About the role
Please note this is a fixed term role for 1 year.
Activity Coordinators work within the Business Support team of the Learning and Development service. The role supports the delivery of training for the authority, working with trainers to schedule and promote course dates and ensure the right people have the right information at the right time.
This post is part of a hosted Learning and Development service, and applicants will be required to hybrid work between the current base of One Angel Square, and working from home. Applicants should be aware that the service is currently undergoing disaggregation and this post will be moved into North Northamptonshire Council from 1st April 2023, which will require a change of base location.
If you have any questions, or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact hannah.oswin@northnorthants.gov.uk.
What will you be doing?
You will:
- work with course owners to schedule training courses
- book virtual and face to face venues
- provide pre- and post-course information to learners and trainers
- use the organisation's Learning Management System (LMS), iLearn, to advertise scheduled dates to staff
- support staff with simple enquiries
- support Subject Matter Experts within the authority to maintain and update eLearning courses
- support the Learning Hub reception
- monitor the Learning and Development inbox
- undertake basic finance tasks
- provide other admin support for the L&D service as required
About you
Learning and Development are looking for an experienced administrator to join our Business Support team.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate:
- A basic understanding of a learning and development service
- Experience of learning and utilising business systems to support your work (ideally, a Learning Management System)
- Good IT skills (in particular, Outlook, Excel and Teams)
- Ability to prioritise and manage their own workload
- Ability to communicate with others in a variety of ways (face to face, telephone, email, virtual meetings)
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (27 days, rising to 32 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected do they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete.
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