Job Introduction
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks if relevant to their role.
Join Us as a Learning and Organisational Development Advisor
The National Autistic Society helps create a world that works for autistic people and within our Corporate Services support the teams who champion the rights and interests of autistic people and their families. We have a rewarding opportunity for a Learning and Organisational Development Advisor within the HR Shared Services Team. If you share our values and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Visit our website to find out more about who we are: https://www.autism.org.uk/
About the Team
Our Learning and Organisational Development (LOD) team is responsible for ensuring all colleagues receive the right learning, at the right time, in the right way. We support the organisation’s strategy by delivering high-quality learning solutions, building capability, and enabling our workforce to meet service, regulatory and operational requirements.
About the Role
As a Learning and Organisational Development Advisor, you will play a key role in designing, delivering and evaluating learning interventions across the organisation. You’ll work in partnership with managers and stakeholders to identify development needs, support performance and capability improvement, and embed a culture of continuous learning. This is a varied role where you will use data, insight, and best practice to drive effective learning solutions that enable colleagues to deliver high-quality services.
What You’ll Do
- Act as a key point of contact providing LOD advice and guidance to managers on workforce development, training and performance
- Design and deliver learning interventions across the full learning cycle, from induction through to leadership development
- Work with stakeholders to identify training needs and implement learning solutions that meet organisational and regulatory requirements
What We’re Looking For
- Experience working in a Learning & Development or Organisational Development role
- Strong understanding of learning approaches, adult learning principles, and the full learning cycle
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and advise others
- Ability to analyse and present data to inform decision-making and improvement
Click here for the Job Description
This role is for a full-time position at 35 hours per week.
This role is homebased.
What we can offer you
- Pension– Auto-enrolled pension scheme.
- Annual Leave– 33 days (including public holidays). You can buy or sell leave each year.
- Training– Great induction and training, including autism training.
- Discounts– Online staff discount scheme for shopping, cycling, tech, and more (e.g., Asda, Tesco, Nike, Apple).
- Healthcare– Cash plan for permanent staff.
- Life Assurance– 2x your base salary.
- Flexible Benefits– Options like private health, dental insurance, holiday trading, enhanced pension.
- Support– 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme and counselling.
- Mindfulness– Free Headspace app for you and up to 3 family/friends.
- Blue Light Card– Eligibility for discounts.
About our application process
You will be required to upload your CV. If you are providing a supporting statement, please consider the following:
- Look at the job description and person specification.
- Tell us how your skills and experience match the role.
- Give examples if you can.
We might close this job advert early if we get lots of suitable applications.
To protect our autistic adults & children at the National Autistic Society, some roles require employees to have a criminal background check. Possession of an Enhanced DBS Check either on the Update Service or conducted within the last 12 months would be preferable but not essential if its applicable to your role.
Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from autistic people.
We are an equal opportunities employer and part of the Disability Confident Employer scheme.
Important Information
Agencies need not apply.
Please note the National Autistic Society are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas.
The National Autistic Society may use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist our recruitment team with reviewing applications for this role. All application decisions are made by people and are not determined automatically by AI.