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Are you a highly organised, detail-oriented professional with a passion for learning and development? PfP Thrive, the training arm of our business, is looking for a Training Programme Coordinator to join our team and play a key role in supporting the delivery of housing professional qualifications and future commercial training programmes. 

This is more than just an administrative role – you will be at the heart of our training operations, ensuring smooth delivery, compliance, and an excellent experience for learners and stakeholders alike. 

By keeping our training programmes running smoothly, you'll directly contribute to the professional growth of our teams and support the delivery of essential housing qualifications. You'll be part of a collaborative, supportive environment where your organisational expertise makes a real difference. 

What you'll do: 

• Coordinate and administer our full range of training programmes, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, awarding bodies, and qualification centres. 

• Manage the booking process for courses, communicate with participants, and track attendance. 

• Maintain and update our online learning platform, including user profiles, course uploads, and classroom records. 

• Work closely with external training providers on service agreements, invoicing, certification, and delivery methods. 

• Identify learning needs and opportunities, building strong relationships with operational teams to support professional development initiatives. 

• Produce regular reports on training activity and support the launch of new programmes as needed. 

The Essential Criteria for this role is listed below: 

• Proven experience in a similar administrative or coordinator role within a training team or learning provider environment. 

• Comfortable using training and booking software and similar IT systems (e.g. Dante, Monday, Turnitin), with confidence in manipulating data in Excel (including advanced formulas) and producing MI dashboards. 

• Experienced in dealing with awarding bodies such as the CIH, City and Guilds and NET, so you have an understanding of registration and certification requirements 

If you meet the essential criteria, have the following skill sets and want to make a tangible difference, we'd love to hear from you: 

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks in a busy, fast-paced environment. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to engage with a wide range of stakeholders. 

• Self-motivated, proactive, and solution-focused, able to work independently when required. 

• Ideally, experience handling financial information and reporting within a training context. 

The role is fixed term until November 2026, with the potential to become permanent based on business needs. 

Benefits   

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.    

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:    

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly   

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%  

• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave  

• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year  

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%  

• Training and development  

• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more. 

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team recruitment@placesforpeople.co.uk 

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk. 

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. 

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. 

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities