Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Learning Lead
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (Secondments Considered for the right skilled individual)
- Hours
- Full time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 390-COR-SO-0499-A
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Britannia Park
- Town
- Southend
- Salary
- £47,810 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Digital Learning Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
The successful candidate will help to lead and deliver the Trust’s Digital Learning agenda, to develop and implement a strategic approach to technology-enhanced learning. They accelerate the transition from traditional learning and development delivery (such as face to face learning) to a digitally enabled blended learning offer, including e-learning, multi-media and mobile environments and new models/modes of course delivery e.g. podcasts; webinars; Vlogs and virtual reality.
The successful candidate will oversee the development and delivery of the portfolio of digital learning, working with key stakeholders to scope and plan the pipeline for content digitisation aligned to services’ need and national developments. As the technical expert the candidate will hold a pivotal role in the development of the Education offer at our trust.
They will take a proactive role in supporting staff through the development and use of learning technologies including the use of the Learning Management and Resource Systems.
They will have the operational and line management responsibility for the Technology Enhanced Learning Team.
The role will require the post holder to work autonomously and to have a continued focus on
high quality digital learning for the workforce providing education, training and development
that supports the Trust Digital Education Strategy.
Main duties of the job
- Play a leading role in ongoing development of and delivery of strategic outcomes relating to a sustainable, diverse, and digitally enabled workforce
- Maintain and improve mandatory training compliance figures across all training subjects, with the compliance manager
- Oversee the work with subject matter experts, professional development leads, trainers, and the head of risk management to ensure that mandatory training needs are identified for all staff groups and that the mandatory training needs analysis is kept up to date
- Analyse complex statistics and report and use own judgement to resolve issues where expected project delivery is compromised
- Monitor evaluative data and information for all statutory and mandatory training and essential to role, both face to face and e-learning to identify risks regarding training activity and implement action plans to improve business outcomes
- Analyse problems and make judgements on issues concerning with the day to day management and operations of Technology Enhanced Learning
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Conduct effective evaluation and associated analysis using recognised and contemporary evaluation models. Report results of analysis. Evaluation should seek to identify return on investment and operational impact
- Regularly undertake research in relation to learning and organisational development, including horizon scanning of upcoming good practice, benchmarking with other organisations/industries. Research to translate into practice changes and initiatives where appropriate
- Promote evidenced based practice, linking to appropriate initiatives with internal and external partners where appropriate. Ensure material used in the interventions programmes is researched and evidence based where practical or possible
- Prioritise own workload and that of relevant projects / stakeholders to meet specified deadlines, responding to competing demands
- Prepare papers and draft the agenda for the Statutory and Mandatory Steering Group (SMSG)
- Maintain and update the Mandatory Training Action Plan quarterly
- Analyse information in relation to mandatory training requirements, attendance and effectiveness through reviews, surveys and audits and to produce regular reports on the results to internal and external groups
- Develop and implement processes to ensure that e-learning is used where appropriate to support induction and mandatory training
- Manage programmes and projects to progress the development of mandatory training in the organisation in line with the wider learning and organisation development strategies and principles
- Active participant at all relevant Trust meetings
- Actively communicates highly complex and highly sensitive information effectively and appropriately through a range of styles and channels appropriate to the situation
- Acknowledges, encourages and celebrates the contribution of others
- Uses highly developed skills to deal with difficult situations and audiences as required
- Develops effective working relationships with internal clients (Organisation, Team, Individuals) to identify issues and help and implement Learning and OD interventions and solutions
- Ensures that mandatory training requirements and provision are communicated and promoted to all managers and staff
- Provides advice and guidance in line with local and national directives to inform strategic decision making on statutory and mandatory training
- Consults with key stakeholders within the group on strategic interventions to ensure the organisation has the best possible learning opportunities and staff development pathways
Person specification
Totara Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent (last 2 years) experience of V16-18 Totara TXP
Desirable criteria
- Lead used and administered Totara TXP in the last 5 years
Totara Technical Ability
Essential criteria
- Developed administered and curated courses dashboards and reports in Totara
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable technical ability at a high quality level
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tesh Chudasama
- Job title
- Head of Digital Learning
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07903676115
- Additional information
For an initial conversation about the role please get in touch.
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