Opportunity
Training & Skills Coordinator to join our dynamic People team at our Head Office in Blackburn. In this role you will support the organisation in developing workforce capability and identifying role‑specific training requirements across the business. This role ensures all employees have access to the right skills development opportunities, and that compliance records are accurate, up to date, and audit‑ready.
Role
* Take responsibility for the booking, delivery and scheduling of internal and external training sessions. Liaising directly with employees, management and providers.
* Provide guidance to managers on training requirements and completion status.
* Support new starters with onboarding and compliance induction processes.
* Use the training database to monitor upcoming course expiry.
* Coordinate skills development programmes, workshops, and learning activities across the organisation.
* Track attendance, completions, and outcomes to ensure learning objectives are met.
* Assist in identifying skills gaps using data, feedback and manager input.
* Maintain training calendars, communications, and resources.
* Develop training programs (outsourced and/or in‑house).
* Maintain full oversight of all statutory, regulatory, and role‑specific training requirements, ensuring the organisation meets legal obligations (e.g., safeguarding, data protection, health & safety, fire safety, sector‑specific compliance) and deadlines are met.
* Monitor training completion through the LMS or compliance tracking tools.
* Ensure timely escalation of compliance risks by notifying managers of overdue training and highlighting potential breaches or gaps that may impact accreditation, regulatory inspections, or insurance requirements.
* Support audit preparation with accurate, accessible and fully documented compliance record.
* Maintain learning platforms, ensuring content, user records and reporting are accurate.
* Coordinate with suppliers and training providers, managing bookings and associated paperwork.
Essential Experience & Qualifications
* Successful portfolio within a Training Coordinator role.
* Experience in compliance‑heavy or regulated environments – specifically construction.
* Strong digital and data skills, including Excel.
* Experience using or maintaining a learning management system (or equivalent platform).
* Excellent stakeholder management skills (Internally/Externally).
Qualifications
* 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) Grade C and above.
* CIPD Level 3 or above (desirable) – ideally in L&D related subject.
* NVQ or similar in HR/training or related background (preferably in training delivery).
EEO Statement
The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.
Right to Work
Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK.
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