Learning and Development Coordinator

Outcomes First Group are on a mission to give our colleagues an amazing work/life balance! 

Job Title: Learning and Development Coordinator 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Bolton, hybrid working 2 days in the office

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £24,578.40 per annum

Outcomes First Group is Great Place to Work certified – it’s official! We’re also taking part in the national 4 Day Working Week pilot which makes joining us now even more appealing (T&Cs apply)… 

About the Role

Are you passionate about supporting our existing teams growth and development? Are you detail-oriented with excellent organisational skills?

If so, Outcomes First Group have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Learning & Development Coordinator!

As our Learning & Development Coordinator you’ll provide a responsive, flexible, high quality and efficient administrative support function for the Talent Function at Outcomes First Group

You’ll be responsible for the delivery of an exceptional customer service experience to all customers

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Able to evidence some exposure to Learning & Development
• Able to produce talent data regarding our existing teams that informs decision making
• Detailed orientated with a focus on organisation and coordination
• Able to engage with a range of stakeholders from colleagues to external bodies
• Professional and understands what good customer service looks like
• An experience of dealing with Apprenticeships and Qualifications would be advantageous
• Process-driven, and looks at process improvement and ways of working on an ongoing basis
• Very proficient in the Microsoft Office package
• Able to work under pressure and flex their approach and style to meet demands
• Can work towards deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Able to communicate through a range of different media
• Self-motivated, requires minimal supervision

About Talent:

This is an exciting time to join our Talent team. The team are currently transitioning to provide an updated high quality, modern Talent offering to our existing team that will enable outstanding outcomes for our children, young adults, and vulnerable adults. This is not a recruitment support role but a role that supports the internal development of our team members to enable us to recruit from within our current talent pool.

Customer service is at the heart of the function so you will need to demonstrate going above and beyond to ensure the developmental needs of our employees are met.

About the Group

Outcomes First Group is the leading provider of specialist education in the UK. We exist to give neurodivergent children and young people access to a great education that caters to their specific needs, abilities and aspirations.

There are three brands in our Outcomes First family: Acorn Education, Options Autism and Momenta Connect. Together, we educate, care for and support children, young people, and adults across the UK, empowering them to be happy and make their way in the world.

Our Vision

We believe that with a great education, every neurodivergent pupil can thrive and make their way in the world.

Our Mission

Every day we improve the lives of our pupils, their families, and local communities through a relentless focus on wellbeing and learning.

Our Promise

We are kind to ourselves and each other...We work together... and we make things happen.

Our Promise sits alongside our Vision and Mission. It describes the sort of people we are and our commitment to how we treat each other, work together, and behave. 

It represents what’s truly important to us as individuals and as a team. It is easily translatable into behaviours we all practice and experience every day. It's the golden thread that runs through every leader, team and individual.

Why work for us?

Your wellbeing is very important to us, and we know that being able to choose the benefits that suit you and your family will support your wellbeing.

Whatever your role and wherever you are located, you will love VISTA, our flexible benefits platform which lets you tailor your benefits package.

• And when your circumstances change…no problem. You can flex, trade, and add to your benefits package to suit your circumstances.
• Holidays start at 25 days per annum plus bank holidays on top with options to buy an additional 5 days.
• Critical illness covers and life assurance options.
• Company Pension with options to increase your contributions.
• Private medical and dental Insurance
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Eco-Car Scheme
• “Your Wellbeing Matters"- access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• Career development opportunities
• Professional support networks and groups
• * 4-Day working week - ‘rest-day’ could be any day Mon-Fri (agreed with Manager), available after successful completion of probationary period for full-time workers only

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. 

Winner UK Best Workplaces for Women™ Awards 2023, for the past 3 years.

Winner UK Great Place to Work™ Awards 2024, for the past 5 years.