View Vacancy - KL - L & D Adviser (Learning Partner) for APAC, C4 (L) - Maternity Cover (also open in Thailand, Hong Kong and Philippines)
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
The British High Commission offers a competitive remuneration package, benefits, leave entitlement of 20 days per annum (calculated on pro rata basis) and a range of learning and development opportunities including courses, access to significant on line training materials and on the job learning and development opportunities.
The British High Commission is proud of its L&D offer to staff, which works hard to provide a comprehensive L&D offer. There are a wide range of options available for personal development including training courses, coaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, presentations and learning sets. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the Diplomatic Academy and Civil Service Learning. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all the available opportunities. The job-holder will be required to take some specific training courses related to their role – including project management and financial management. All new staff undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses covering areas such as diversity, health and safety, and information management
No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. You must have or be able to obtain local work permit in Malaysia in order to apply.
Staff recruited locally by the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur is subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law.
Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks
Please note that your application must be submitted before 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
Incomplete application forms will not be taken into consideration, so please ensure you provide the information requested. We regret to advise that we will only be contacting short-listed candidates. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core competencies listed above.
Adverstised start date is provisional and subject to successful completion of reference and security checks.
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This opportunity is closed to applications.