Training and Adoption Lead
Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Training and Adoption Lead (Digital and Data) for an initial 8 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £500/day (Outside IR35). The completion of work is not tied to a location, however you will be required to regularly attend team meetings/sprint planning weekly with other project members in person. The team is primarily located in Glasgow city centre.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and delivery of the training and adoption strategy, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and workstreams.
- Assess current and future training needs, and develop recommendations for the structure, size, and skill set of the training team required to support the programme's phased rollout and ongoing adoption.
- Develop and deliver guidance and training materials, deliver workshops and webinars tailored to staff roles and departmental needs.
- Define and implement approaches for measuring training effectiveness and staff adoption (eg, participation rates, feedback, tool usage data).
- Collaborate with workstream leads, communications, and change management teams to ensure consistent messaging and support.
- Support early adopter departments, gather feedback, and refine training approaches for wider rollout.
- Provide expert advice on embedding new ways of working, including data-driven decision-making, automation, and AI adoption.
- Ensure training supports compliance with information governance, security, and data protection standards.
- Contribute to the BIT Programme's benefits realisation by building staff confidence and digital capability.
Essential Skills:
- Proven experience designing and delivering training and adoption approaches for large-scale digital and data programmes, ideally in a public sector or regulated environment.
- Experience leading a training and adoption workstream or similar function, including defining training strategies, approaches, and success measures.
- Ability to recommend the optimal training team structure and resource requirements to deliver the BIT Programme's objectives, including identifying the necessary roles, skills mix, and capacity for effective training delivery and support.
- Strong understanding of change management, user adoption, and communications in the context of digital transformation.
- Ability to develop and deliver scenario-based, role-specific training and guidance materials (including but not limited to Microsoft Learning Pathways).
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track -record of working collaboratively across departments and with technical and non-technical audiences.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience of developing and providing training for and adoption of M365 productivity applications.
- Qualifications in or relevant experience of applying adoption methodologies in real world scenarios.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and delivery of the training and adoption strategy, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and workstreams.
- Assess current and future training needs, and develop recommendations for the structure, size, and skill set of the training team required to support the programme's phased rollout and ongoing adoption.
- Develop and deliver guidance and training materials, deliver workshops and webinars tailored to staff roles and departmental needs.
- Define and implement approaches for measuring training effectiveness and staff adoption (eg, participation rates, feedback, tool usage data).
- Collaborate with workstream leads, communications, and change management teams to ensure consistent messaging and support.
- Support early adopter departments, gather feedback, and refine training approaches for wider rollout.
- Provide expert advice on embedding new ways of working, including data-driven decision-making, automation, and AI adoption.
- Ensure training supports compliance with information governance, security, and data protection standards.
- Contribute to the BIT Programme's benefits realisation by building staff confidence and digital capability.
Essential Skills:
- Proven experience designing and delivering training and adoption approaches for large-scale digital and data programmes, ideally in a public sector or regulated environment.
- Experience leading a training and adoption workstream or similar function, including defining training strategies, approaches, and success measures.
- Ability to recommend the optimal training team structure and resource requirements to deliver the BIT Programme's objectives, including identifying the necessary roles, skills mix, and capacity for effective training delivery and support.
- Strong understanding of change management, user adoption, and communications in the context of digital transformation.
- Ability to develop and deliver scenario-based, role-specific training and guidance materials (including but not limited to Microsoft Learning Pathways).
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track -record of working collaboratively across departments and with technical and non-technical audiences.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience of developing and providing training for and adoption of M365 productivity applications.
- Qualifications in or relevant experience of applying adoption methodologies in real world scenarios.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.