HEAD OF LEARNING DEVELOPMENT & QUALITY

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HEAD OF LEARNING DEVELOPMENT & QUALITY

• Date Posted: October 27, 2026

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HEAD OF LEARNING DEVELOPMENT & QUALITY Sefton 36 hours per week £59,810.70 - £68,901- per annum Closing Date: Wednesday 4 November 2026

Sefton

36 hours per week

£59,810.70 – £68,901- per annum

Closing Date:  Wednesday 4 November 2026

We are a value-based social care company and aspire to be the local employer and provider of choice.

We are looking for someone with the right values and behaviours who can help ensure our co-produced company values, are at the heart of everything we do. 

Our core values:

• Big Hearted: we say that we are proud of the quality of care, empathy and kindness we offer to the people we support and each other
• Count on Us: we act in a way that you can rely on us to be able to meet the needs of the people we support and each other
• Together as One: we say that we take pride in working as a team to deliver a very person-centred service
• People Focused: we recognise the importance of transparency, trust, recognition and development within our workforce

Do you share these values? If so, read on …

Our new business plan sets our aspiration to transform New Directions into a Learning Organisation that creates its own future to be both the provider and employer of choice.  

As Head of Learning Development and Quality, you will lead learning and development for the organisation, enabling delivery of the workforce development plan, co-produced by staff, to transition towards the realisation of our aspiration to evolve into a learning organisation.

Underpinning the learning and development programme you will be reviewing and implementing the quality assurance programme, supporting the Head of Operations by ensuring that the operational teams deliver professional standards and models of best practice. Providing effective leadership and specialist advice on care quality compliance, safeguarding and health and safety.

You will be working alongside our committed managers to drive up standards in the quality of care and health and safety in our pursuit of excellence; therefore, experience in the social care sector is essential.

You will have experience in operating at a senior level, as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will report directly to the Managing Director and attend Board meetings.

You will have the ability to build, manage and maintain key internal and external business relationships to deliver the highest standards of integrity and quality.

We offer a suite of excellent employee benefits, designed to meet the varying needs of our dedicated workforce.

If you have the experience and attributes we are looking for, then we would very much welcome your application.

Should you wish to have an informal conversation about the job role.

For a recruitment pack and further information please contact Rebecca Thurston, Head of HR: beccy.thurston@ndirections.org

Interviews will be held on Friday 6th November 2026

Closing date: Monday 2nd November 2026

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