Curriculum Writer

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO5 (£53,919- £57,150)
Work location: George Meehan House, 294 High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8JZ
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Fixed Term 12 months
Closing date: Sunday, 25th October 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 9th November 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Curriculum Writer to join our Talent, Recruitment and Development team. Reporting to the Learning & Development Manager, you will play a key role in designing and developing high-quality learning programmes that support the Council’s learning and development strategy.

Your work will include creating engaging learning content, developing curricula and learning resources, and ensuring programmes are aligned to organisational priorities and learning outcomes. You will also deliver training and workshops where appropriate, support learning initiatives across the organisation, and manage and develop members of the team.

As part of this varied role, you will work closely with stakeholders, subject matter experts and colleagues across the Council to design effective learning solutions, evaluate their impact, and continuously improve the learner experience.

About the team

The Learning & Development team sits within Human Resources & Organisational Development and is responsible for delivering high-quality learning opportunities that support employee growth and organisational success. Working alongside learning professionals, workforce project leads and service teams, you will contribute to initiatives that build capability across the Council.

This is a collaborative and supportive team that works closely with services across the organisation, senior managers, HR colleagues and external partners to create a positive and impactful learning culture.

About you

You will be an experienced learning and development professional with strong curriculum design and content development skills. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, a good understanding of adult learning principles, and the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

You will be confident developing learning solutions, delivering engaging training sessions, and managing competing priorities. Some experience of people management, coaching and supporting others to develop will be important. Ideally, you will hold, or be willing to work towards, a recognised learning and development qualification and have experience using a range of learning technologies and authoring tools.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk