Job Description

People Development Manager

Glasgow, G32 9AT

up to 42,000 - 50,000 per annum depending on experience

Full-time, Permanent - 40 hours per week

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Closing date 31st October 2025

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Are you passionate about making a real difference through Learning and Development? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, multi-site environment where high-quality development is at the heart of your role?


At Real Life Options, every role is a crucial piece of the puzzle, working together to empower, uplift, and transform lives. Our frontline teams provide the freedom, dignity, and support that help people live life on their own terms, but none of that is possible without dedicated people development professionals working behind the scenes to support and develop the people who make it all happen. That's where you come in.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced People Development Manager to lead Real Life Option's approach to learning, development, and organisational capability. The role ensures that colleagues across all regions have access to high-quality development opportunities that enable them to thrive, deliver excellent care, and grow their careers.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead the design and delivery of innovative, bespoke development interventions that strengthen capability, support career progression, and enhance retention. Develop, implement, and embed a structured people development framework aligned to business priorities and future workforce needs. Partner with leaders and managers to identify learning needs and provide coaching, guidance, and accessible tools to drive personal and team development. Use talent, performance, and workforce data to generate actionable insights and inform succession planning and future skills strategies. Ensure the design and delivery of a high-quality induction experience that sets new colleagues up for success. Create and foster a continuous learning culture by developing programmes that enable career progression across the organisation. Build strong, influential relationships across the organisation to embed consistent and effective people development practices. Facilitate impactful development programmes, workshops, and masterclasses both face-to-face and virtually. Build strong, influential relationships across the organisation to embed consistent and effective people development practices. Ensure that learning and development initiatives directly contribute to improved organisational, team, and individual performance. Monitor, evaluate, and report on the effectiveness and ROI of learning and development interventions. Champion and embed a culture of continuous professional and career development across the organisation. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best-in-class learning solutions are identified and delivered. Design and embed a competency and skills framework linked to career pathways for all roles. Provide leadership, support, and direction to the L&D team, ensuring effective delivery of development priorities.

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

? Significant experience in leading a learning and Organisational Deveolpment team ideally in health, care, or charitable sectors.


? Professional Learning and Development qualification (e.g. CIPD)


? Strong leadership and people management skills.


? Proven ability to design and deliver development strategies.


? Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels.


? Experience of managing budgets and evaluating impact


? Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and relationship-building skills.


? Confident in using learning management systems and digital learning tools.


? Well-organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Why Join Us?

? A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)


? Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network


? A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)


?An employer contributory pension scheme

? Work in a collaborative, values-led environment


? In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:


? Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)


? 10,000 Life cover


? A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)


? A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services


? Cycle to Work Scheme


? A financial wellbeing scheme


? Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)


? Recognition Initiatives


Don't miss out - Be Part of Something Bigger - Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters


Apply today and start making a real impact!


We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect - Honesty - Responsibility - Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:


Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive


Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.


Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.


If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.


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