PortmanDentex is a leading dental group where your skills and ambitions make a real difference. We support over 370 practices across the UK and Ireland. We’re united by a passion for great dentistry, putting patients first and helping each other grow both at work and beyond.

In our newly created Head of Leadership, Learning and Experience role, you'll develop and mobilise a plan to enhance the capability and culture of our business, driving the engagement, performance and contribution of our work force. 

With a priority focus on leadership capability, skills development and people experience initiatives such as equality, diversity and inclusion, wellbeing, induction and recognition and appreciation, this role will lead a small and expert team to deliver against our strategic and operational priorities.

This is a pivotal leadership role which will influence and impact the capability and commitment of our employed and self-employed teams to maximise business success

We welcome your application to this role if you have the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience in leading, designing, and delivering leadership and skills development programmes across operational, multi‑site, or field‑based environments.
• Strong understanding of learning principles, blended learning design, digital learning, and behavioural development.
• Demonstrated ability to assess organisational capability needs and develop scalable learning solutions that deliver proven performance outcomes.
• Worked at a senior level, shaping leadership interventions which have delivered proven leadership capability shifts.
• Has worked to a governance framework, overseeing regulatory and mandatory compliance.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, commercially driven environment with multiple priorities. Experience of working with a clinical workforce is desirable.
• Experience building sustainable learning ecosystems, including train‑the‑trainer models, communities of practice, and learning pathways.
• Experience in leading colleague experience initiatives to impact engagement is desirable, notably in the space of diversity and inclusion, induction and wellbeing.

In addition to a competitive basic salary, our benefits also include:

• Wellbeing Support: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and GP service plus an in-house Mental Health First Aider programme
• Additional Reward: bonus scheme based on business performance
• Extra Leave: Birthday off and option to buy 3 more days
• Family Support: Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Financial Security: Life assurance and pension scheme

Application process

When you click apply, we’ll need your CV and contact details, along with the answer to four quick questions and your application will be complete! You’ll get a response as quickly as we can, whatever the outcome of your application.

Ready to join us? Click apply to take the next step in your career.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect and are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, disability, age, or nationality.