People Development Lead

People Development Lead
Fixed Term Contract (6 months) 
Full time (34.5 hours)
Home-based / Split between home and our  London Office
Salary Range - £53000 - £57000

About us 
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. 

Are you looking to join an innovative team committed to helping Macmillan spark a revolution in cancer care? 

Do you want to create high impact and innovative learning experiences that demonstrably improve performance? Do you enjoy taking risks, learning from them and delivering continuous improvement? Are you a learning and development geek looking for an opportunity to make a real difference with your expertise? 

In the Talent team, we’re committed to helping improve the lives of people living with cancer, by supporting a high-performance culture through the delivery of impactful learning solutions.  

Working in collaborative teams with passionate and forward-thinking people, we’ll nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity and inclusion. 

About the role 

Macmillan are seeking a People Development lead to join our internal Talent Team. This is a key role which, in conjunction with other members of the team, is responsible for the creation and development of engaging, interactive learning content, and programmes, which improve and support organisational performance. 

As a People Development Lead you will liaise with stakeholders and business leads, across the whole organisation to deepen your knowledge of strategic priorities that drive our People and Culture plan, and the learning experiences we create. You will use that knowledge to design and develop engaging, innovative and impactful learning experiences 

This role will play a part in all activity across the Talent team, this will include management development, facilitation, digital learning, talent programmes and skills development. 

About you. You will have... 

An appetite for taking risks and learning from them. 

A desire to try new things and experimenting with different approaches to learning design and delivery. 

A keen interest in creating impactful and accessible learning experiences through a variety of mediums including digital.   

A thirst for developing your knowledge of current and future approaches to learning and learning technologies. 

The ability to translate learning into performance improvement, both for yourself and the wider organisation. 

An interest in management and leadership development. 

If this sounds like you - then we would love to hear from you! 

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: October 3rd

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.