Learning and Development Officer in Sheffield

The Role

Social Work England is the specialist regulator for social work in England, focused on enabling positive change in social work. Every day, social workers support millions of people to improve their chances in life. We believe in the power of collaboration and share a common goal with those we regulate – to protect the public, enable positive change and ultimately improve people’s lives. We are now recruiting for a Learning and Development Officer to join us, and provide support to our people and managers across the business on Learning and Development activities.

About The Role

• Lead on the development, delivery and regular review of our induction process, ensuring it is fit for purpose.
• Lead on organising and implementing programmes of learning that support the sharing of internal knowledge and expertise, with input from key stakeholders.
• Design, deliver and facilitate workshop materials as required and agreed with the people development business partners.
• Design course evaluations and provide evaluation reporting, promoting organisational understanding of the impact of learning interventions and programmes.
• Research and source external training providers using the managed learning framework, assisting with the procurement of training providers where required.
• Oversight and delegation of day‑to‑day people and development tasks, ensuring enquiries are answered in a timely manner, dealing with escalations from the people and development support officer and escalating further where necessary.
• Produce monthly and quarterly data, as requested, to our people and people development business partners, to support our reporting to our senior leaders and identifying areas for improvement.
• Oversight of our people development systems and platforms, ensuring accuracy of data and timely reporting, including Enable and Grow.
• Coordinate the delivery, ongoing maintenance and improvement of our induction process, ensuring materials and activities are up to date and effective.
• Compile monthly and quarterly people data for reporting purposes, identifying emerging patterns for escalation.

About You

At Social Work England, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We are collaborative, curious, inclusive, confident and reflective. We’re looking for someone who can embody these values, inspire others, and contribute to our ambition to be an innovative, transparent and responsive regulator that makes a real difference to people’s lives.

• A CIPD Level 3 qualification (or working towards), or equivalent HR, or Learning and Development experience in a people‑focused role.
• Experience gathering information and providing clear, practical learning and development advice.
• Experience of delivering learning and development programmes.
• Experience collating, analysing and interpreting learning and development data (e.g., course trends, Return On Investment) to support reporting and informed decision‑making.
• Confidence in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and familiar with remote meeting platforms such as Teams.
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder, with clear written communication skills and the ability to work with colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to prioritise workload, manage competing demands and organise own diary in a fast‑paced environment.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring HR practices and processes are fair, accessible and inclusive.

The Benefits

• A contributory NEST pension scheme, with employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Life insurance, an employee recognition scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Hybrid working, with a minimum of two days per week in the office.
• 25 days annual leave, rising with service to 30 days per annum, plus bank holidays.
• The option to purchase up to an additional 5 days of annual leave per annum.
• A TIDE award‑winning inclusive culture, made up of staff networks, social events and forums.

Pre‑Employment Checks

If you are successful at interview, we will carry out a series of routine pre‑employment checks. These include verifying your references, confirming your right to work in the UK, and completing a Basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. These checks are conducted in partnership with our third‑party provider, Amiqus, who will guide you through the process. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of these checks.

Contact & Apply

To apply, complete the application form by the closing date. If you have any queries about the recruitment process, or would like to discuss the role, please contact recruitment@socialworkengland.org.uk. At interview we will seek to further understand your skills, knowledge, experience and motivation and test the key competencies of the role. If you are successful, we will undertake routine pre‑employment checks.