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Learning and Development Administrator

£25,998 - £35,822 Scale 2-5

Fixed term until 31st March 2026 / Secondment

Full Time 

An exciting opportunity has become available for an Administrator in our Learning & Development team.  

Our small team designs, delivers and commissions a range of staff learning opportunities for induction, leadership & management, business & administration, first aid, and IT via a variety of mediums.  Additionally, we support staff and managers to identify learning needs and find appropriate solutions. 

The Learning & Development Administrator is an integral role in our team. You will mainly be responsible for managing the end to end training administration process on our Learning Management Systems. 

Post duties include;

• Managing training events; liaising with trainers, booking venues, organising refreshments and materials, venue set up, and monitoring bookings.
• Responding to training enquiries.
• Ordering and monitoring consumables.
• Promoting learning events.
• Raising purchase orders and invoices and ensuring accounts are settled.

What we need from you:

• Excellent organisational skills
• Thorough attention to detail
• Strong customer service skills
• Experience of using O365 to an intermediate level
• Experience of using Learning Management Systems or similar systems.

We encourage applications from people who have a strong administrative or customer service background. This is a hybrid working role you will be working from both council offices and home. We are open to flexible working patterns.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline: 

Closing Date: 4th May 2025

Shortlisting Date: 7th May 2025

Interview Date: 13th and 14th May

Should you require any further information or wish to discuss the role. Please feel free to contact Denise Maguire on 0208 871 8256.

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. 

All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised. 

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.  

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. 

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.  

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils