Job Title:
Agency: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 112,782 to 129,783 £ / Year

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Job summary

Are you an experienced senior leader ready to shape the future workforce of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust? As Director of Learning and Workforce Development, you will lead a broad, high-profile portfolio at the heart of our organisation’s transformation. You will help create outstanding learning and career opportunities for our people, strengthen workforce capability and support new ways of delivering care. This is an opportunity to influence strategy at executive and system level, build strong partnerships and make a lasting difference to our workforce and the patients we serve.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Chief People and Culture Officer, you will develop and implement BFT’s future workforce and skills strategy, ensuring we have the capacity and capability needed for the decade ahead. You will lead education, apprenticeships, learning and development, career pathways, workforce transformation and education governance. Working with clinical, operational, system and education partners, you will shape roles, skills and learning pathways that respond to changing patient needs, technological advances and new models of care. You will be a credible and visible leader who can build trust, influence at executive and system level, lead large-scale change and champion inclusion.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills, Personal Qualities

Essential

• Educated to Master’s degree level or equivalent experience (A)
• Education/CIPD qualification or equivalent experience (A)
• Evidence of continuing professional development and application in practice (A)
• Senior leadership experience in a large, complex organisation, including management of multidisciplinary education teams (A, I)
• Significant experience leading workforce development and organisational transformation programmes (A, I)
• Experience of strategic planning and delivery of innovative career pathways (A, I)
• Experience of reporting and providing assurance to Executive and Board-level committees (A, I)
• Significant experience managing large budgets and financial resources (A, I)
• Experience of leading complex change programmes and unifying teams (A, I)
• Experience of working in partnership with academics, clinicians and external stakeholders (A, I)
• Experience representing a large organisation externally and influencing senior stakeholders (A, I)
• Knowledge of education quality assurance methodologies and improvement approaches (A, I)
• High-level knowledge of education, workforce and health/social care policy (A, I)
• Understanding of workforce career structures and education agendas (A, I)
• Excellent influencing, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills (A, I)
• Ability to analyse complex financial and management information (A, I)
• Skilled in leading high-performing teams (A, I)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (A, I)
• Ability to produce Board-level reports and presentations (A, I)
• Strong organisational, planning and programme management skills (A, I)
• Knowledge and application of Microsoft Office applications, including Copilot (A)
• Strategic thinker with the ability to shape future direction (A, I)
• Inspirational and compassionate leader (A, I)
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills (A, I)
• Ability to work effectively in highly complex environments (A, I)
• Resilient and able to deliver under pressure (A, I)
• Ability to prioritise, make decisions and provide clear leadership (A, I)
• Knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues and policy drivers (A, I)

Desirable

• Experience working within the NHS (A, I)
• Management/Leadership qualification (A)
• Experience leading integration of services of similar scale and complexity (A, I)

Closing Date: 5 October 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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