Learning and Development Coordinator (part time) in Newcastle upon Tyne

The vacancy

Job Title: Learning and Development Coordinator (part time)

Salary: £27,500 pro rata £20962.16

Hours per week: 28 - Working days can be flexible. Occasional starts prior to 9:00am will be required to support the setup of training sessions and events.

Contract type: Fixed term maternity cover until December 2027 or an internal Secondment opportunity until December 2027

Location: Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire / Homeworking with some travel to Newcastle under Lyme

The Boards of Aspire Housing and whg have agreed to move forward with plans to merge, creating a new housing association with more than 32,000 homes across the Midlands.

Find out more here: aspirehousing.co.uk/whg-aspire/

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About the role

We're looking for an organised, proactive and people-focused Learning & Development Coordinator to join our People Services team on a 12-month maternity cover contract. This role is 28 hours per week and you'll be at the heart of our learning and development activities, coordinating training, supporting events and ensuring colleagues have a positive learning experience from start to finish.

Working as part of a supportive Learning & Development team, you'll coordinate mandatory training, maintain learning records and compliance reporting, administer our Learning Management System (LMS) and support onboarding and development activities. You'll also contribute to delivering learning initiatives that support our People Strategy and help our colleagues grow and succeed.

Collaborating closely with colleagues across the organisation, you'll provide excellent customer service and support the smooth delivery of learning activities, while ensuring accurate data and reporting. This is a varied role that combines administration, stakeholder engagement, systems management, reporting and continuous improvement, making it ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure, organisation and a proactive approach to their work.

What you'll need to succeed

We're looking for someone who is organised, proactive and genuinely enjoys supporting others. You'll be naturally detail-oriented, able to manage multiple priorities with confidence and take pride in ensuring information, records and processes are accurate and up to date.

You'll bring experience of coordinating activities, providing excellent customer service and building positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. Experience within Learning & Development, HR, training administration or a similar coordination role would be beneficial, as would experience of using a Learning Management System, although this is not essential.

Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, are essential. You'll be confident working independently, taking ownership of your responsibilities, solving problems and looking for opportunities to improve the way things are done.

Most importantly, you'll be enthusiastic about helping colleagues learn, grow and develop, while ensuring learning and compliance activities are delivered effectively and efficiently.

In return we can offer you

• Belonging to a team who make a difference to our community and value equality, diversity and inclusion.

• 23 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 concessionary days at Christmas (pro rata)

• Comprehensive employee assistance program.

• Ongoing training and development in your role.

• A full benefits and discounts platform.

• Holiday buy, tech and annual saving schemes.

• Volunteer days.

• Competitive rates of pay.

• A generous company pension scheme.

• Wellbeing and stay safe provisions to look after you at work.

Closing Date: Monday 28th September

Interview Date: Monday 5th October

This role is subject to a basic DBS check.

Who we are

Aspire Housing is a leading housing provider, property developer and place shaper based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Created in July 2000, we own and manage more than 9,500 homes and support around 19,000 customers across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Our profits are reinvested in new homes, in revitalising communities and in a comprehensive range of innovative support services designed to transform lives.

Putting People First has always been part of our ethos and is central to our purpose to deliver safe, decent homes and excellent housing services through our talented Aspire team.

We do this by embracing our values; by championing the customer, building togetherness, and being professional. Our values reflect what's most important to our colleagues and customers and are at the heart of Aspire.

More information can be found at www.aspirehousing.co.uk.

Perks and benefits

Work life
balance

We believe that quality time outside the office is vital to our employees' satisfaction at work. That's why we encourage our managers and employees to promote a healthy work-life balance by enabling people to work flexibly, balancing the needs of the business with the needs of the individual.

Learning and development

We believe in developing all our employees. Our e-learning academy offers a range programmes across all areas of our business from leadership and management to operations and customer service. We regularly run learning campaigns such as Dementia awareness training to support our customers and improve our services.

We value
our people

We want to work with the best talent which is why we offer competitive annual leave allowance with salaries based on market rates alongside saving schemes, pensions and additional perks including child-care vouchers, health cash plans and cycle to work schemes.