AI for Leadership Facilitator

Department: Funded Learning Location: Hybrid, UK (with travel to client sites for in-person delivery) Reports to: Apprenticeship Units Programme Performance Manager Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: (Depending on experience) A quick note before you apply: We are only able to accept applications from candidates who are currently based in the UK and hold the legal right to work here. Role Overview Cambridge Spark is looking for an AI for Leadership Facilitator to deliver our “Gold standard” AI enablement programmes. You will have the exciting opportunity to deliver our new AI Opportunity Sprint, an apprenticeship unit funded by the Growth and Skills Levy that helps managers identify opportunities for AI in their organisation. You’ll lead practical, hands-on workshops that empower managers to navigate AI strategy, procurement and governance, delivery and organisational transformation. A proportion of your time will consist of influencing the content you will deliver. Working across funded apprenticeships and corporate clients, you’ll ensure that all programmes meet high standards for learner engagement, applied workplace impact and real-world relevance. Key Responsibilities Deliver the AI Opportunity Sprint as your primary focus, facilitating programmes built for non-technical managers. Facilitate intensive, interactive sessions using breakouts, case studies, peer challenge and live debate, balancing knowledge-sharing with facilitated discussion so that learners learn from one another. Manage closed-cohort group dynamics effectively, maintaining an inclusive learning environment. Teach AI and automation concepts, capabilities and limitations in plain, accessible language to non-technical leaders. Facilitate conversations on AI governance, assurance, risk and crisis management, workforce impact, and vendor evaluation and procurement, helping learners navigate these complex and evolving areas. Lead sessions on the current UK regulatory landscape for AI, maintaining active horizon scanning to keep curriculum discussions up to date. Model confident, critical use of modern AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude), demonstrating effective prompting while teaching learners to rigorously interrogate and edit AI outputs rather than trust them implicitly. Maintain a candid, realistic stance on AI, holding the line on honesty about what AI can and cannot do, its workforce impact and where accountability ultimately sits. Deliver high-quality, interactive training through a blend of in-person workshops at client sites and sessions via virtual platforms, with the pedagogical flexibility to move seamlessly between the two. Partner with Product Managers to provide feedback on learning resources and utilise allocated time to refine learning activities, build practical scenarios, and keep materials updated with industry changes. Implement standardisation processes defined by the Quality Team and maintain expertise across AI governance, regulation and the modern AI tool landscape. Candidate Specification Essential Strong conceptual grasp of AI and automation concepts, capabilities, and limitations, with a proven ability to translate complex concepts for non-technical leadership audiences. Working knowledge of AI governance, assurance, procurement, vendor evaluation, risk/crisis management and workforce impact. Current, up-to-date knowledge of the UK regulatory landscape for AI and a commitment to ongoing horizon scanning. Exceptional facilitation skills with experience managing closed-cohort group dynamics, handling live debate, adjudicating disagreement and correcting misconceptions on the spot. Confident, critical user of generative AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Lovable, CoPilot, Gemini) with a focus on output interrogation and verification. A candid, realistic approach to AI capabilities, risks and organisational accountability. Exceptional communication skills with the ability to act as a "translator" between complex technical concepts and non-technical operational business staff. Desirable Demonstrable, hands-on experience working in a commercial industry setting applying these specific management or governance concepts. A formal teaching or training qualification (PGCE, QTS, or equivalent) or substantial enterprise facilitation experience. AI-related governance qualifications (e.g. AIGP, AAIR, ISO42001) Company Benefits: Pension with 4% matched contributions, opportunity to opt into salary sacrifice scheme 25 days holiday + Flexi bank holidays + 1 day off on your birthday A day for volunteering Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave Health & Wellbeing allowance of up to £30 per month Annual Summer and Xmas events Company socials including everything from Cambridge College formals, pub nights to team building events CPD Allowance alongside quarterly reflections to ring fence time for development and growth Private medical insurance and cash plan Holiday buy back scheme (up to 10 days p/a) Employee Assistance Programme with a dedicated company counsellor Background to our Organisation We are an education technology company that enables corporate and government organisations to achieve their business goals by educating their workforce with critical digital transformation skills to succeed in the AI era. We deliver unique and innovative professional education that is accelerating the digital transformation of our clients, advancing the careers of their employees, helping people get into work and closing the digital skills gap. We are in a sector that is crucial to the economy and workforce, with a lot of opportunity for change and innovation. We are at the cutting edge of teaching applied data and digital skills, with our unique patented learning platform offering our clients and learners a unique learning experience. was developed with support from Innovate UK and provides all of our learners with 24/7 immediate feedback on their work, helping accelerate the learning process and providing a sandbox environment to experiment on real world datasets. Since 2016, we have supported more than 15,000 learners across four continents with nearly 550,000 pieces of code submitted for feedback on . We are trusted by some of the most recognisable brands in the world to educate their workforce, including Microsoft, the NHS, GSK, easyJet, the BBC and John Lewis. Our focus on applied learning to create business impact sets us apart - individual learners have reported applying their skills at work to generate recorded value of up to £40m. Our Values At the centre of the way we work together and inspire each other to achieve success are these core values: Entrepreneurial We take initiative and show entrepreneurial spirit which fuels innovation at Cambridge Spark. This includes identifying opportunities for improvement, taking ownership for implementing solutions effectively and driving improvement by using proof of concepts to demonstrate the feasibility and value of their work. Team Spirit Everyone is part of building an open and transparent culture, communicating effectively to raise issues, discuss improvements and share the evidence used to make decisions. Customer-focused Our customers are at the centre of everything we do, inspiring us to create great work. We strive to build friendly, professional and lasting relationships with them to better understand and anticipate their needs. Gold Standard We are experts in our field and are constantly developing our technology and offering. We set the benchmark in our industry: both in what we offer customers and in how we deliver it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Cambridge Spark is an Equal Opportunities Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Cambridge Spark is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunities for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Cambridge Spark are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, colour or ethnicity, ability or disability, gender or gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Cambridge Spark will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Cambridge Spark encourages applicants of all ages.