Learning and Development Coordinator

• West Suffolk Council
• Address: Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3YU
• Salary: 29540 - 32597 per annum pro rata plus excellent employee benefits package
• Hours: 25.5 hours per week
• Contract: Maternity / Paternity Cover for 12 months

• Reference: 0560

West Suffolk Councilis looking to recruit a Learning and Development Coordinator.

We are looking for a strong administrator interested in joining an enthusiastic dedicated Learning and Development team on a temporary basis for up to 12 months to provide maternity cover.

As part of our small Learning and Development team your role will provide an effective and efficient administrationservice relating to the arranging and delivery of the internal corporate training programme for staff including managing the delegate booking system all housekeeping arrangements and subsequent update of individual training records. You will be required to support and guide staff with general enquiries via the general inbox Microsoft Teams and by telephone.

You will also be responsible for monitoring and running reports as required from our Learning Management System. You will produce course publicity such as news items and newsletter to promote across the organisation via the intranet and update our events page with course details and support the maintenance of other learning and development pages on the intranet and website.

You will also support our various events and programmes we run throughout the year and be an ambassador for learning for the organisation.

What you will need

Experience in this field is not essential; however you should be passionate about learning and developing others organised have a good level of communication and IT skills have attention to detail the ability to use own initiative and be able to work at pace whilst managing a number of different tasks and responsibilities simultaneously.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of this exciting opportunity.

Why work for us Our benefits include:

• holiday entitlement of 25 days increasing to 29 days after 5 years (pro rata if part time) plus bank holidays (with an option to buy up to 10 extra days each year subject to approval)

• generous pension scheme contribute between 5.5% and 6.8% (depending on your salary) and the council will contribute 26%

• life assurance a payment of three times your annual salary

• flexible working options to enable work/life balance

• agile working - ability to work in the office and from home

• access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets high street shops holidays mobile phones electrical goods savings and loan schemes and many other products and services

• salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and repay through your monthly salary)

• a range ofHealth and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme

• discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres

• A culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning

• modern office accommodation

For an informal discussion and further information please call Samantha Knight

L and D Business Partner on or email

West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 district councils for climate action (Climate Scorecards 2023) and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities. The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2039.