View Vacancy - HK - L & D Adviser (Learning Partner) for APAC, C4 (L) - Maternity Cover (also open in Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Learning and Development

The Diplomatic Academy Regional Teams (DART) provide innovative and creative learning solutions to meet the needs of the UK Government overseas. We partner with British Missions (Posts) to ensure learning is based on performance outcomes and aligned to UK Government priorities. We work to ensure that learning activities are designed to best-practice L&D standards, based on solid research and contribute to building a positive learning culture within the workplace.

The role of the L&D Adviser (Learning Partner) in APAC will be to collaborate with internal clients and business partners to design, deliver and implement blended learning programmes based on organisational priorities and regional needs related to identify performance outcomes.

The successful applicant should expect to work in an agile way to support DA activity in other areas including business partnership, to support existing and emerging priorities. 

Roles and responsibilities:

Partner with Posts and Business Partners (BP) on Learning solutions

  • Partner with BPs and Posts to design and deliver learning solutions that meet identified needs/performance outcomes
  • Ensure learning solutions are designed and delivered using best-practice L&D methodologies consistent with Modern Workplace Learning. Ensure solutions are built as programmes and make use of appropriate technology.
  • Evaluate L&D solutions to ensure performance outcomes are achieved.

Facilitation

  • Facilitate Leadership & Management Development programmes
  • Support Management Development cohorts including Line Management learning sets
  • Act as live or virtual facilitators, community managers and moderators for online communities and groups
  • Lead cohorts of learners through programmes of learning in support of Diplomatic Academy Faculties
  • Work with Subject Matter Experts (SME) to deliver targeted learning through virtual platforms
  • Develop SME L&D expertise through face to face and virtual facilitation

Content Management

  • Curate and manage content across key thematic areas

  • Fluent spoken and written  English 
  • Minimum 5 years in a L&D and/or OD environment either public or private sector
  • Has learning design skills to devise and implement learning solutions
  • Able to communicate and facilitate both virtual and face to face groups effectively
  • Understanding of modern workplace learning best practice
  • Consultative and partnering skills
  • Content management and curation ability
  • Capability in community and group moderation to lead groups in virtual environments
  • Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
  • Able to travel as and when required
  • A passion and enthusiasm for developing people
  • A second frequently spoken Asian language
18 October 2019
Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
Full-time, Fixed Term
41
18 months
Asia Pacific
Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong SAR
British Consulate
1
HKD
44,781
6 January 2020

The  FCO aspores to be a learning organisation. Each staff member has a development plan and is expected to devote time to their own learning and continuous professional development. 

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. Candidates must have or be able to obtain work authorisation for Hong Kong in order to apply. Possibility that for the successful candidate Post may have to sponsor a visa. Staff recruited locally by the British Consulate in Hong Kong are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to the local employment law.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.