Projects Co-ordinator
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
About Us
Lantra is a leading awarding body for land-based industries in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. We develop quality training courses and nationally recognised qualifications, delivered through a network of training Provider Partners.
Working with a range of partners, we promote opportunities within the sector to an increasingly diverse audience. Each year, over 116,000 learners access our courses across the UK, addressing skills challenges and supporting businesses with innovative solutions.
As we go through an exciting period of growth, we are now looking for a Projects Co-ordinator to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £28,000 per annum
- 25 days’ annual leave, increasing with service
- Defined contributory pension scheme or pension auto-enrolment scheme
- Professional development and career growth opportunities
- Collaborative and friendly work environment
- Employee assistance scheme
- Hapi – employee benefits and wellbeing platform
- Medical cash plans
- Enhanced maternity and adoption pay
- Rewards for length of service
- Health and wellbeing events and initiatives
- Free voluntary day
- Employee rewards
- Free parking
- Free drinks
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced project co-ordinator to join our ever-expanding organisation.
You’ll be joining us during an exciting period of growth, giving you the chance to make a visible impact and build an internal reputation that will support your journey through the business.
What’s more, you’ll have the perfect platform to enhance your expertise in a number of critical areas, supported by tailored development opportunities and a collaborative, high-performing team.
We look forward to working with you!
The Role
As a Projects Co-ordinator, you will provide vital project support to key initiatives and schemes within our Roads and Highways qualifications and training area.
Working closely with the Head of Industry Partnerships and the Project Manager (PM), you will support the planning and delivery of both existing and new highways-related projects.
You will co-ordinate the Bridge Inspector Certification Scheme (BICS) and the Austroads Safety Hardware Training and Accreditation Scheme (ASHTAS), ensuring both programmes continue to deliver a high-quality service to external stakeholders.
Collaborating with the PM, you will help to identify and develop opportunities for income generation and growth within the Roads and Highways sector.
Additionally, you will:
- Provide Secretariat services for Sector Schemes and related projects
- Assist with maintaining and updating scheme platforms and systems
- Support website updates to promote and grow the schemes
About You
To be considered as our Projects Co-ordinator, you will need:
- Proven experience in a project co-ordination role
- An understanding of project delivery and acceptance processes within a business environment
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong ability to self-organise, work unsupervised on own initiative, and co-ordinate projects to ensure timely delivery of outcomes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills
- To be an experienced user of MS Office toolset (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Other organisations may call this role Project Officer, Project Administrator, Qualifications Project Co-ordinator, PMO Co-ordinator, Education Project Co-ordinator, Programme Co-ordinator, Project Support Officer, or Project Delivery Co-ordinator.
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