Training Manager

The Community Engagement Department enables our student community leaders to gain the knowledge, skills and connections for themselves and their student communities to thrive. Working with staff across the department, this role manages the strategic development of our training provision for our 3000 student community leaders across 400+ student groups, 1000 student representatives, and our 6 full-time elected Student Officers, among other student communities.

Summary of Job Specification

• Manage the design, development and delivery of our student-facing training programmes, including training our full-time elected sabbatical officers, student group leaders and our academic representatives, among others.
• Work with relevant KCLSU teams to ensure consistency across student-facing training and ongoing guidance and support through the Community Development Framework and the Services Framework, and ensuring consistency with policy and compliance.
• Work with relevant KCLSU teams and external partners to ensure that student leaders’ participation, impact and skills development are celebrated and, where appropriate, accredited Developing Staff Trainers
• Assess the development needs of staff trainers across the organisation, creating a package of support, guidance and development that enables our staff to become effective trainers and facilitators.
• Apply a process for assessing learner needs to ensure training is accessible for all, implementing adaptive approaches to training that mitigate barriers to engagement for individuals and groups of learners.
• Develop the annual operating plans for the Community Engagement Department’s Training, ensuring on-going quality improvement of our training provision in line with KCLSU’s strategic plan.

Candidate Specification

• A good standard of general education, ideally to graduate level or equivalent (desirable)
• Relevant L&D/Training qualifications (desirable)
• Professional experience as a trainer
• Experience developing and implementing training programmes
• Experience developing and coaching others to become effective trainers and facilitators
• Knowledge of various training methods including coaching, workshops, classroom training, mentoring, e-learning programmes and workbooks
• Understand the barriers to accessing and participating in training for different student communities
• Strong organisation, planning and project management skills
• Ability to evaluate the impact of training programmes, writing reports for key stakeholders and senior management and recommend strategies for improvement

The list above is not exhaustive. For full details, please review our Job Pack

Application Process 

If this is you, please email your filled application form addressing each key requirements of the role to hr@kclsu.org (via the ‘Apply’ button above).

You will see on our Job Pack that we live by our 4 main values: Inclusive, Collaborative, Open and Brave. KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits.

At KCLSU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we endeavour to ensure equal treatment of all candidates. We welcome a diverse range of applicants and are open to discussing flexibility with the right candidate. Reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment and selection process, and to ensure that a successful candidate with a disability can undertake the post.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this role you must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport/visa) when asked by KCLSU. Please note that KCLSU is unable to offer visa sponsorship.
• Have a National Insurance number, or be in the process of applying for one
• Not be a trustee of the Union

Closing Date: 27/01/2025 09:00

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