Learning and Development Facilitator

At the Royal College of Nursing, we’re an optimistic organisation. And we’ve got good reason to be. As the largest trade union of nursing staff and students in the UK – with over half a million members –we can see a brighter future ahead. Join us and you will too.   RCN activists and workplace representatives are the lifeblood of our union and the voice of the nursing profession. They shape the health policies of the future by organising, lobbying and campaigning for positive change for the nursing profession, for patient care and for a better society. 

We're accredited with Investors in People Gold Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.

As a Learning and Development Facilitator (LDF) you will design and deliver trade union education courses and programmes to RCN workplace representatives – Learning Reps, Safety Reps and Stewards - and other active members across the Eastern region.

You will work from within the Activist Learning and Development (ALD) Team, and with RCN Eastern Region colleagues, to deliver high-quality, impactful learning experiences that transform members’ potential to win change in the workplace for themselves and their co-workers. You will assess and evaluate learning to ensure that we deliver what activists need to be effective in their roles and so that we are always improving what we do.

You will also collaborate across the ALD Team on strategic work, designing new education courses and programmes, drafting learning materials and resources, leading on particular projects, and bringing your trade union pedagogy expertise and experience of working with activists to strengthen work across the organisation.

This is a varied and demanding role that will put you at the forefront of ensuring that the RCN’s members have the influence in the workplace – and the world – that they need.

To join us you’ll need experience of shaping and delivering programmes of learning and ideally a background as an educator or facilitator in a healthcare, trade union or social movement environment. You’ll be able to demonstrate a record of assessing learning and providing constructive feedback. You will be able to show examples when you have shown leadership in learning-centred projects. Crucially, you will have worked alongside and built strong relationships with activists.

Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate, and show a capacity for strategic insight in all you do.

To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible

We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.

*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.

What we deliver for our members is wide and varied so when it comes to how we work one size doesn’t fit all. We also know that to empower our people to do their best work, they must be able to balance the demands of work and home. We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Departments and directorates have their own hybrid ways of working which put the needs of the service they deliver – whether that’s to members or to colleagues - at their heart, in alignment with our hybrid working core principles. At the RCN it’s unlikely you will work from home for all of your working time. Equally no one is expected to work solely in the office unless your role requires it. You can find out more by having a discussion with the recruiting manager.

Opening date: 22 April 2024

Closing date: 5pm on 6 May 2024

Assessment and interview date (at RCN HQ, London): 22 May 2024

Interview date: 22/05/2024

Contracted hours: 17.5