Culture of professionalism. Example of leadership. Core of company support.
Digital Learning & Adoption Specialist
£43,000 - £48,000 plus benefits
Reports to: Head of Talent & Leadership
Directorate: Chief Operating Office, HR, Organisation Effectiveness & Talent
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Location: Stratford, London / Office-based with high flexibility (2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: 26 July 2026
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.
Recruitment Process: 1 telephone screening interview followed by 1 competency-based interview
Interview Dates: W/C 3 August 2026
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
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 won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.
We’re looking for a Digital Learning & Adoption Specialist to own and continuously improve our learning ecosystem, creating a high-quality, personalised and insight-led digital experience for colleagues. In this hands-on role, you’ll act with ambition, courage and determination to drive adoption, engagement and continuous improvement, helping colleagues build capability in the flow of work while contributing to high performance across the organisation.
What will I be doing?
Own and enhance the end-to-end learning ecosystem experience, ensuring it is intuitive, accessible and valuable for colleagues
Drive adoption and engagement through campaigns, in-platform experiences and test-and-learn approaches
Manage the learning content lifecycle, ensuring materials are current, relevant and aligned to priority capabilities
Use data and insight to continuously improve the learning experience and increase platform usage
Design and optimise personalisation and segmentation to deliver targeted, relevant learning journeys
Maintain standards for taxonomy, accessibility and content quality across the learning platform
What are we looking for?
Experience managing digital learning platforms or ecosystems, including structure, accessibility and discoverability
Proven ability to drive engagement and adoption through campaigns or behavioural approaches
Experience using data and insights to improve user experience and learning impact
Strong digital learning design capability, creating engaging, bite-sized or in-workflow content
Experience using AI tools (including GenAI) to support learning or content creation
Strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence and collaborate across a matrix environment
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
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
We’re 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.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you.
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.
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 won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
Please note that applications can’t be edited once submitted.
For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at [email protected].
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There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.
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 by emailing us at [email protected].
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.
Skills Required
- Experience managing digital learning platforms or ecosystems, including structure, accessibility and discoverability
- Proven ability to drive engagement and adoption through campaigns or behavioural approaches
- Experience using data and insights to improve user experience and learning impact
- Strong digital learning design capability, creating engaging, bite-sized or in-workflow content
- Experience using AI tools (including GenAI) to support learning or content creation
- Strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence and collaborate across a matrix environment
- Manage the learning content lifecycle, ensuring materials are current and aligned to priority capabilities
- Maintain standards for taxonomy, accessibility and content quality across the learning platform
- Eligible to work in the UK (employer cannot offer visa sponsorship)
What We Do
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, influence and information. Nearly one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime, but we’re finding new ways to outsmart it, so that more people can live longer, better lives free from the fear of cancer. We carry out scientific research to help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer and our groundbreaking work, funded almost entirely by the general public, will ensure that millions more people survive. Together we are beating cancer. Registered charity No. 1089464
