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Learning Development Officer £33,215 37.5 hours Hybrid working 3 days in the office Tadworth, Surrey Closes 22nd February 2026 - 23:59 Interview: 02/03/2026 The role of the Learning & Development Officer is to provide a consistent and high level of both operational delivery and administrative support by updating training information and maintaining training systems and processes. In areas such as leadership development, performance management, apprenticeships, and supporting a full range of mandatory, technical and management development. This relates to staff, volunteers, trustees and agency and contractors. This role involves a high level of operational delivery, administration and multitasking so the job holder needs to be confident in being able to organise and prioritise their time and work efficiently, effectively and independently in order to be able to respond to a variety of requests and demands. This role is not open to sponsorship. Staff benefits include shuttle bus, and more… Read more below. Role Requirements • Maintain efficient administration systems that facilitate the smooth operation of the training function with the wider Organisational Development Team., • Serve as the first point of contact for all enquiries directed to the Learning & Development Team, providing information and assistance as needed, • Oversee the management of the team inbox, ensuring timely and accurate responses to enquiries while taking ownership of all queries, • Process and oversee internal training bookings using Select HR (our HR System), • Handle applications for external training, including organising payment and liaising with external trainers as necessary, • Manage all administrative tasks related to in-house training sessions, including generating delegate lists, preparing materials for trainers, and booking rooms, equipment, and catering as required, • Produce and distribute certificates for programme participants upon completion., • Process invoices from external facilitators, including managing costings for other departments, • Organise & coordinate the training calendar for the following year by liaising with facilitators and colleagues and working with CET and Therapy teams, • Update schedules with changes/additions as they arise and inform training representatives and departments, • Planning and organising ‘ad hoc’ training sessions as and when required, • Prepare monthly induction programme including training memos, induction folders, session materials, catering requests & induction evaluations., • Deliver brief Training session to new starters and help with tours where necessary, • Deliver appraisee training via teams, • Prepare for training sessions, including sending reminders, organising session materials, catering, room and equipment set up, • Create monthly training and PDR reports and chasing compliance where necessary working with line managers., • Produce ‘due dates’ and other relevant training reports for managers as requested, • Deliver all training related activities for new starters. Interview Date: 02/03/2026 If you would like to discuss the role, please contact the Recruitment & Compliance Team, on 01737 365 880 or email: For more information, a copy of the candidate briefing pack and application form please click ___ PLEASE READ CAREFULLY – ‘How to Apply’ Terms and Conditions PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process. Strictly no agencies, please. As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion. About Us The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service. Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom. Staff Benefits The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment. We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service. Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment. Rehabilitation of Offenders Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions. Equal Opportunity Employer To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements. Online Searches In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.

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About this role In this pivotal role, you’ll ensure our compliance and assurance frameworks meet the highest standards in a regulated environment. You’ll: • Lead engagement with the Independent Technical Advisor (ITA), managing contracts and performance., • Establish and oversee the Liaison Committee in line with the SZC Liaison Agreement., • Develop and implement economic regulatory compliance frameworks and policies., • Provide expert guidance on economic regulation across the business., • Proven experience in economic regulation, ideally within the RAB model., • Strong compliance background—government, regulatory services, or finance preferred., • Ability to influence and build relationships at all levels, including executive and board level., • Excellent communication—able to simplify complex regulatory concepts., • Strong analytical and project management capabilities., • Commercial awareness with a strategic mindset., • A major infrastructure project with national impact, • Hybrid working with flexibility built in, • Competitive salary, bonus and benefits, • Clear progression and development opportunities Key Competencies Behavioural Competences Humility • Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences, • Positively challenge poor quality and performance, • Identify solutions at the lowest possible level, • Value the rules and environment in which we operate, • Give and receive feedback with respect, • One team, working closely together and helping each other, • Empowered teams always looking forward., • Communicate clearly and consistently, • Promote collaboration and team alignment, • Clearer and faster decision making The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset. When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK. The power station will generate low carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK’s current electricity needs. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear . We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it. We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home-grown energy, energy price stability and ultra-low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long-lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities – locally, regionally and nationally. We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure. Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast-moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work — where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests, and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi-dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth. When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group. At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK. To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years. By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C’s employee ___ and EDF's employee ___. Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.

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