Development Administration Officer

IOSH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading occupational safety organization in Leicester seeks a Development Officer to ensure high-quality learning content. This hybrid role involves reviewing and providing feedback on third-party training courses, requiring strong communication and report-writing skills. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with Microsoft Office and excellent attention to detail, managing multiple projects effectively. Benefits include flexible working, 25 days annual leave, and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Up to five paid volunteering days

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience of using Microsoft Office.
• A good understanding of admin processes and procedures.
• Ability to provide verbal and written feedback including structured advice and guidance to customers.
• Experience of writing reports.
• Excellent report-writing skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Review learning content developed by third-party organisations.
• Provide feedback and advice to organisations if they don't meet the standards.
• Write clear reports with recommendations to improve content.
• Manage a caseload of projects with differing deadlines.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Communication Skills

Report Writing

Time Management

Job description

Job Title: Development Officer

Salary: £26,520 per annum

Hours per week: 35 hours (flexible options considered)

Location: At IOSH, we embrace hybrid working because we believe it's the key to achieving work-life balance, strategic success and fostering our collaborative culture. You'll be required to work from our head office in Wigston, Leicester a minimum of 2 days per week. The remainder of your working hours will be undertaken from home.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live, and to work in the UK.

Closing date: 17 September 2025

Interview date: 23 and 24 September 2025

About The Role

We are looking for a Development Officer to join IOSH, at this exciting time in our transformational journey. You will play a key part in maintaining the quality of our brand by reviewing learning content developed by third-party organisations through a thorough quality assurance process.

Working within a small team you will support the administration services provided by the team but will have autonomy for making decisions on whether learning content that has been created and submitted by external organisations, meets our IOSH standards. You will use your health and safety, and learning knowledge to review training courses, providing feedback and advice to organisations if they don't meet the standards by writing clear reports to them that include recommendations to improve the content. You will be solution focused to help address and resolve any queries regarding the tailored course approval service.

What You'll Bring

It is essential to have high attention to detail to ensure you are proofreading the learning content and picking up on any improvements needed. You will have strong communication skills and be comfortable feeding back to a range of clients as well as internal stakeholders. To succeed in this role, you will be confident at rapport building and relationship management. You will be experience in the ability to write accurate concise and supportive reports. You will be responsible for your own caseload of projects, so strong time management skills are needed, as you will be managing multiple projects with differing deadlines. It would be advantageous if you have previous experience of working in a learning and development environment.

Essential Criteria

• Significant experience of using Microsoft Office
• A good understanding of admin processes and procedures
• Ability to provide verbal and written feedback including structured advice and guidance to customers
• Experience of writing reports
• Excellent report-writing skills with a high standard of written English and exceptional attention to detail to ensure all work is quality checked
  
  

What's in it for you?

We support our colleagues to bring their best selves to work, so they can deliver exceptional outcomes. We do this by offering a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Hybrid working and flexibility to ensure a positive work-life balance
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service, with the option to buy more
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan covered by IOSH
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme, minimum of 3% employee contribution whilst IOSH contribute 5%
• Individual performance related pay scheme
• Up to five paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your dependent's wellbeing
  
  

About Us

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the world's Chartered body for safety and health professionals.

We understand that diversity of thought, culture, perspective, and background is essential to our vision. We believe in creating a personal environment where everyone is treated as they wish to be treated. At IOSH, you can be yourself, no matter who you are.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer, and are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

Find out more about how we advocate for, and support health and safety professionals worldwide to create a safer and healthier world of work by visiting www.iosh.com.

How To Apply

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If you want to find out more about IOSH please visit our website. If you have any queries about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to support you with the recruitment process please reach out to [e-mail].

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.