Senior Learning & Development Specialist

We’re looking for a Senior Learning & Development Specialist to play a key role in evolving learning and capability development across the business.

This is a broad, end-to-end role responsible for owning the full learning lifecycle, from diagnosing capability gaps and conducting learning needs analysis through to solution design, facilitation, implementation and impact evaluation.

You’ll partner closely with stakeholders across multiple business functions to deliver learning solutions that improve capability, performance and future readiness.

This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution and would suit someone who enjoys both consulting with the business and creating high-quality learning experiences themselves.

This role is hybrid ideally with 2-3 days in our Birmingham HQ.

• Partner with business leaders and teams to identify learning and capability needs
• Conduct learning needs analysis using business insight, stakeholder engagement and data
• Design engaging learning solutions across digital, blended and facilitated formats
• Create learning content and resources using modern learning technologies
• Deliver workshops, programmes and development initiatives where required
• Evaluate learning effectiveness and measure business impact
• Use data and insights to continuously improve learning outcomes
• Contribute to the evolution of modern learning practices, tools and methodologies across the business

• Proven experience across the full learning and development lifecycle
• Strong learning design, facilitation and programme delivery capability
• Experience partnering with stakeholders across different business functions
• Hands-on experience creating digital and blended learning content
• Experience measuring learning effectiveness and business impact
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and programmes simultaneously

Wellbeing that means something

• 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year
• Exceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
• Robust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical-history exclusions

Financial benefits that have your back

• Performance-based rewards tailored to your role, from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
• Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it

Grow your career with us

• SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library
• Access to external training and apprenticeships

Making a Difference 

• MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
• Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:

• ULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models
• Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover

At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society.

We’re much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.

OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia.

Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.

We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.

Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times’ Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback. Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

Learn more at www.oneadvanced.com