We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the roleThis role is part of the Council's Learning and Development Service and you'll be joining a friendly and welcoming team of around 50 colleagues who are all passionate and driven to support colleagues to professionally develop and grow and to reach their full potential. Such is our commitment to supporting colleagues development, that Cambridgeshire County Council has just been recognised as Gold Members of the 5% Club
This opportunity is focused on providing engaging, thought provoking learning and development interventions that meets the priorities and ambitions of our colleagues in the Children Education and Families workforce. We work flexibly across the Learning and Development Service, which also means there will be opportunities to support initiatives that are council wide, including facilitating at our Leadership Conference, joining our pool of internal coaches (depending on skills and experience) or being part of the delivery teams for some of our council wide courses.
We support flexible working requests from day one of employment and so we are open to discussing different working patterns to help you bring your best self to work.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Kerry Bishop, Head of Learning and Development, Tel: 07425 615602. Interviews are likely to take place on Friday 3rd January 2025
About youAre you enthusiastic about providing quality learning and development opportunities, that supports colleagues to develop and grow? And are you an experienced Learning and Development Professional with a good understanding of the Children’s workforce and a passion for putting children at the heart of everything you do? If so, then, please read on:
We are looking for an inspirational, supportive, and kind person to join our Learning and Development Team as a Children, Education and Families Learning and Development Manager. Someone with a focus on using learning to inspire and develop colleagues, enabling them to unlock their potential and to work in a way that supports the children and young people of Cambridgeshire to thrive.
We are looking for a special combination of knowledge, skills and values, you will need to work collaboratively and with an inclusive approach to deliver an ambitious learning offer that responds to the priorities of the Councils Children’s, Education and Families workforce.
As an experienced Learning and Development professional, you will have an excellent understanding of learning theories and methodologies. You will be passionate about following learning trends and will be curious about how the latest L&D research could be applied to your work.
You will also understand the challenges professionals working to support children and their families may encounter and the legislative frameworks that underpin their practice and service provision.
About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
