Learning & Development Co-ordinator
Astrea Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 4WG3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
26 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,900.00 Annually (Actual) Band 3T
Learning & Development Co-ordinator job summary
Are you an experienced learning and development coordinator with sparkle, passion, and the ambition to deliver a best in class learning and development provision?
The Astrea Talent Programme is a critical element of the Trust in how we illuminate our people and connect them with their purpose, delivering professional development and fostering a culture of a continual learning mindset.
You will have accountability for the efficient management and coordination of the Trust’s learning and development programme, the Astrea Talent Programme (ATP) incorporating professional and career development opportunities, providing innovative and creative ideas on how we can continually improve and support employee retention.
You will work under the leadership of the Director of Professional Learning, a new role to the Trust, to reshape and influence the ATP to be a talent programme delivering an institute approach to L&D across a number of professional development areas such as teacher training, apprenticeships and skills development and the evaluation and impact of.
You will work with the people team and school leaders over the identification of training needs analysis and learning needs analysis, identifying skills gaps, and supporting workforce optimisation and planning.
You will play a crucial role in the support, delivering and success of our teacher training programmes, supporting the Department for Educations (DfE) golden thread of teacher development across Initial Teacher Training, Early Careers Teaching and National Professional Qualifications.
You will;
Work closely with leadership teams to embed our shared vision and values.
You will support the Director of Professional Learning with budget reviews and financial planning, across cost of course (non-funded), resource cover requirements, hours allocated to training and time to train policy.
You will support the development of Trust inductions and support the design and development of a new leadership academy (within the ATP), to support both line managers and leaders with access to resources and training.
You will collaborate with school leaders and internal departments sharing best practice and knowledge to ensure our people have a positive experience when learning.
You will develop strong relationships across departments and academies, understanding the Trusts organisation structure, culture, and strategic goals, aligning the ATP with broader workforce development.
Work closely with the Primary Regional Director on primary teacher training initiatives, providing crucial support to the success of primary teacher training.
Work closely with the Head of Teacher Development (secondary) on secondary teacher training initiatives providing crucial support to the success of secondary teacher training.
Monitor and manage team inboxes supporting L&D queries both from employee, external delegates, and school leaders.
Support supplier assessments for new training providers and their supply chain approval.
Oversee the L&D coordination of e-learning platforms and compliance reporting for employee completion, including the periodic reviews of e-learning applied to employee learning plans.
Support the marketing of the ATP to internal and external stakeholders.
Work closely with Trust professional development supply chain partners such as Teach First, Ambition Institute and apprenticeship providers.
Work with academy operations managers and the People Partner to identify training needs aligned with the Astrea Talent Programme cross collaborating and sharing information to support employees with their development, embedding a culture of continual learning.
Utilise data available to create meaningful reports and data insights and KPI’s are met.
Support on financial data and payments received for NPQ against expected revenue.
Support with the design and development of bitesize learning within the ATP across a number of topics important to our people, intellectual preparation and within a wider project for the Astrea Trust Knowledge and Learning Hub.
KEY ARAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Apprenticeships
Management of apprenticeship applications, both for apprenticeship roles and staff development apprenticeships, overseeing authorisation and approvals
Work with the Recruitment Partners for the recruitment of apprenticeships, supporting recruitment campaigns.
Monitor apprenticeships levy allocation and expenditure, allocation of training providers and apprenticeship enrolments and agreements. Management of apprenticeship learner profiles.
Support line managers with apprenticeship off the job training plans, allocation of the off the job hours and recording of and apprenticeship completion against training plan and end point assessments.
Monitor levy expenditure and cohort opportunities.
Have a good understanding of public sector apprenticeships targets, funding roles and eligibility criteria.
Early Careers Framework (ECF) Training
Coordinate and administer the early career teachers (ECT) 2-year induction programme, including training clinics and mentoring sessions, completion of assessment work and compliance against deadlines on Steplab.
Coordinate and administer the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programmes including training clinics and mentoring sessions, completion of assessment work and compliance against deadlines on Steplab.
Management of Teach First and Ambition training providers, including relationship management, employee portal access and support with learning and development materials.
Arrangement of various conferences, clinics, and mentor meetings, including relationship building with attendees.
Provide key support to ensure those on an ECF programme have a positive experience.
Marketing and recruitment support of external delegates to join our ITTcohorts.
National Professional Qualifications (NPQ)
Oversee application and authorisation process for NPQs, including support with funded and non-funded NPQs
Support with academy based budget allocation for NPQs where non funded.
Onboarding and registration of delegates (both Astrea employees and external delegates).
Coordination and administration of learning materials, supporting delivery leads/mentors with their NPQ cohort planning.
Marketing and recruitment support of external delegates to join our NPQ cohorts.
Leadership Academy
Support the Director of Professional Development Learning to design and develop the Astrea Leadership Academy with a key focus on our line management development and aspiring leaders, identifying the responsibility to talent spot, talent develop, and talent manage our people.
Support school leaders in delivery of the Aspiring Heads Leadership Programme.
Trust Professional and Career Learning and Development
Coordinate Trust wide L&D opportunities across a number of areas such as technical skills, human centric skills, safety skills, line management skills and meta skills.
Coordinate Trust wide e-learning, course review and quality assurance, learning plan allocation and compliance.
Coordinating access to personalised continual professional development (CPD) managing budget and course arrangements, joining instructions and time to train.
Monitor and support employee skills and support the People Team will employee performance development as per performance development annual cycles.
Including but not exhaustive of mental health training, health and safety training, curriculum-based training led by school leaders etc.
Please note that an an interim measure, this post with report to the Director of People & Organisational Development whilst the new post is recruited for.
We are recruiting for 2 posts. One a fixed term 12 month cover, to cover maternity leave and one full time permanent post.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Applying for the job
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About Astrea Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Astrea is a trust that is coming of age and moving beyond its foundational years into a mature phase of development, our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education. Our work starts and ends with a universal belief in high standards and expectations for every child, no matter what barriers they face.
Underpinning our vision is a commitment that knowledge and scholarship will be celebrated, we want our children to become resilient in the face of challenge and we commit to providing all Astrea children with rich opportunities and to supporting them every step of the way. I am incredibly proud of what the Astrea family has achieved and as the trust matures, we are in a strong position to embark upon this next exciting phase, where all of our energy will be focused on providing a brilliant education which helps children to learn, thrive and lead successful lives.
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