People Development Officer
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,524 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2025 |
| Location: | LE11 3BT |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Loughborough College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 288775JCP |
Summary
Are you passionate about helping people grow and thrive in their careers? Do you enjoy creating engaging learning experiences and supporting others to reach their full potential? If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
We’re looking for a People Development Officer to join our busy HR team and play a key role in shaping how we support and develop our staff across Loughborough College Group.
As a People Development Officer, you’ll be responsible for curating and delivering training that supports career progression, working closely with managers to create departmental plans, and leading the delivery of our Workforce Development Plan.
You’ll also support performance management, oversee appraisals and probation plans, and help shape and deliver our Employee and Leadership Excellence Programmes. You’ll carry out training needs analyses, evaluate the impact of development initiatives, and coordinate succession planning across the college group.
You’ll also work closely with managers and the Teacher Education team to make sure staff who need teaching or assessing qualifications are supported to achieve them. Whether it’s helping someone get started on a qualification or guiding them through the process, you’ll play a key role in making sure our teams have the skills they need to succeed.
We’re looking for someone who’s confident, organised, and passionate about people development. You should be confident to work with accrediting bodies, supporting apprenticeships, and keeping up to date with the latest training methods. You will be a strong communicator, with the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the college group and are able to adapt your approach to different audiences.
This is a great opportunity to make a real impact on staff across the college, join a supportive and forward-thinking team, and shape how we develop and support our people at Loughborough College Group.
The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business.
We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey
Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:
A competitive pension scheme
On-site parking
Subsidised nursery fees
Up to 25 days annual leave per year
Additional annual leave available
Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
Well-being hours
Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.
We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.
The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College Group. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College Group. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based across the campuses of Loughborough College Group.
Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship.
If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk
We’re looking for a People Development Officer to join our busy HR team and play a key role in shaping how we support and develop our staff across Loughborough College Group.
As a People Development Officer, you’ll be responsible for curating and delivering training that supports career progression, working closely with managers to create departmental plans, and leading the delivery of our Workforce Development Plan.
You’ll also support performance management, oversee appraisals and probation plans, and help shape and deliver our Employee and Leadership Excellence Programmes. You’ll carry out training needs analyses, evaluate the impact of development initiatives, and coordinate succession planning across the college group.
You’ll also work closely with managers and the Teacher Education team to make sure staff who need teaching or assessing qualifications are supported to achieve them. Whether it’s helping someone get started on a qualification or guiding them through the process, you’ll play a key role in making sure our teams have the skills they need to succeed.
We’re looking for someone who’s confident, organised, and passionate about people development. You should be confident to work with accrediting bodies, supporting apprenticeships, and keeping up to date with the latest training methods. You will be a strong communicator, with the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the college group and are able to adapt your approach to different audiences.
This is a great opportunity to make a real impact on staff across the college, join a supportive and forward-thinking team, and shape how we develop and support our people at Loughborough College Group.
The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business.
We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey
Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:
A competitive pension scheme
On-site parking
Subsidised nursery fees
Up to 25 days annual leave per year
Additional annual leave available
Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
Well-being hours
Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.
We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.
The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College Group. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College Group. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based across the campuses of Loughborough College Group.
Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship.
If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk