Learning Specialist 

Location: National

Closing Date: 20th June

Interviews: w/c 1st July

Grade: SEO 

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer) 

Salary Range: 

National: £39,868 - £43,535

London: £45,824 - £50,039

Working pattern: Full time, Part time, Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 87819

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role 

We’re recruiting for a Learning Specialist here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Technology Adoption team.

We are looking for someone creative, innovative and with great communication skills and attention to detail, who is serious about creating and delivering high quality learning and development content. 

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Key Responsibilities: 

• Design and delivery of courses and ad-hoc events. 
• Be the expert in the room for your programme elements: researching, diagnosing issues and developing, designing and delivering bespoke learning interventions to ensure capacity and capability stretch for delegates. 
• Sourcing, booking, briefing and ongoing relationship management with industry experts and subject matter experts.  
• Horizon scanning for best practice in the learning field, ensuring the programme content and delivery is cutting edge, applying this learning to programme delivery and evaluating its impact. 
• Reviewing feedback, proactively suggesting and implementing changes and new innovations. 
• Ongoing support during events across the programmes team. 
• Act in a consultative capacity to provide best practice L&D advice and guidance, working with different teams in the business to design key learning interventions as required. 

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply! 

Person Specification 

Essential 

• Previous experience designing, creating, and delivering high quality digital learning products and artifacts including videos and e-learning for various user groups, including senior leaders. 
•  A strong and current understanding of Microsoft 365, especially Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint.
• Prior experience working on a national scale.
• Ability to build rapport and relationships with people at all levels of the organisation and external providers. 
• Ability to deal with difficult and sensitive situations in a diplomatic and professional manner.
• Effective organisational and collaboration skills, with the ability to prioritise, delegate, and work under pressure in order to meet a varied, wide-ranging workload which is often time-critical. 

• A good understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity in a training and/or working environment.

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for BPSS clearance

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Benefits:

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms 
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app. 
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

How to Apply:

Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (up to 750 words) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above. 

Within your statement of suitability, please focus on demonstrating how you meet the following essential criteria which are being assessed at the pre-sift or sift stages;

• Previous experience designing, creating, and delivering high quality digital learning products and artifacts including videos and e-learning for various user groups, including senior leaders.
• A strong and current understanding of Microsoft 365, especially Teams and SharePoint.
• Prior experience working on a national scale.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Communicating & Influencing 
• Delivering at Pace 
• Working Together 

Your application will be reviewed against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel. 

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. There will be a short presentation topic based around the role and your experience which will be related if invited to interview.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your prior experience in creating and delivering in person and virtual training will be conducted prior to the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for, but demonstrated the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and potentially offer you the position without the need for a further application.

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk