Senior People Development Coordinator
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Senior People Development Coordinator
Location: Bernicia Head Office, Ashwood Business Park, Ashington.
Salary: £34,247 per annum with the potential to increase in April 2026 in line with a cost-of-living award.
Hours: Full time 37hrs per week Monday to Friday, or part time working would be considered at 30hrs over 4/5 days
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 13th February 2026.
If you have previous experience in coordinating training and/or leading a range of operational administrative activities, the Senior People Development Coordinator could be the role for you.
About the Senior People Development Coordinator Role:
Due to internal progression an opportunity has arose to recruit an experienced People Development coordinator to support our ambitious strategic and operational goals where people and cultural development is high on our agenda.
This is an exciting role which focuses on supporting our colleagues and the wider People function to identify, coordinate and administer a range of training requirements in line with our Group Training Matrix.
You will be responsible for leading a small team and managing digital platforms and methods of reporting to monitor and schedule all mandatory, essential and optional training events. Your role will be to ensure compliance with the training matrix is to an acceptable level, training records are accurately recorded and reported and ensure all training related queries and requests are managed in a timely manner.
You will play a key role within our people function implementing efficient processes and supporting talent and development projects to promote a learning culture that supports and encourages development and progression.
About you:
Successful candidates will need a background in leading a proactive and efficient administrative function or strong experience in coordinating training/events as well as a passion for learning.
The Benefits:
* 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) for full-time colleagues; pro-rata to part-time colleagues
* Option to work from home up to 2 days per week
* Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more. We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.
* Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
* Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary.
About us:
* We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
* We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
* Everything about Bernicia is people focused, that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010.
* We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.
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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia