L&D Planning & Logistics Officer


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£35,663 to £35,663 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Gillingham (Kent)
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	16 Oct 2026

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Summary

Can you lead the planning and coordination of learning activities, resources and logistics to ensure colleagues have access to the right development opportunities at the right time?

Have you used data, management information and insight to support workforce planning, inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement within a learning or operational environment?

Do you enjoy working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to shape and deliver strategic learning solutions that support organisational priorities and future workforce capability?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Learning & Development (L&D) Planning & Logistics team plays a vital role in ensuring colleagues across the organisation have access to the right learning opportunities, resources and equipment when they need them. Working closely with teams across the People Directorate and wider business, the department is responsible for coordinating learning delivery, workforce planning and logistics to support organisational priorities. The team uses data and insight from learning systems to produce high-quality management information, enabling evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement. As a key function within the People Directorate, the department helps shape and deliver the L&D strategy, ensuring learning solutions are effective, efficient and aligned to the organisation’s goals, workforce needs and future capabilities.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA.

Lead a skilled Learning & Development Planning & Logistics team, ensuring the right resources, training delivery and equipment are available at the right time to meet business needs. You will oversee learning and resource planning, produce the annual L&D plan, and use data from learning systems to deliver high-quality management information that supports decision-making. As a key member of the L&D leadership team, you will help shape, communicate and embed the L&D strategy, driving continuous improvement and excellent customer outcomes across the organisation.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Collaborating with L&D and People & Places Directorate colleagues, customers and other stakeholders to define, implement and continuously improve learning standards, services to ensure a cohesive approach.

Accountable for developing learning plans to ensure right resource, right place, right time.

Ensuring learning plans are confirmed at least a quarter ahead of time.

Collaborating with the business to plan resources to enable Training Delivery

Managing and coordinating the activities of their team to ensure delivery against agreed customer plans, including resource allocation.

Analyse a range of qualitative and quantitative information to provide evidence-based insight to help the organisation make informed decisions, address business problems, and add value to the organisation.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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