£40,000 per annum, dependent on skills and experience

Full-time (40 hours per week), permanent contract 

As the home of The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, at the Royal Opera House we want many more people to enjoy and engage in exceptional ballet and opera. We have a diverse team of over 800 staff - working in artistic, technical, craft, administrative and customer service roles - and are now looking for a new manager to lead on our staff learning and development activities. 

Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, this role provides a great opportunity to develop your career as a learning and development professional and to take ownership of an evolving L&D strategy. You will champion the identification of organisational, departmental and individual training and development needs, and design and manage a programme of activities to meet these in line with the available resources.

The post-holder will support the delivery of the ROH Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and policies by placing diversity at the heart of all learning and development activity. 

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your learning and development expertise to one of the world`s busiest theatres. We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate:

• Experience of managing a learning and development function
• Demonstrable commitment to proactively promoting diversity and inclusion through learning and development
• Confident and effective communication
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Excellent influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people within and outside the organisation
• Strong numeracy skills with experience of analysis and evaluation

A minimum of Associate CIPD membership, or a demonstratable equivalent level of skill and experience, is required.

All of our staff are expected to uphold the Royal Opera House values: respect, openness and valuing the highest standards. The Royal Opera House is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from those who are currently under-represented in our workforce, in particular those who are ethnically diverse and/or disabled. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential minimum criteria for our vacancies. 

A full job description and information on how to apply for this position is available on our website www.roh.org.uk. For queries please contact the HR Department at hr.recruitment [at] roh.org.uk. You can also contact us if you have any access needs to assist you with making an application. Interviews will be held online.

Closing date for applications: 8am Tuesday 31 August 2021.

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK.