Adult Learning Manager

We’re looking for a confident, people focused manager to lead our Family Learning offer in Derby. You’ll shape a practical, accessible curriculum for parents and carers, support tutors, and build strong links with schools and community partners. You’ll oversee planning, quality, safeguarding and learner experience, making sure programmes are high impact, inclusive and aligned with service priorities. If you’re motivated by purposeful work and want to make a real difference to families across the city, this role is a strong next step.

The Opportunity

In the role of Adult Learning Manager, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact: Family Learning in Derby is growing fast — and we want someone who’s excited by the chance to shape something meaningful. This is a role where you see the impact of your work every single week. Parents gaining confidence. Families learning together. Communities feeling stronger because of what your team delivers. As our Family Learning Adult Learning Manager, you’ll lead a small, committed team who care deeply about making learning accessible and welcoming. You’ll build partnerships with schools and community organisations who genuinely value what we do. You’ll design programmes that feel practical, warm and life changing — not corporate or complicated. You’ll have the freedom to innovate, the support to lead well, and the backing of a service that believes in doing things properly: strong safeguarding, high quality teaching, and a culture where staff feel trusted and valued. If you want a role with purpose, influence and visible impact — and you want to join a service where people enjoy working together — this is a great place to be.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have:

• Experience leading adult learning or family learning — you understand how to design programmes that feel welcoming, practical and high impact.
• Strong people management skills — you can support tutors, build trust, and set clear expectations.
• Confidence working with schools and community partners — you know how to build relationships that open doors for families.
• A solid grasp of safeguarding — you’re comfortable making safe, defensible decisions.
• The ability to use data intelligently — you can spot what’s working, what isn’t, and where to improve.
• Experience assuring teaching quality — you know what good looks like and how to help tutors get there.
• Clear, confident communication skills — you can represent the service well and keep people informed.
• A values driven approach — you care about inclusion, accessibility and doing the right thing for families.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Hybrid working (depending on your role)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job. We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk