Learning & Development Coordinator

Learning & Development Coordinator

Location: Hybrid - Billericay

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 40 hours per week Monday-Friday

What youll do:

Join us were an Investors in People Silver Standard Company and this is your opportunity to make your mark in a growing organisation that focuses on learning & development for their people.

We have an exciting opportunity for a L&D Coordinator to join us and help keep our Learning Engine room on track! This role is for a key member of our L&D team bringing incredible administration and organisational skills with you.

Who are we looking for

Well just say it we are looking for someone who loves keeping things on track! We need ninja like admin skills an obsession with detail and getting it right throw into the mix being able to juggle a ringing phone teams chats a pinging inbox and 85 last minute changes to requests! You must like working as part of a team as thats the way we like it here! You will thrive when youre busy and work well under pressure youll be able to follow processes and procedures (and tweak them when we need to) and have a get it done mentality.

Youre likely to be a chatty person who loves to get to know people after all its what we are all about but you will also be able to focus and keep a very busy bookings team on the straight and narrow! You will like challenging the norm and speaking up when you have ideas or solutions. Youll enjoy some fun as our team is a great place to work. Life is busy here but we enjoy ourselves and youll be doing worthwhile work.

The main part of your role is booking training for all our teams across our growing business. Whether its a webinar face to face course or a piece of eLearning theres always someone who is coordinating how it happens thats you!

Youll be primarily booking professional qualifications ranging from basic first aid to the most complex chainsaw courses all in a days work. Dont worry well give you the details!

The role you play will truly be critical for the entire business because without you and your team members learning doesnt happen.

Youll be flexible innovative and willing to work hard but with a solid purpose every day. We think this role would do great in our Billericay office but we are open to suggestions. Its most definitely a hybrid role so youll need to enjoy also working from home and need super strong Wi-Fi to be effective!

We will of course supply full training both when you join and as you go along to help you do the job well and develop you for the future.

The L&D team is fun passionate and loves what they do so youll need to show those same qualities to hit the ground running and help them smash their goals. We all work hard to maintain Psychological Safety which weve developed over the last couple of years.

Youll be focused on the below:

• Booking high volumes of varied training requests training for people all over the UK
• Managing a very busy shared inbox
• Matching Training Requests to Qualifications
• Uploading Digital Materials
• Taking calls and solving problems via phone teams or email.
• Updating spreadsheets and budget trackers
• Using Microsoft systems to help you like One Drive Outlook One Note Excel Word and PowerPoint
• Coordinating people training and places using a training matrix to guide you
• Planning events from start to finish liaising with suppliers
• Building relationships with internal customer and external suppliers
• Working closely with Finance and Procurement teams
• Working on bespoke learning requests from the business
• Evaluation of programmes to prove ROI
• Supplier Feedback and performance surveys
• Booking hotels and meeting rooms
• Raising digital credit cards and using Dynamics system
• Communicating and selling our offer across the business
• Helping us create a culture of learning across a growing business

Why join us:

Career Development Focus: Were committed to supporting your professional growth with clear career paths training and tailored development programs including our GC Leadership Academy job specific accreditations and higher education opportunities.

Exciting Growth Opportunities: Be part of a rapidly growing company with a dynamic team and expanding client base.

Collaborative Environment: Work in a supportive engaging and innovative culture where your contributions are valued.

Competitive Package: Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package along with flexible working options including:

23 days holiday Increasing with length of service bank holidays

Yearly bonus scheme & Share options

Robust pension scheme

Medigold employee support Free Flu Jabs Online private GP Service

Free or subsidised national gym memberships

Employee Recognition Scheme

2 personal choice volunteering days

Ground Control

Ground Control is a UK-based grounds maintenance company powered by the latest technology. Since launching in 1973 Ground Control has grown rapidly and now provides full national coverage for our customers across the UK and Ireland.

We deliver a range of services including grounds maintenance winter gritting landscape construction design arboriculture electric vehicle charging point installation to more than 50000 commercial properties across the UK.

If you are looking to invest in your future with a business that puts people at the centre of everything click the apply now button below to speak to a member of our team.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Ground Control we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to thrive. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate based on age disability gender identity marital status pregnancy race religion sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We actively support and promote an inclusive culture ensuring fair and equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process and beyond.