Learning & Development Administrator

Essar Oil Limited; Ellesmere Port; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution 10% rising to 15%

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Flex benefits including holiday buy

Employee discounts

On-site car parking

Job summary

EET (Essar Energy Transition) at Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port, is seeking a proactive Learning & Development professional to coordinate and administer technical and professional training across the site. You will work with the Learning & Development team and operational stakeholders to ensure training is planned, delivered, and monitored to meet business and compliance needs.

The role emphasizes data-driven learning solutions, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Experience in a Learning & Development role, ideally supporting both technical and professional development programmes.
• Experience coordinating training delivery and working closely with external training providers.
• Strong administration, planning, and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and changing business requirements.
• Experience using and maintaining Learning Management Systems (LMS) and training records, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
• The ability to analyse learner data, training completion rates, competency requirements, and performance metrics to identify skills gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Experience producing training reports and management information to support learning plans, compliance monitoring, and succession planning.
• Confident communication skills and the credibility to work with managers, subject matter experts, and training partners to develop effective learning solutions.
• The levels of qualification in Learning & Development, HR, or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and administering training programmes across all business areas, including off-the-job training, e-learning, technical development, mandatory compliance training, and refresher courses.
• Planning and scheduling regular and ad hoc training activities, ensuring training provision aligns with operational priorities and workforce development needs.
• Acting as super user for the LMS/training CRM, maintaining accurate training records, reporting data, and ensuring system compliance and data integrity.
• Analysing training data, completion rates, competency requirements, and compliance metrics to support workforce planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Managing relationships with external training providers, coordinating course bookings, onsite delivery, and associated administration.
• Supporting apprentices, graduates, work experience placements, and wider early careers programmes through effective coordination and record management.
• Monitoring training budgets, supplier spend, training effectiveness, and participation trends, providing regular management information and reporting.
• Working closely with managers and business stakeholders to identify training needs, coordinate learning solutions, and support competency assurance across the organisation.
• Supporting governance, compliance, and audit requirements by maintaining robust training processes, documentation, and reporting frameworks.

Skills

Learning & Development experience

Training delivery coordination

Administration & planning

Data analysis of learner data

Training reporting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Qualified in Learning & Development / HR (Level 3 or 5)

Tools

LMS

Job description

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Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type: Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

• 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
• 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
• Free Secure On-Site Car Parking

About the Company

EET (Essar Energy Transition) plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions.

We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future.

With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract opportunity to play a key role in the administration, planning, and coordination of technical, compliance, and development training across the Stanlow site and associated businesses. Working closely with the Learning & Development team and operational stakeholders, you will ensure learning activities are effectively planned, scheduled, delivered, and monitored to meet business and compliance requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and administering training programmes across all business areas, including off-the-job training, e-learning, technical development, mandatory compliance training, and refresher courses.
• Planning and scheduling regular and ad hoc training activities, ensuring training provision aligns with operational priorities and workforce development needs.
• Acting as the super user for the Learning Management System (LMS)/training CRM, maintaining accurate training records, reporting data, and ensuring system compliance and data integrity.
• Analysing training data, completion rates, competency requirements, and compliance metrics to support workforce planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Managing relationships with external training providers, coordinating course bookings, onsite delivery, and associated administration.
• Supporting apprentices, graduates, work experience placements, and wider early careers programmes through effective coordination and record management.
• Monitoring training budgets, supplier spend, training effectiveness, and participation trends, providing regular management information and reporting.
• Working closely with managers and business stakeholders to identify training needs, coordinate learning solutions, and support competency assurance across the organisation.
• Supporting governance, compliance, and audit requirements by maintaining robust training processes, documentation, and reporting frameworks.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on workforce capability by ensuring training and development activities are effectively coordinated, accurately recorded, and strategically aligned with business objectives, while supporting a busy operational environment and driving continuous improvement in learning and development practices.

About You

You are an organised Learning & Development professional who enjoys translating business training requirements into practical, measurable learning solutions. Comfortable working within a complex operational environment, you build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels and use learner data, training metrics, and competency information to support workforce development and continuous improvement.

You will bring:

• Experience in a Learning & Development role, ideally supporting both technical and professional development programmes.
• Experience coordinating training delivery and working closely with external training providers.
• Strong administration, planning, and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and changing business requirements.
• Experience using and maintaining Learning Management Systems (LMS) and training records, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
• The ability to analyse learner data, training completion rates, competency requirements, and performance metrics to identify skills gaps, workforce development needs, and opportunities for improvement.
• Experience producing training reports and management information to support learning plans, compliance monitoring, and succession planning activities.
• Confident communication skills and the credibility to work with managers, subject matter experts, and training partners to develop effective learning solutions.
• A Level 3 or Level 5 qualification in Learning & Development, HR, or a related discipline.

Closing Date

This vacancy will close on Friday 25th September 2026.

Please Note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.