Example job roles: Learning Manager, Learning Portfolio Manager, Development Lead, Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health
Level:听 听听Advanced
Experiences
Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level
- Ensure that learning interventions follow a planned training cycle within own area of activity in line with strategic objectives.
- Conducting training needs analysis to assess knowledge and skills gaps.听
- Generating ideas and contributing to the creation of plans and learning pathways to implement learning and development activities,听including investigating market trends and identifying best practice in content (e.g. scoping project, researching听and identifying providers).
- Line manage direct report(s), leading by example for supporting personal and professional development.
- Delivering learning interventions to respond to identified needs (e.g. running workshops, training, positive action projects, role modelling inclusive practice) - delegating and supervising projects tasks听as needed.
- Creating, co-creating and curating content with subject matter experts to meet learning needs.
- Commissioning internal or external suppliers, and managing bespoke projects.听
- Managing the administrative activity behind the delivery of training (e.g. maintaining accessible resource areas of information such as websites and听handbooks).
- Ensuring that the UCL Ways of Working and core behaviours are embedded within learning provision.
- Promoting the adoption of learning and training opportunities to support and encourage best practice in the workplace (e.g. UCL campaign training).
- Point of escalation for consistent non-compliance on mandatory training.
- Dealing with and resolving issues relating to stakeholder feedback.
- Key responsibility for budget management for projects.
- Manage the evaluation process, acting on the data to guide and develop change and continuous improvement to training.
Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
On the job learning
- Planning learning events so that听they complement the strategic听direction of your area鈥檚 activity.
- Proactively manage budgets听to support training events and听programmes.
- Develop ideas and听solutions which support business听problems or strategic aims of听your area.
- Interpret data, report听and recommend training direction听and solution to solve problem.
- Proactively contribute and add听to Continuous Professional听Development log.
- Develop听systems and processes which听ease the operational activities听supporting training.
Learning from听others听听
- Take opportunities to present听and assist senior colleagues with听developing their staff community.
- Liaise with external/internal听suppliers to develop proposals听based on specific needs.
- Take an active role in a Community of听Practice.听
- Seek out opportunities to join internal/external networks.听
- Lead and be part of focus groups and contribute towards solutions for supporting practical learning.
Formal learning
- Develop presentation and facilitation skills (e.g. through LinkedIn Learning).
- Attend training around management development and having difficult conversations.听
- Learn about influencing and negotiation through training courses or using LinkedIn Learning videos.
*听You may wish to explore the listed formal training themes / topics on听LinkedIn Learning.
Transferable skills and competencies
UCL uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out more听details on the framework.
Leading and supervising
- Providing direction and co-ordinating action.
- Supervising and monitoring behaviour.
- Coaching.
- Delegating.
- Empowering staff.
- Motivating others.
- Developing staff.
- Identifying and recruiting talent.
Presenting and communicating information
- Speaking fluently.
- Explaining concepts and opinions.
- Articulating key points of an argument. Presenting and public speaking.
- Projecting credibility.
- Responding to an audience.
Creating and innovating
- Innovating.
- Seeking and introducing change.
UCL Ways of Working
These describe expected behaviours in line with UCL culture and values.听 For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to the听Ways of Working website.听
鈥�Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.
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