Professional Development Officer

Job summary

Package Description: Are you passionate about developing people, supporting learners and making a real impact across health and care services? We're looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Professional Development Officer to join our Professional Development Team within The Learning Enterprise. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the development of future healthcare professionals while helping to create excellent learning environments across a national organisation. Please note: This is a single vacancy being advertised across multiple UK locations to maximise reach, as the role is primarily remote. We kindly ask that applicants submit one application only, as duplicate applications will not be considered. About the role As a Professional Development Officer, you'll work closely with Professional Development Leads, operational teams, education providers and healthcare stakeholders to ensure students and learners have access to high-quality placement experiences and professional development opportunities. You'll help coordinate student placements, support quality assurance processes, manage professional development data, assist with education funding activities and contribute to projects that enhance learning across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

As a Professional Development Officer, you will work closely with various teams to ensure students have access to high-quality placement experiences. Your responsibilities include coordinating student placements, supporting quality assurance processes, managing professional development data, and assisting with education funding activities. The role requires you to engage with key stakeholders and contribute to projects that enhance learning across the organisation. This full-time position of 37.5 hours per week offers mainly remote working with national travel when required. We're looking for someone organised, proactive, and passionate about supporting workforce development, with skills in stakeholder engagement, analytics, and data management.

About us

HCRG Care Group is a leading provider of community health and care services in the UK, established in 2006. The company collaborates with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. It offers a broad range of services, including adult and children community health services, primary care services, including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, and adult social care and wellbeing services. HCRG Care Group supports millions and directly helps over half a million people yearly, guided by values of care, thoughtfulness, and action, solidifying its commitment to equal opportunities.

Details

• Date posted: 13 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £36,000 to £38,000 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1526170671
• Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Kent, DA11 0DG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you passionate about developing people, supporting learners and making a real impact across health and care services?

We're looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Professional Development Officer to join our Professional Development Team within The Learning Enterprise.This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the development of future healthcare professionals while helping to create excellent learning environments across a national organisation.

Please note: This is a single vacancy being advertised across multiple UK locations to maximise reach, as the role is primarily remote.We kindly ask that applicants submit one application only, as duplicate applications will not be considered.

As a Professional Development Officer, you'll work closely with Professional Development Leads, operational teams, education providers and healthcare stakeholders to ensure students and learners have access to high-quality placement experiences and professional development opportunities.

You'll help coordinate student placements, support quality assurance processes, manage professional development data, assist with education funding activities and contribute to projects that enhance learning across the organisation.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines stakeholder engagement, project coordination, data analysis and continuous improvement, making it ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships while driving positive outcomes.

This is a full-time opportunity (37.5 hours per week) that offers mainly remote working with National travel when required.

• Supporting high-quality student placements and learner experiences across services.
• Building strong relationships with internal teams, universities and external stakeholders.
• Coordinating placement audits, agreements and quality review processes.
• Monitoring placement activity, learner feedback and key performance indicators.
• Managing professional development records, databases and performance trackers.
• Supporting education funding applications, tracking and reporting.
• Producing reports, analysing data and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Organising engagement events, training sessions and communication activities for learners and educators.
• Supporting services to increase placement capacity and attract future talent.
• Contributing to projects, service improvements and professional development initiatives across the organisation.

We're looking for someone who is organised, proactive and passionate about supporting workforce development.

You'll bring:

Level 4 qualification (or equivalent experience) Experience working with students or learners, ideally within a healthcare or clinical environment Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership-working skills Excellent planning, organisation and time-management abilities Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and present data clearly Advanced IT skills, including Excel and learning management systems (LMS) Experience maintaining databases, trackers and performance data The ability to work independently and manage competing priorities Excellent communication and relationship-building skills at all levels

• Knowledge of education funding streams
• Teaching, assessing or education-related qualification
• Project management experience or qualification
• Experience organising or chairing meetings

This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference to the future healthcare workforce.You'll work alongside dedicated professionals who are passionate about learning, development and creating exceptional experiences for students and colleagues alike.

If you're an organised coordinator with strong analytical skills, a collaborative approach and a passion for developing people, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the next generation of health and care professionals.

Package Description

• £36,000 - £38,000 (depending on experience) annual salary with group pension
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support at locations across the country
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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