Job Description

Are you passionate about shaping the future of leadership in health and social care?
We are seeking a Senior Leadership Development Manager to lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of our leadership development strategy. This pivotal role ensures leaders at all levels are equipped to thrive in a complex, fast-changing environment while building a strong talent pipeline for the future.
This is a full-time permanent role with national travel and regular / weekly presence in our head office in Widnes.
What is "The Deal" for you?

• Flexibility: You can work your 37.5 hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or split the hours over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments. You can work from home, or from our head office in Widnes, or a flex between the two. There will be a requirement to travel to our head office at least once a week.
• Pension: contributory pension scheme
• Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
• Best Lives Bolder: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives bolder
• Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
• Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life

Who you'll be supporting & more about the role:
You will play a key role in succession planning, overseeing qualifications, apprenticeships, graduate programmes, and early careers initiatives-creating an environment where colleagues can reach their full potential.
Day to Day:

• Lead and innovate: Design and deliver engaging leadership programmes that strengthen capability and drive organisational performance.
• Shape the future: Develop and embed leadership frameworks and behaviours that reflect our values and strategic objectives.
• Drive talent strategy: Oversee succession planning and early careers programmes, ensuring a robust pipeline of future leaders.
• Champion digital learning: Maximise the use of contemporary and blended learning approaches to future-proof our workforce.
• Measure impact: Implement quality assurance and evaluation processes to evidence behavioural change and ROI.
• Collaborate and influence: Work closely with operational leaders, People Services, and external partners to deliver high-quality, value-for-money solutions.
• Lead a team: Inspire and develop a high-performing leadership team to achieve excellence and deliver results.
• SVQ (Scottish Vocational Qualification) Centre: Leadership and management of our SVQ centre

Your values:
Our Ideal candidate:
We're looking for someone who combines strategic vision with hands-on delivery. You'll bring:

• Expertise in Leadership Development with a proven track record of designing and evaluating impactful programmes.
• Strong coaching skills and experience supporting senior leaders.
• Digital fluency and confidence in leveraging technology for learning.
• Experience in succession planning and talent pipeline management within complex organisations.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills to drive change without direct authority.
• A degree-level qualification (or equivalent experience) and a management qualification.

Desirable extras include MCIPD, coaching accreditations, and experience in the health and social care sector.
Why join us?
This is your opportunity to make a real difference in a sector that changes lives every day. You'll help shape leadership capability across the organisation, ensuring we deliver Best Lives through our Bolder Strategy.
In return, you'll enjoy:

• A role with national impact and strategic influence.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• A collaborative, values-driven culture committed to innovation and excellence.

Ready to lead the way?
Apply now and help us build a future where every leader is empowered to succeed.
Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.
Interested and want to know a bit more?
To find out more about our charity check out:
We're really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.
In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34.
The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones - and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.

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