Learning and Development Lead

Passionate about making a difference? Join us at The Brain Tumour Charity and help fight for a world without brain tumours. Your impact matters.

The Brain Tumour Charity is leading the way in research, support, and advocacy for everyone affect by brain tumours. Our mission is simple but urgent: to accelerate a cure for brain tumours and improve life for everyone affected by this devastating disease.

To achieve our ambitious strategy, we need to make sure our people and volunteers have the skills, knowledge and confidence to perform brilliantly. The Learning Adviser will play a key role in delivering our learning and development offer, supporting colleagues across The Charity to develop their capability, to strengthen our culture, and to live our values.

Working within the People & Culture team, you will design and deliver learning initiatives, manage digital learning platforms, and work closely with managers to embed learning into everyday practice. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about learning and engagement, with the creativity and drive to make a difference to how we work.

 📍Location: While contracted to our office in Fleet, Hampshire, our team supports a blend of office and home working provided you have adequate broadband and IT capability, with an average of 2-3 days in the office each week. 

⏰Working hours: This role is 37.5 hours per week.

💰Benchmarked salary: £38,000

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about learning and motivated by the difference that a strong learning and development approach can make in the workplace. You’ll have experience of delivering learning and development in a workplace context, be able to complete learning needs analysis at both an organisation and role-based level and will be confident using both digital and in-person methods to engage people.

You’ll combine strong communication skills with the ability to plan and coordinate learning that is practical, inclusive and impactful. You’ll work in an evidence-based way, using feedback and insight to shape and evaluate our learning and development approach.

You’ll be able to balance multiple priorities and to adapt quickly. Above all, you’ll be motivated by our vision to defeat brain tumours and will see the power of great learning in helping our people and volunteers to achieve that goal.

Supporting learning operations

· Support the effective delivery of our learning and development offering, ensuring it supports The Charity’s strategy, culture, and values.

· Work with managers and The Head of People and Culture to identify organisational and role-based learning needs and to support the creation of an organisational learning plan.

· Support managers with the development of personal development plans.

· Design and deliver engaging workshops, webinars, and resources on key skills and behaviours, informed by charity and departmental learning needs analysis.

· Manage digital learning tools and platforms (our ‘Charity Academy’), ensuring content is accessible, current and engaging.

· Work with the People and Volunteering Manager to ensure that onboarding journeys at The Charity create an effective and engaging start for new team members

· Evaluate the effectiveness of learning initiatives using feedback and data, using this to continuously improve our approach.

· Ensure learning activities reflect our commitment to equity and inclusion, and support and contribute to key events and learning opportunities in support of the EDI Champions group and our wider EDI priorities and goals.

Offering learning advice and guidance

· Act as a trusted adviser to managers and team members, offering practical guidance on learning policy and practice, and on learning opportunities.

· Support the development and delivery of learning and engagement projects in partnership with team members across People & Culture.

· Build collaborative relationships across The Charity to encourage a learning culture where people feel confident to share knowledge and skills.

Supporting best practice and continuous improvement

· Keep up to date with external best practice in learning and development, bringing new ideas and continuous improvement.

· Work in partnership with volunteers and team members to co-create learning where appropriate.

· Support the wider People & Culture team with projects and initiatives relating to wellbeing, team engagement, and understanding and applying people policy and practice.

We encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all of the criteria.

Experience:

· Experience of working in a learning and development role or delivering training and capability-building activities.

· Experience of conducting organisational and role-based learning needs analysis.

· Experience of designing and delivering workshops, webinars or learning resources.

· Experience of managing or curating content for digital learning platforms.

· Experience of evaluating learning activities and using data to drive improvement.

· Experience in a charity or not-for-profit organisation, or another values-led environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

· Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, able to engage and inspire groups and individuals.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to design clear, accessible and inclusive content.

· Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

· Digital literacy and confidence using online learning platforms and collaboration tools.

· Curiosity and creativity, with a willingness to bring fresh ideas and approaches.

· Empathy, collaboration and strong interpersonal skills, able to build trust and influence at all levels.

·       To coordinate and support volunteers within your team – managing volunteer tasks and day to day communication, providing training, support and guidance and fostering strong relationships to ensure a positive volunteer experience.

*Please note that the responsibilities listed are not exhaustive and this job description may be subject to change as the role evolves over time.

You’ll be joining a collaborative, bold and innovative team of individuals who put our community first and are connected by a passion to make a real difference. 

🏆Our amazing benefits: 

The Brain Tumour Charity is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented communities. 

We strive to create a workplace that celebrates diversity and provides equal opportunities for all candidates and we encourage all individuals to apply even if they don’t meet all the criteria.

Whilst we'd love to have you on board, we want to be upfront as we’d hate to waste your time applying for a role where we can’t take you on. At the moment, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for any of our positions. We're currently seeking candidates who are already authorised to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship, who can remain on a permanent basis.

Please apply by clicking the red ‘join our team’ button, attaching your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours. We'd like to encourage you not to use AI to write your cover letter as we want to get to know you, the real you!

We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive so if you’d find it beneficial to submit your application in a different format, please drop us a line at careers@thebraintumourcharity.org.

Advert close date: 8th March 2026

First interview date and location: 18th March 2026 over Teams

Second interview date and location: 25th March 2026 at our office in Fleet

The post holder will also;

• Contribute to achieving the objectives of The Brain Tumour Charity
• Live and breathe our values by being bold, collaborative and innovative, with a community-first approach to everything you do
• Undertake any additional and ad hoc tasks as required
• Participate in team meetings and other meetings as required
• Monitor and evaluate activities and provide written reports
• Represent The Charity at external events in a professional manner
• Work within an equal opportunities framework
• Adhere to all The Charity’s policies, procedures and working
• Ensure all records are held in compliance with GDPR, The Fundraising Regulator Code of Practice and The Brain Tumour Charity policies.

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• Department
• People & Culture
• Role
• Learning and Development Lead
• Locations
• Fleet
• Remote status
• Hybrid
• Yearly salary
• £38,000
• Employment type
• Full-time

About The Brain Tumour Charity

We are The Brain Tumour Charity, the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally and the only charity in the UK taking on brain tumours on all three fronts: research, campaigning and support.

Our vision is for people diagnosed with a brain tumour to live longer and better lives. So, we’re moving further, faster to help every single person affected by this devastating disease.

We’re accelerating cures for all brain tumours, driving the best lifelong care and raising our global voices for change. So why not apply to become a part of the Brainy Bunch and help us make a real and lasting difference?

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