Hours:
Permanent role, 35 hours per week. Flexible and hybrid working.
Salary:
£65,000 Per Annum
Closing Date:
Sun, 30 Nov 2025
Salary up to £65,000 dependent on experience
Are you passionate about building future skills, transforming capability, and creating development experiences that genuinely unlock colleague and organisational growth? If so, this role offers the opportunity to shape the learning and capability agenda for the entire Society.
As our new Learning, Capability & Development Senior Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing how we develop the skills and behaviours our colleagues and leaders need today and the future capabilities that will help us grow, perform, and evolve.
You’ll be a strategic thinker, a strong influencer, and a hands-on learning expert who loves creating development that makes a real difference.
What you’ll be doing
Shaping Future Capability
- Identifying current and emerging skills needed across the organisation to drive future performance and growth.
- Designing capability strategies and development pathways that equip colleagues and leaders for what’s ahead.
Leadership & Management Development
- Creating and overseeing leadership and management development that strengthens capability from aspiring leaders to experienced managers.
- Partnering with senior leaders to shape a consistent, modern leadership approach across the Society.
Delivering High-Impact Development
- Designing learning experiences, frameworks, and programmes that uplift colleague performance and unlock potential.
- Ensuring learning is practical, relevant, and aligned to real business needs.
- Using insight, data, and business intelligence to measure impact and continuously improve.
Driving a Culture of Learning
- Championing continuous learning, curiosity, and high performance.
- Influencing leaders and stakeholders to embed learning into day-to-day work.
What do we need from you?
- Strong experience in learning, organisational capability, or leadership development roles.
- The ability to identify future skills and translate them into modern, practical development solutions.
- Confidence in partnering with senior leaders and shaping strategic priorities.
- Deep understanding of adult learning, behavioural development, and organisational performance.
- A passion for helping people grow - and the creativity and curiosity to make it happen.
Who Are We?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.
What’s In It For You?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
- Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
- Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
- Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
- Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
- A commitment to training and development
- Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
- 3 paid volunteering days per annum
- Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
- We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
Why this role matters
This is a transformative role that will shape how we grow capability at individual, team, and organisational levels. You’ll influence how our colleagues develop, how our leaders lead, and how we prepare for the future - making a lasting impact on the Society.