Learning and Development Assistant

Salary range: £26,046 - £27,357 p.a. inc. 
Contract: Permanent  
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

 

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.

 

The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

 

 

This is an exciting time to join the Learning and Development Team in Brent. Situated in Human Resources, Learning and

Development has seen significant changes and advances and we are keen to recruit a motivated individual to provide efficient and professional day-to-day administration support to the Learning and Development Team in delivering the priorities within the

Learning and Development Service Plan, including administrative tasks, providing management information, monitoring and tracking of learning and development activities and training centre support.

You will be willing to learn about developing e-learning solutions and how to update and maintain the integrated learning hub

To be successful in this role you will have experience of working within a Learning and Development team and acting as the

first point of contact with internal and external customers. You will be confident in undertaking arrange of administration tasks and experience of use of Learning management systems to support advertising and enrolment on learning activities.

Key skills required are:

• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form with a wide audience including Council staff, members of the public and outside organisations.
•  Able to use information systems and databases to record service information and generate reports required by the service
• Strong time management and multi-tasking skills to meet tight deadlines
• Highly organised with an excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to proactively market the service and learning offer.
• Use of IT applications in a learning environment in particular Excel

Closing date: 19 December 2022 (23:00)

 

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

 

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

 

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@brent.gov.uk