Learning and Development Manager
Location: The King's School, Canterbury
Basis: Part Time (0.6 FTE)
Job details
Salary: £50,000 pro rata per annum (£30,000)
Contractual hours: 0.6 FTE
Job category/type: Human Resources
Date posted: 15/07/2026
Job reference: VAC00724
Attachments: Learning and Development Manager.pdf
Job description
£50,000 PRO RATA PER ANNUM (0.6fte), ALL YEAR-ROUND POSITION
Are you passionate about developing people and creating a culture of continuous learning?
The King's School Canterbury is looking for an experienced Learning and Development Manager to drive our Learning and Development strategy, helping to develop, inspire and support more than 1,000 staff across our family of schools. Reporting to the Director of HR, you'll design and deliver engaging management development programmes, oversee mandatory training and compliance, and champion continuing professional development that enables colleagues to thrive.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced L&D professional with excellent facilitation and coaching skills, strong stakeholder management experience and a passion for developing leadership capability.
The King's School offers an extensive rewards package, including:
- Gold membership at The King’s School Sports Centre
- Enhanced employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free meals during term time
- In house training and CPD opportunities
If you have questions about the post, or would like an informal discussion to learn more, please contact recruitment@kings-school.co.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications: 27 July 2026.
Direct applications only. We are not accepting applications or CVs from recruitment agencies for this position.
The King's School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process in line with the statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.
All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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