Workforce Support Lead (Development) - Bury Care Academy in Bury St Edmunds

Workforce Support Lead (Development) - Bury Care Academy

£34,434 rising to £35,412 on successful completion of probation and induction period

Are you an experienced and qualified adult health and social care trainer, and passionate about making a difference in your community? Bury Care Academyis looking for a dynamic workforce development officerto help us achieve our vision of creating a thriving and high quality care sector across Bury. Working as part of the Bury Care Academy team, you will support with raising awareness of adult social care as a career of choice, develop and deliver training packages to new and current staff as well as supporting people who may be considering care as a career, or looking for work experience placements.

To find out more about the service, click here .

About you

• Operational experience of working within adult social care
• Minimum Level 4 Learning and Development qualification
• Qualified to deliver mandatory training for example Moving and Handling People and Basic Life Support
• Understanding of recruitment and the wider adult social care workforce development agenda
• Ability to influence and build effective relationships and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to think creatively and find solutions

No one will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we're saying and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

About the role

We are a newly developing teamwith a remit to support the adult social providers in Bury with their workforce development needs, including managing a centralised recruitment service, developing a care ambassador scheme, working with schools and colleges, facilitating and attending jobs fairs, careers fairs, planning and facilitating sector based academies, development of a rolling programme of training to support the sector to continue to develop and improve and other events and much more.

You’ll play a key role in shaping how we engage and work with our stakeholders. You’ll lead on development projects, develop and manage our care ambassador scheme and work experience placements and support other events and projects as part of the wider team.

• Support the planning and commissioning of short courses, development programmes and conferences
• Develop high quality training resources and deliver effectively to a range of stakeholders from pre-employment, through operational services to senior management level programmes
• Review and evaluate all learning and development interventions to ensure evidence of return on investment
• Support the Bury Care Academy team with all their projects including recruitment and wider workforce development initiatives
• Promote the opportunities available via the academy to providers and understand any barriers to being able to access these
• Develop strong relationships with commissioners and other stakeholders, working collaboratively to support the academy to achieve its aims

In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career -

We provide a wide range of employee benefits , career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

For more details on learning & development, click here . Find out about our values and our purpose here .

Click here for stories on working for Persona, from people who work for us and read FAQ about working in care here .

Persona is committed to being an inclusive employer and recognises the value of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from all people, irrespective of their personal characteristics or circumstances, and appointments are made objectively based upon talents, abilities and experience.

Where possible, we will support employees to work flexibly or with adjustments, so that they can perform to their best ability. We are committed to providing a working environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual skills and life experiences are valued.

Please note

Satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service is required prior to appointment.

Click here to read our policy on working in care with a criminal conviction.

If this sounds like the role for you:

Closing date for enquiries is 7th August2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Please note we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to workers.