People Development Advisor Visa Sponsorship Available

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Working at the University of Reading provides you with an excellent opportunity to put your talents and experience to use. This position is based in Whiteknights Campus, which provides a stimulating and tranquil working atmosphere in one of the UK’s most appealing university campuses.

The University of Reading, ranked in the top 30 of UK universities, is one of the country’s premier research-intensive universities, dedicated to working together as a diverse and inclusive community to create a better world through the transformative power of education and research.

As a People Development Advisor, you will play an important role in the learning and development of colleagues across the institution, providing assistance for a variety of training opportunities such as leadership and management, personal and professional skills, coaching and mentoring, and researcher development.

As a successful candidate, you will have:

• Have excellent facilitation skills and experience delivering training to senior management audiences.
• Skills in creativity and innovation are required for the development and execution of a variety of inclusive blended learning solutions that improve manager and employee performance.
• The ability to establish and sustain relationships with managers and employees, allowing for effective development needs analysis and diagnosis.
• The capacity to plan, organise, and work within deadlines, as well as good project management skills. Showing a clear focus on purpose, deliverables, and impact.
• Knowledge and practices for evaluating and implementing learning in the workplace.
• Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues at the middle management level.
• A solid track record of delivering customer-focused development activities that are tailored to development goals and feedback.

Closing date: June 9, 2024.

Interviews will be place on June 19th, 2024.

Informal contact details

Alternative informal contact information.

Contact Role:

People Development Manager

Contact Role:

Assistant Director of HR

Contact Name:

Carly Roalf

Contact Name:

Susan Thornton

Contact phone:

0118 378 4674

Contact phone:

0118 378 8752

Contact email:

c.roalf@reading.ac.uk

Contact email:

s.e.thornton@reading.ac.uk

applicants from job seekers requiring sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. Sponsorship may be available under the Skilled Worker Route based on the applicable SOC code for this role. Applicants should ensure that they have the necessary points to meet the PBS requirements. The UK Visas and Immigration Website provides more information about this.

The University is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a major LGBT+ rights organisation. We are also a Disability Confident Level 1 employer. Applications for job-sharing, part-time, and flexible working arrangements are encouraged and will be evaluated based on company requirements.