JOB SUMMARY

We are currently looking for an Academy Lead to join our People Function within the Corporate group.
This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be based in either 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU or South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.
Government departments and agencies are working towards implementing a minimum 60% attendance in office sites.
We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 8 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 12 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Our successful candidate will have:

• Relevant CIPD level 7 qualification in learning and development, or equivalent experience
• Skills in designing and developing successful learning programmes that align with organisational priorities, collaborating with subject matter experts to ensure relevance, accessibility, and impact
• Experience of measuring learning effectiveness and using evaluation data to continuously improve programme effectiveness
• Substantial experience of commissioning learning interventions and managing projects

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification!
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SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates, find out more here.

• Online application form, including questions based on the Behaviour, Experience and Technical Success Profiles. Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.
• Presentation, to be prepared as part of your interview, with further information being supplied when you reach this stage.
• Interview, which can include questions based on the Behaviour, Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles.

In the instance that we receive a high number of applications, we will hold an initial sift based on the lead criteria of ‘Skills in designing and developing successful learning programmes that align with organisational priorities, collaborating with subject matter experts to ensure relevance, accessibility, and impact’.
Applicants are assessed on whether they meet any mandatory requirements as well as the necessary skills and experience for the role. Applications are scored based on the competency-based answers provided- ensure you have read these thoroughly and allow sufficient time. You can view the competencies for this role in the job description.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

WHAT’S THE ROLE?

The Academy Lead will own the full end to end learning process, including scope, design, delivery/delivery oversite and evaluation of interventions of Academy programmes. Initially they will enable the development of appropriate standards for the initial qualification and development of newly appointed Assessors and in due course, other front line regulatory and regulatory science professionals. A member of the People Team Senior Leadership Team, the post holder will lead a team who will develop the curriculum and learning content using a blended learning approach. The qualification process will also fall under this postholder’s purview, ensuring that there is robust assessment. There is much in place already internally and externally and the postholder will collaborate with subject matter experts who will be seconded from the business.
Our frontline workforce is already extremely well qualified, consisting of doctors, pharmacists, PhD qualified scientists and data scientists for example. Many colleagues have already worked within the pharmaceutical industry. The challenge will be to develop a modular curriculum that takes account of prior learning and can be delivered in an agile way, making best use of our new learning management system.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To work closely with the Expert Advisory Panel and nominated subject matter experts to formulate the learning standards for key professions
• To drive the development of a new modular learning framework based on the standards and adopt, purchase or commission relevant learning, with the professional guidance of nominated subject matter experts, to deliver a full curriculum
• To ensure that the development of new learning (incorporating both face to face and technology enabled learning) is engaging, learner-centric and designed for a variety of learning styles
• To oversee the planning and implementation of multiple learning-based projects simultaneously.
• To determine and implement a systematic process for the evaluation and review of Academy learning products to ensure quality and learning standards are maintained and improvements and developments in latest best practices and learning trends are incorporated.
• To collaborate in commissioning the MHRA Learning Management system ensuring it has the right functionality to deliver learning and track the progress of learners and manage the assessment process