Assistant Director of Organisational Development and Learning

At Samaritans, our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. Every day, our volunteers and staff provide life-saving emotional support to people in distress, and behind that work is a culture built on compassion, inclusion, learning and human connection. We are looking for an experienced and values-led leader to join us as our new Assistant Director of Organisational Development and Learning within our People and Culture Directorate. This is a rare opportunity to shape how learning, leadership and organisational capability enable one of the UK and Ireland s most respected charities to deliver its mission. You will lead the development of an ambitious organisation-wide learning and organisational development strategy, ensuring our 23,000 volunteers and 300 staff members, have the skills, confidence and support needed to deliver safe, effective and compassionate services. About the role Reporting to the Executive Director of People and Culture, you will lead a talented team responsible for organisational development, leadership capability, learning and development, delivery of training through our training school and external learning provision through STEP, our commercial training offer. Samaritans is on an ambitious journey of change, we are evolving how we work, strengthening collaboration across the organisation to meet growing need for our life-saving listening services. You could not be joining us at a more pivotal time and the capability of our people has never been ..... full job details .....