Training Coordinator

Sainsbury's; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking an early career and apprenticeship training coordinator to manage skills development initiatives. The role involves coordinating training sessions, managing logistics, and providing analytical insights to support continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in similar roles, contributing to the development of a dynamic team.

Benefits

Colleague discount of 10% after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% on weekends.

Pensions scheme and life cover.

Performance-related bonus of up to 5%.

Annual holiday allowance with the option to buy additional holiday.

Employee assistance programme.

Cycle to work scheme.

Season ticket loans.

Qualifications

• Experience in an early career and/or apprenticeship training coordinator role (essential).
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate training sessions and workshops for skills development.
• Manage logistical aspects for skills programmes.
• Provide administrative support for skills development.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Project management techniques

Tools

Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

What you need to do

Coordination of skills programmes:

• Support the effective planning of Skills Development initiatives by coordinating training sessions and workshops. Ensure accurate tracking and recording of attendance and completion data. Generate and analyse reports to provide insights and recommendations for programme improvement.

• Manage logistical aspects for skills programmes such as venue selection, facilitator check-in, data collection, room bookings, laptops, passes, feedback, and course uploads to the Learning Management System (LMS).

Administration and reporting:

• Provide General administrative and planning support to ensure the successful delivery of skills development function.

• Provide a summary of skills development performance data, live/periodic/quarterly/annual basis for both skills programmes and pathways.

• Manage the skills framework reporting platform and general operations of the platform.

• Measure the success of the skills framework through key performance indicators (KPIs) and regular reviews

Stakeholder management:

• Support learning operations with payment to third party suppliers.

• Liaise with HRS and learning operations to ensure all requests for data for new and existing programmes are delivered within the required timescales.

• Communicate with external providers regarding coordination of Skills Programmes.

Facilitation and delivery:

• Support (where required) the delivery of collective and social learning for bakery modules using innovative virtual and face to face delivery.

• Support with the delivery of early careers inductions.

What you need to know and show

• Experience in an early career and/or apprenticeship training coordinator role (essential)

• Project management techniques (desirable)

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, presenting data and insights to support continuous improvement.

• Sets priorities without guidance or direction, and can manage workload and conflicting priorities.

• A strong team player with excellent communication skills, working collaboratively across the team and function.

• Good IT Skills, particularly Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint essential).

What decisions I can make

• Decide on the scheduling and organisation of training sessions and workshops, including selecting venues and coordinating logistics.

• Determine the allocation of resources and support needed for the effective delivery of skills development initiatives.

• Make decisions on the methods and tools used for tracking and recording attendance and completion data.

• Determining when to escalate risks and issues identified within skills programmes and skill pathways projects.

Resources available to me

Head of Skills Development

Skills Programme Managers

Skills Delivery Partners

Apprenticeship and Qualifications Lead

Please note: This role profile is aimed at describing the core output that should be achieved in this role. It is not intended to include specific tasks, temporary activities or projects to recognise flexibility in a changing context.

Qualifications

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new-whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.

Responsibilities

Our people are at the heart of our business, and we are looking for those that are just as passionate about that as we are. Join our People team, and come with us on a journey as we transform the way we do HR. Our team is made up of business partners working with leaders to get the most out of their teams, specialist knowledge in our centres of expertise, and colleague-centric, efficient people services. Our work ranges from making sure that our 150,000+ colleagues are paid on time to attracting brilliant talent to drive our strategy, to unlocking the skills and capability of our colleagues. This is a fast-moving business, and we make sure our policies and rewards keep up with that too. We know flexibility is important and helps you be more productive so there's more choice than ever about where and when you work. When it comes to your development, we'll support your growth in your own unique way. When you join us, you’ll be joining a team that knows just what it means to be happy and engaged, and who makes a real impact across our business.