Culture of professionalism. Example of leadership. Core of company support.

Learning Technology & Capability Specialist

Could be known as Digital Learning Specialist , Learning & Development Specialist, Digital Learning Consultant

Internal J ob tile: Talent & Leadership Advisor

3 7 ,000 – 44 ,000 plus benefits

Reports to: Head of Talent & Leadership

Grade : P2

Directorate : Chief Operating Office

Contract : Permanent

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location : Stratford, London with high flex. 1-2 days in the office.

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Closing date s : 23:55 29 March 2026 .

How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we wont be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section and answer application questions in your online form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjus tment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible.

Recruitment process : 1 st stage competency questions and 2 nd stage will consist of a task and competency questions .

Interview date: From 7 April 2026

At Cancer Research UK, were transforming how 4,000+ colleagues grow, lead and work smarter. Were looking for a digital learning specialist who wants to design experiences, not just content . S omeone who can shape how learning platforms are used, build engaging practice led pathways, and drive real adoption of the skills colleagues need for the future.

If youre passionate about creating intuitive learning ecosystems, improving discoverability, designing practice rich digital learning, and enabling confident use of technology (including safe GenAI), this is a role where you can have organisation wide impact.

What youll be doing

Designing meaningful, practice-led digital learning

Turning leadership, capability and digital skills priorities into practical resources guides, toolkits, scenarios, and job aids that support real-world learning.

Curating pathways that blend micro learning, practice, feedback, role-specific scenarios and peer support.

Shaping our learning platforms and ecosystem

Improving how colleagues find and use learning by shaping playlists, tagging, recommendations, accessibility, audience design and continuous improvement.

Ensuring learning across platforms feels connected, intuitive, and aligned to our brand and strategy.

Driving adoption through smart, targeted activity

Running targeted learning nudges and activitytesting formats, channels and prompts to improve engagement and behaviour change.

Creating safe spaces for colleagues to build confidence through simulations, sandboxes and in app guidance.

Supporting digital skills development

Identifying priority tools and defining role based proficiency levels.

Designing interventions that help colleagues build digital capability efficiently and confidently.

Using data to improve learning experiences

Tracking usage, adoption and outcomes, and working with People Ops and Data & Insight to turn evidence into platform, content and experience improvements.

Championing inclusive, ethical and accessible design

Applying accessibility and inclusive design principles across all digital learning.

Using GenAI responsibly with clear quality, privacy and IP controls.

What were looking for

Digital learning & learning design expertise

Experience designing workflow-centred, bite-size, practice-led digital learning.

Strong grounding in micro-learning, spaced learning and creating learning that improves performance at the point of need.

Learning platforms / ecosystem experience

Experience shaping how learning platforms are used improving discoverability, user journeys and relevance (not just administering a system).

Digital skills & adoption

Confidence building digital skills programmes, simulations, in app support or role-based proficiency approaches.

Experience driving adoption of new tools, systems or capabilities.

Data, insight & iteration

Ability to use learning data and behavioural insights to evolve content, campaigns and platform experience.

Influencing & partnership

A collaborative, confident communicator who can influence across teams, shape decisions and align stakeholders.

Ethical, inclusive practice

Commitment to accessibility, inclusive design and responsible use of GenAI.

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

Were looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

What will I gain?

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page .

Additional information

For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk .

For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube .

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.