Workforce Learning and Development Training officer Pro Rata Salary Working hours: 18 hours per week Contract type: fixed term 12 months Closing date: 7 th September 2025 Interviews will take place on 19 th September 2025 We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford A n exciting new opportunity has arisen to join our Workforce Learning and Development Team within Salford Children's Services as a Training Officer on a 12 month fixed term contract. The Role : As the Training Officer, you will develop, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the training programme. This will involve managing the training calendar on a weekly basis where you will be responsible for coordination of invites and respond to queries through the team inbox. You will be instrumental in the development of a website to ensure accessibility for training advertising and sign up and learning and development opportunities. You will need the skills to be able to complete tasks independently. You will have excellent organisational skills to develop systems and records of who attended training and evaluate the effectiveness of the training through strong analysis. You will be able to set up spreadsheets and keep track of who has attended training and see trends in the data. You will have good communication skills and will liaise and form positive relationships with trainers and speakers to ensure effective delivery of the programme and forward planning. You will work with the Service Manager, to arrange, to analyse and create a new training plan each year after consultation with the workforce, responding to needs. You will be responsible for leading on service feedback and work with the QA officers to evaluate the impact of training You will manage the practical arrangements of training through good organisation and preparation and ensuring technology is in place and set up to support the delivery onsite where needed. Our offer to you: Up to 34 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays). pro rata. Competitive salary Free parking. A full induction Hybrid working, offering a better work/life balance. (this role does require some days in the office environment each week). The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House. Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations. A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer Knowledge of Microsoft systems and IT skills would be required for this role. An understanding of Local Government or Children s Services would be helpful. For further information about this role please contact Debbie.Elsheikh@salford.gov.uk If you know somebody else who may fit this role, feel free to share. We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants Want to know more about Salford? As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this. Find out about our city as a place to live, work & grow, and learn more about the amazing work we are doing. You ll also find out about the wealth of benefits we have to offer you on our Salford pages ! Continuous Service commitment New employees can keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others under this scheme. Find out if this applies to you on our Continuous Service page.. Guaranteed Assessment Schemes We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme page.. Privacy Statement and Data Protection Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .