Learning & Development Advisor (1 post FTC 1 year & 1 post FTC 2 years) – West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Are you passionate about helping people to be even better at their jobs through learning and development?
This role supports WYFRS by enabling our firefighters to achieve competence, supporting them and their managers with NVQs, promotion and enabling their professional development. You will play a key role in advising colleagues and managers on a range of L&D activities, including coaching, apprenticeships, courses, qualifications, and appraisals.
What we offer: an excellent package including generous holiday entitlement, family friendly working, 37 hour week flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, local government pension scheme, free onsite parking, Sports and Social Club with free use of gym, an Employee Assistance Program, car salary sacrifice scheme.
Job Purpose: To assist in the delivery and coordination of Learning and Development services to all staff within WYFRS, supporting, guiding, mentoring and advising colleagues to enable achievement or and maintenance of competence alongside professional and personal development.
Key Responsibilities:

• support candidates with their NVQs and online development portfolios, conducting internal quality assurance, mentoring assessors and IQAs and maintaining data tracking systems for compliance and reporting purposes.
• provide guidance and support for employees on career development, appraisals, learning interventions and career development opportunities, playing a key role in coordinating and supporting learning and development projects and events.
Essential requirements: You will
• be an all-around learning and development advisor, with experience of the whole learning cycle.
• have experience of accredited learning, i.e. NVQs.
• be fantastic at using MS Office products (training will be provided) and be able to use online systems and processes such as databases.
• be incredibly organised, yet creative. You will understand how important the planning, logistics, coordination, and evaluation are in effective learning programmes and will have demonstrable experience.
• either hold an appropriate Level 3 qualification in coaching & mentoring Level 3 or have extensive experience.
• We would love it if you also have a Level 3 Learning and Development professional qualification such as the Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector or trainers’ certificate; if you don’t have this, you’ll need to demonstrate your experience.
• We are keen on developing you too, so, if you don’t have a Quality Assurance Qualification, we’ll help you to achieve it – all we ask is that you do so within six months.
• Have a full, valid car driving licence.
We offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working. Whilst you will be required to work from our offices for parts of your initial training, after this you’ll work both in the office and from home as part of our ‘hybrid’ working model. Therefore, applicants must have a reliable home internet connection.