Senior Project Officer

Sheffield City Council; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Officer / Training Coordinator to facilitate and manage training provisions across its employment and skills programmes. The ideal candidate will support local individuals in overcoming barriers to employment, while coordinating with various stakeholders. Responsibilities include sourcing training opportunities, managing contracts, and ensuring compliance with council requirements. This role promotes diversity and flexibility in the workforce.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and flexible individual with experience in employment support and training.
• Knowledge and understanding of externally funded programmes is essential.
• Experience in contract management of training contracts.

Responsibilities

• Source training opportunities for participants.
• Liaise with funding authorities regarding training provisions.
• Coordinate set-up of training suppliers on council systems.
• Monitor training provider performance and compliance.
• Conduct contract monitoring meetings with providers.

Skills

Experience in employment support

Knowledge of externally funded programmes

Strong relationship-building skills

Flexibility and enthusiasm

Job description

Opportunity Sheffield, the Employment & Skills Service within Sheffield City Council, is seeking to appoint a Senior Project Officer / Training Coordinator to facilitate, source, coordinate, and manage training support provision across its employment and skills programmes.

The Training Coordinator will support the delivery of Opportunity Sheffield’s core aims: helping local people into employment, apprenticeships, and training; supporting individuals to overcome barriers to work and progression; and providing in-work support to Sheffield residents looking to upskill, progress, or change career.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible, and forward-thinking individual with experience in employment support and training provision. The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of externally funded programmes and will be responsible for contract management of selected Opportunity Sheffield training contracts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Sourcing appropriate training opportunities for participants on Opportunity Sheffield employment and skills programmes
• Liaising with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to maintain up-to-date knowledge of funded training provision
• Coordinating the set-up of training and ad hoc suppliers on council systems
• Raising purchase orders and monitoring invoices against agreed values
• Coordinating the set-up and delivery of training courses with participants, training providers, and internal teams
• Responding to training enquiries and payment queries from internal and external stakeholders
• Monitoring training provider performance against contractual deliverables, including collecting evidence of training starts and completions
• Arranging and conducting contract monitoring meetings with training providers
• Ensuring full compliance with Opportunity Sheffield and Sheffield City Council contractual requirements
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with training providers and a wide range of internal and external partners
• Using Enspirio information systems to check participant eligibility in line with contract requirements
• Supporting service development by contributing to management information and performance reporting
• Maintaining and updating training and budget monitoring spreadsheets
• Assisting with future procurement activity, including tenders advertised by Opportunity Sheffield
• Undertaking other duties as agreed with the line manager

Closing date for applications: 6 February 2026

If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Scott (Strategic Support Coordinator) on @ or

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.