Barnwood makes a difference. We join with the people of Gloucestershire to drive changes on disability and mental health issues, enabling people to have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and be included where they live. 

As part of this work, our Insights and Engagement Team engages a wide range of people in the Trust’s vision for Gloucestershire, and our Learning and Events Coordinator is integral to this.  

We are looking for a Learning and Events Coordinator to provide coordination and administration support for Barnwood Trust’s internal learning programme, engaging staff and Trustees in individual, team and organisation-wide learning and development activities and events. 

We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who: 

• are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds. 

• have lived experience of disability and/or mental health challenges.   

Contract terms: 

• This role is 12 months fixed term, and we welcome applications from people looking for part time hours (19 hours per week). 

• We offer a flexible start between 8am and 9.30am Monday to Friday.  

• Salary £16,023 p/a pro rata 19 hours per week (FTE £31,624).

• 22 days holiday inc. bank holidays p/a pro rata (FTE 36 days inc. bank holidays).

• This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working. 

Summary of key duties: 

Coordination of organisation and team learning and development 

• Support the People Management Team to:
  • Devise and oversee implementation of the annual Organisation Learning and Development Plan (OLDP), creating a positive culture of learning and development within team.
  • Report on internal learning expenditure, against the Organisation Learning and Development budget. 

Supporting delivery of accessible internal learning and events  

• Administrate and assist in the delivery of internal learning, identifying and liaising with appropriate learning providers.  

• Ensure high standards of content and accessibility of internal learning activities and events are delivered across the Trust, in collaboration with the Internal Communications Manager. 

• Provide administrative support to the booking process, liaising with attendees to ensure smooth operations. 

• Scope, book and prepare accessible venues and meeting spaces for internal learning activities taking place off-site.  

Maintaining the Learning Management System  

• Hold responsibility for maintaining and developing the Learning Management System.  

• Provide support to staff and Trustees to access the online learning offer fully. 

Administration of monitoring and evaluation data  

• Maintain digital records of learning activities for all staff and Trustee participation for accountability, reporting and evaluation purposes, as directed by the People Management Team to inform the development of internal learning. 

• Coordinate and administrate monitoring data, evaluation and feedback. 

• Ensure accuracy of internal learning data and information in line with relevant Trust policies and procedures, including GDPR requirements. 

For full details please see our application pack at the bottom of the page.

Summary of skills 

• Excellent communication and organisational skills, including high level written communication skills.  

• Highly organised with project co-ordination skills. 

• Self-awareness, enabling excellent working relationships with a wide range of people using tact, diplomacy and sensitivity.  

• Experience supporting small to medium-scale events.

• Strong IT skills (proficient in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and cloud-based database).  

Benefits: 

• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays. (FTE) 

• Life Assurance (3 x Salary) 

• Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity. 

• Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates. 

• Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.  

• Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard. 

• We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.  

• Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities. 

• Assistance dogs are welcome. 

Guidance On Applications: 

Click on Apply Now to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.  

You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it. 

Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust.org 

We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email recruitment@barnwoodtrust.org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website (https://www.barnwoodtrust.org/about-us/current-jobs/) has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.  

 

• Deadline for applications:  12.00 noon on Wednesday 21st August 2024  

• First interviews: Tuesday 3rd September or Thursday 5th September 2024  

• Second stage interviews: Thursday 12th September 2024 

 

We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.