Learning and Development Specialist (L&D)

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service 

Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being the L&D Specialist

The Learning and Development Specialist (Trainer) is responsible for delivering consultancy on individual and team development – The L&D Specialist will design, create, deliver, and facilitate core curriculum training solutions. This includes developing and delivering management and leadership programs, as well as personal effectiveness training to support the professional growth and effectiveness of individuals and teams across the organisation.

The role focuses on providing high-impact learning interventions that align with organisational goals and leadership development strategies.

What you’ll do

• Act as an internal consultant to diagnose individual and team development needs.
• Provide tailored solutions to enhance performance, engagement, and leadership capabilities.
• Develop and facilitate training solutions focused on core areas such as Management & Leadership Development and Personal Effectiveness.
• Ensure training content is relevant, engaging, and aligned with business needs and objectives.
• Deliver interactive and impactful training sessions through workshops, seminars, and blended learning approaches.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to identify learning and development priorities, ensuring that training programs are aligned with business strategies.
• Provide recommendations for addressing gaps in management, leadership, and personal effectiveness skills.
• Provide one-on-one coaching and mentoring to employees and managers to enhance their leadership skills and personal effectiveness.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Learning and Development, Human Resources, Organisational Development, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in training, instructional design, or coaching (e.g., CIPD, ILM).
• Strengthscope accreditation and / or similar profiling tools is desirable.
• Additional certifications in areas such as coaching, facilitation, or leadership development (e.g., ILM Level 7, CTDP) - Desirable.
• Demonstrable experience in a learning and development role, with a focus on delivering management, leadership, and personal effectiveness training.
• Experience providing in house consultancy on individual and team development, working closely with business leaders to identify and address development needs

Benefits

• Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Blue Light Card discount scheme supported by a number of high street retailers
• A range of family friendly policies including promoting work-life balance
• Access to health and wellbeing services and advice
• Access to LinkedIn learning online training
• Free parking
• Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community

How to apply

Please complete an online application and CV.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy upon receiving a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this role we recommend that you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees and volunteers, are committed to safeguarding, protecting and supporting children, young people and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.