Training Coordinator

Express Solicitors; Wythenshawe; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

23 Days Holiday

Extra Holidays - buy backs

Private medical insurance

Annual flu jab

Employee Assistance Programme

Onsite gym & team sports

Job summary

Express Solicitors, headquartered in Manchester, is seeking a proactive Training Coordinator to join its Training Department. The role focuses on delivering a smooth training and onboarding experience for colleagues, coordinating inductions, and maintaining training records.

Working closely with the Partner, Head of Training Department, their Personal Assistant and the Trainers, you will support mandatory training and ensure effective administration of the training library.

Qualifications

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating new starters inductions, scheduling training sessions and enrolling new employees onto relevant training sessions using MS Teams and the LMS.
• Maintaining accurate training records and LMS user profiles.
• Monitoring the Training Inbox, responding to queries and directing queries to appropriate team members.
• Supporting mandatory training compliance by sending reminders about overdue training.
• Administration and upkeep of the Training library.
• Liaising with Trainers, HR, Supervisors, Facilities and Reception.

Skills

Highly organised

Multitasking

Strong communication

Microsoft 365

MS Teams

Outlook

Word

Excel

Adaptability

Tools

MS Teams

Microsoft 365

LMS

Job description

Job Title: Training Coordinator

Location: Sharston, M22 4SN

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning, no win no fee law firm specialising exclusively in personal injury claims. Headquartered in Manchester, we support clients nationwide across all areas of personal injury, including employers' liability, serious injury, clinical negligence, occupiers' and public liability, road traffic accidents and industrial disease. We are ranked 60th in The Lawyer UK Top 200, out of more than 10,000 law firms nationwide, and after achieving a 24% year‑on‑year growth, Express Solicitors are the largest personal injury claimant firm in the UK. Our commitment to outstanding client care is reflected in our Trustpilot rating of 4.7 (Excellent), placing us among the highest‑rated firms in the sector.

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive Training Coordinator to join our Training Department. The successful candidate will be working closely with the Partner and Head of Training Department, their Personal Assistant together with the Legal and Digital Systems Trainers. This is a varied role, focusing on delivering a smooth training and onboarding experience for our colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating new starters inductions, scheduling training sessions and enrolling new employees onto the relevant training sessions using MS Teams and our Learning Management System (LMS).
• Maintaining accurate training records and LMS user profiles.
• Monitoring the Training Inbox, responding to queries and where necessary, directing queries to the appropriate team members.
• Supporting mandatory training compliance by sending reminders to employees regarding overdue training.
• Administration and upkeep of the Training library.
• Liaising with Trainers, HR, Supervisors, Facilities and Reception.

Person Specification

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• A strong communicator who enjoys working with people.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications and standard legal software e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, MS Teams.
• Confidence in learning and navigating new systems and technologies

Salary & Hours

• Salary of £28,000 - £30,000, dependent on experience
• Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.

Benefits

• Hybrid Working - 3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.
• 23 Days Holiday - Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
• Extra Holidays - 3 holiday buy backs and an extra birthday day after the required length of service.
• Looking After Your Health - Private medical insurance after two years' service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Looking After Your Well-being - 24/7 onsite gym, netball/football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
• Work Life Balance - Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budgets.

Recruitment Process

Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.

Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Talent and Development Officer, Learning and Development Coordinator, Training Officer, Learning and Development Supervisor, L and D, Development, Training and Development, Corporate Learning, Training Advisor, Training may also be considered for this role