View Vacancy - L&D Adviser (Learning Partner) - (04/18 ACC)

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

Main purpose of job:

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 (LP) in Africa will be to design, deliver and implement blended learning programmes based on organisational priorities and regional needs related to performance outcomes.

 

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

  • Excellent English language skills
  • Able to communicate and facilitate both virtual and live (face to face) groups effectively
  • Learning design skills to devise and implement learning solutions
  • Consultative and partnering skills
  • Content management and curation ability
  • Capability in community and group moderation to lead groups in virtual environments
  • Min 5 years in a L&D and/or OD environment either public or private sector
  • Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
  • Able to travel as and when required
  • A passion and enthusiasm for developing people

Language requirements:

Language: English

Level of language required: excellent written and spoken  

2 July 2018
Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
Permanent
Africa
Ghana
Accra
British High Commission
1
USD
2,080
1 August 2018

Leave:


Members of staff are entitled to paid annual leave, which is earned, from the day they commence employment. Entitlements are as follows:


  • Grade C4 - 30 days

In addition to annual leave, the BHC normally observes no fewer than 9 and no more than 14 Kenyan and British public and religious holidays in a year. These vary from year to year and are at the discretion of the High Commissioner. A list of holidays is published each year.


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  • Employees recruited locally by the British High Commission in Accra are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Ghana.
  • All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the Ghana with the correct the correct visa/ work permit status or demostrate eligebility to obtain the relevant permit. 

The British High Commissio does not sponsor visas/work permits expect where it may be local practice to do so.

  • Employees who are not eligible to pay local income tax: e.g. certain third-country nationals and spouses/partners of UK diplomats will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
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