Training and Workforce Development Coordinator

SPACE is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services. Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth.

Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities? Do you love a challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Training and Workforce Development Coordinator to join our team. The role will involve coordinating training records, supporting the analysis of needs and the administration of internal and external training courses.

What is the role?

• To provide administrative support to maintain records for training and CPD for Space colleagues and external training courses


• To provide administrative support to maintain, monitor and report on records for the induction and probation processes for Space colleagues


• Coordinate internal training / CPD with the training team to plan and book as required


• Coordinate learners progress with external providers for apprenticeships and other qualifications to keep Managers and Coaches updated


• To provide administrative support for booking training courses delivered externally by Space to include, but not limited to delegate bookings, venue hire and liaison with trainers


• Take minutes and support the updating of the Training plan and schedule


• Input training feedback and present findings to trainers and training team


• Compile information and training data into presentations internal and external use
  
  You have a passion for training and workforce development and an understanding of the training needs within a youth work organisation


• You have excellent organisational and admin skills with an ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and manage calendars


• You have experience in coordinating projects across an organisation


• You get things done collaboratively within a team


• An interest in continually improving processes and practice


• The ability to continuously monitor and maintain elements of a role and to complete assigned work


Space is continually striving to be an inclusive organisation. Equality, diversity and inclusion are threads that run through all our work, and should run through all our relationships with colleagues, partners and all those we work with. We go beyond the approach described by the Equality Act 2010 and choose to take an anti-oppressive approach to our work and how we behave as an Organisation.


• Annual leave: 5 weeks for the first 5 years then additional days depending on length of service (pro-rata'd for part-time roles)


• Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays


• Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year


• Employee assistance programme 24/7


• Free on-site parking at some sites


• Casual dress code


• Flexible daily schedule


• Social occasions


• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities


• Enhanced sick pay


• Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat


• Value-driven culture


At SPACE, we work with young people and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare is a priority at all times. As part of our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, all of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which will include:

• An identity check (photo ID)


• Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current


• Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK


• A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)