Job Description

Development and Change Facilitator
HR & EDI | Finance and Resources | Nottingham City Council
Grade F | Salary: £32,597 - £35,412

Salary: £32,597 - £35,412 per annum(Grade F)
Closing Date: 22nd February 2026
Interviews: First week of March 2026

Are you passionate about developing people, building leadership capability, and enabling meaningful organisational change? Do you thrive on designing high-quality learning that makes a real difference to individuals and services?

Nottingham City Council is looking for a Development and Change Facilitator to join our HR & Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team. This is a pivotal role in supporting our workforce to deliver the Council's strategic priorities through leadership development, learning initiatives, and change capability.

About the role

As a Development and Change Facilitator, you will:

• Design, deliver, and coordinate a wide range of learning and development programmes.
  • Including presenting to stakeholders across the Council
• Support leadership development and organisational change initiatives.
• Deliver vocational qualifications, mentoring, coaching, and other development opportunities aligned with the Council's competency framework.
• Collaborate with colleagues across HR, Organisational Development, and other services to identify learning needs and create impactful interventions.
• Ensure all learning activity is evaluated, recorded, and continuously improved.
• Supporting leadership development and organisational change projects
• Partnering with internal stakeholders and external providers
• Contributing to workforce projects and corporate priorities
• Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion in all development activity
• Maintaining accurate learning data for reporting, audit, and evaluation

About you

You will be an excellent communicator, confident working with colleagues at all levels, and able to build strong relationships across the organisation.

You will have:

• A strong understanding of learning, development, and change practice
• The ability to deliver engaging presentations to stakeholders at all levels, effectively using a range of digital and in-person presentation tools to communicate ideas clearly and confidently.
• Experience in mentoring, coaching, or facilitating group learning
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Relevant qualifications and/or evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience in a complex or public sector organisation, project management, and digital/virtual learning tools is desirable.

Why join Nottingham City Council?

You will be part of a dedicated HR & EDI team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Our teams work together to support and inspire each other, creating an environment where your ideas and contributions really make a difference. This role offers the opportunity to shape learning and development that directly supports our services, communities, and colleagues across the city.

In addition, as an employee, you will benefit from the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), one of the most generous and secure public sector pension schemes, helping you plan confidently for your future.

For more information, contact Laura Woolley by email here .

You can find the job description for this post here.

Nottingham City Council is proud to be a Disability Confident employer. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace - please let us know if you require any support. We also support the Armed Forces Covenant and encourage applications from veterans, reservists, and their families. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and particularly welcome applications from LGBTQIA Plus individuals and those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Nottingham City Council provides public services including education, social services, planning, waste management, housing, events and health across the city of Nottingham.