Learning and Development Specialist (Talent)


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£45,292 to £53,629 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Glasgow
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	15 Oct 2026

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Summary

Established in 2020, Government Skills (formerly the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit) enhances the quality and consistency of civil service learning and development by delivering better training, knowledge and networks. It serves as the foundation for The Campus, unifying physical and digital environments where more than 450,000 civil servants develop their capabilities across government.

The organisation’s mission is to accelerate capability building for all civil servants and extend impact into the wider public sector, ultimately driving improved public service delivery nationwide.

Under a new Government, Government Skills is transitioning to an updated operating model designed to elevate output quality while reducing learning costs. This expansion marks a dynamic phase of growth, featuring new roles created to drive future strategic goals.

The Beyond Boundaries programme sits within the Fast Stream and Emerging Talent team as part of Government Skills.

You will oversee end-to-end delivery of the 12-month Beyond Boundaries talent and learning programme, encompassing 11 virtual modules. Your primary duties will include leading and co-facilitating workshops, evaluating session effectiveness and driving continuous programme improvements. Acting as the primary point of contact for approximately 50 learners, you will provide ongoing guidance, formal one-to-one coaching and group coaching via action learning sets.

Administrative responsibilities include issuing pre-work and joining instructions, logging FAQs, gathering workshop feedback and managing tracking and reporting attendance, attrition and evaluations. Following the core 12-month programme, you will deliver an additional 6 months of post-programme mentoring support.

Collaboration across teams is essential to align with overarching programme goals, prevent duplicate efforts and feed key insights into Fast Stream learning evaluation metrics. As needed, you will also scope and assist with other Fast Stream and Emerging Talent learning initiatives and assessments, sharing best practice across the business unit to reinforce a centre of expertise model.

Following completion of the programme, you will deliver an additional six months of post-programme mentoring support to participants.

This role involves collaborating closely with colleagues across teams to ensure alignment with wider programme goals, prevent duplication, and contribute relevant data and insights to the overarching Fast Stream learning evaluation. Furthermore, you will assist with scoping and supporting additional Fast Stream and Emerging Talent learning assessments and initiatives as required, sharing best practice across the business unit in line with our centre of expertise model.

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