant, high-quality and cost-effective portfolio of capacity strengthening activities for partners in ODA-eligible countries and UK colleagues, where relevant.
- Provide expertise in learning design to enhance capacity strengthening activities through face-to-face, remote, hybrid, and e-learning platforms.
- Ensure Education Design, Learning Design, and robust process for monitoring and evaluation are embedded into all UK-PHRST capacity strengthening / training activities
- Lead on ensuring an inclusive environment for all learning / training and capacity strengthening activities
- Lead the management and coordination of expert contributions for the UK-PHRST capacity strengthening deliverables as they relate to the strategic objectives, particularly those related to training and learning activities within the UK and in ODA-eligible countries
- Use project management tools and skills to ensure productive coordination across teams, as well as managing some projects and activities independently
- Oversee and manage UK-PHRST capacity strengthening and training budget
- Ensure that any risks are identified, responded to promptly and escalated, as required
For a full list of the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers
Job responsibilities
Acting as a learning consultant, the postholder will work with internal and external colleagues to co-create, develop and deliver capacity strengthening initiatives and/or address specific development needs that meet stakeholder requirements, creatively and adeptly problem-solving challenges in the UK and abroad. They will use their expertise and experience in learning design, continuous professional development, education and up-to-date tech platforms to provide operational leadership into the design, delivery and evaluation of capacity strengthening and training programmes including in-person, remote, hybrid and e-learning courses and proactively improve the experience of learners.
The post holder will work with subject matter experts in epidemiology, microbiology, and other public health disciplines. They will work in collaboration with in-country partners and teams (e.g., national organisations/institutes, Africa CDC, the WHO, etc) to identify, tailor, develop and deliver capacity and capability strengthening initiatives that meet the stakeholder needs and preferences. They will work closely with internal and external digital learning specialists to develop online capacity strengthening activities and to ensure all data is accurately recorded and reported.
Additionally, the post-holder will lead the project management of capacity strengthening activities. Activities will be in line with the UK-PHRST objective of supporting outbreak preparedness and response and focus on delivering the teams capacity strengthening implementation plan.
Selection Process Details:
This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your qualifications, knowledge and experience and / or skills and abilities outlined in the essential criteria.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the 11 listed essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
- Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
- 1250 word Statement of Suitability.
This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.
Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.
Longlisting:
In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets someessential criteria
- Meets no essentialcriteria
The following will be taken through to the next stage:
- Meets all essential criteria
Shortlisting:
In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the following:
- Experience in learning needs assessments, professional education and learning methods, including for delivery in complex environments (such as with international partners / participants), with monitoring, reporting, evaluation and learning (MREL)
- Expertise and experience in learning design and delivery of capacity strengthening activities through face-to-face, remote, hybrid, as well as e-learning platforms for professional audiences, using a range of approaches drawn from researching up to date sector-relevant best practice
- Evidence of project and budget management with responsibility for reports, including managing, mitigating, and reporting risks
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment
Please do not exceed 1250 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview
You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.
Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview
There will be a 5 min Presentation. Details will be provided at interview stage.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Eligibility Criteria - External
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our Core HQ in Canary Wharf.
We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.
