[Hiring] Learning and Capability Manager @Alzheimer's Society

Role Description

We are recruiting for a Learning & Capability Manager to join on a full-time, permanent contract, working 35 hours per week. This is a home-based role with occasional travel required for in-person meetings.

As Learning & Capability Manager, you will lead the Society’s organisational learning and capability agenda, shaping the strategy, governance and operating model that enables colleagues to build the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to deliver our priorities now and in the future.

• Work in partnership with senior leaders, subject matter experts and learning leads across directorates to ensure learning is evidence-based, prioritised against business need, and designed to improve organisational performance, workforce capability, and colleague experience.
• Own the Society’s learning governance framework and lead the hub and spoke model for learning, setting clear standards, decision-making routes, quality assurance, and evaluation approaches.
• Champion modern learning practice and use insight, technology, and innovation to make learning more accessible, scalable, and impactful.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of leading learning, capability or organisational development strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Experience establishing and leading learning governance, quality assurance, prioritisation, and evaluation frameworks across a complex organisation.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence senior stakeholders and lead change through collaboration.
• Effective people leader and coach who can lead and develop high-performing learning, capability or organisational development (OD) professionals.
• Ability to use data, evaluation, and evidence to shape priorities and inform investment decisions.
• Understanding of modern learning methodologies, inclusive design, digital learning, learning technologies, and AI-enabled tools.

Requirements

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Society’s learning and capability strategy, aligned with organisational priorities and future workforce needs.
• Translate organisational goals, workforce insight, and emerging capability requirements into clear learning priorities, investment decisions, and development plans.
• Own and lead the Society’s learning governance framework, ensuring learning activity is coordinated, prioritised, quality assured, evaluated, and aligned across the organisation.
• Lead the operation and development of the Society’s hub and spoke learning model, providing clear tools, guidance, and expertise to learning leads, specialist teams, and subject matter experts.
• Use data, evaluation, learner feedback, and organisational insight to demonstrate impact, inform investment, and continuously improve learning services.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Learning & Capability team, creating a collaborative and inclusive culture with clear priorities and expectations.
• Drive innovation through digital learning, automation, AI-enabled tools, and modern learning methods, while championing equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Benefits

• Support for a strong work-life balance.
• Range of benefits and recognition.
• Various learning programmes to support development and career growth.

Company Description

Dementia is the UK's biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime. At Alzheimer's Society, we're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future.

• We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives.
• We fund groundbreaking research and campaign to make dementia the priority it should be.
• Together with our supporters, we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.