Details:
- Salary: £14,560 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Uppingham
- Date: 8 hours ago
Description:
Salary: £14,560 per annum
Location: Uppingham, Rutland
Contract type: permanent, with a fully founded Level 3 or 5 apprenticeship, depending on experience
Working pattern: Full-time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm
About the role
Uppingham School, founded in 1584, is a leading co-educational independent boarding school with around 800 pupils aged 11 to 18 and approximately 550 staff. This apprenticeship offers a genuine start to a career in People and Culture, combining hands-on experience and mentoring with formal training towards a nationally recognised qualification. The role combines hands-on training delivery, operational coordination and system-based tracking, ensuring training activity across the School is visible, measurable and professionally run.
What you'll be doing
Training planning and calendar management
Own and manage the School's central training calendar
Schedule sessions, book venues and coordinate resources
Manage invitations, attendance lists and participant communications
Work with departments to capture and schedule training needs
Build strong relationships with internal and external training providers
Training delivery and facilitation
Support the delivery of training sessions
Help design and prepare training materials, including presentations and handouts
Act as first point of contact for welcome and induction/onboarding training
Training systems and data management
Maintain accurate training records
Track and monitor mandatory and role-specific training completion
Produce reports on attendance, completion rates and outstanding requirements
Support system-based training workflows and improve how data is captured and used
Stakeholder coordination
Act as a central point of coordination for training activity across the School
Liaise with academic CPD leads, department leads and managers
Coordinate with external providers where required
Administration and continuous improvement
Manage training-related administration, registers and attendance records with accuracy
Collect and collate feedback from sessions and support evaluation of effectiveness
Support development and documentation of standardised training processes
Identify opportunities to streamline scheduling and communications
What you'll bring
Confident communicator, able to present to and engage small groups
Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent activities
Comfortable coordinating across multiple stakeholders and priorities
Strong IT skills (PowerPoint, Excel, systems/databases)
High attention to detail, particularly in tracking and administration
Proactive, reliable and consistent in operational delivery
A positive, customer-focused approach to supporting staff development
It would also be great if you have:
An interest in learning and development, teaching or coaching
Experience delivering presentations or facilitating sessions
Experience coordinating events, training or programmes
Familiarity with HRIS, LMS or training management systems
What's on offer
30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Free Westfield Healthcare
Free membership of the dual-use Sports Centre (£25 annual joining fee)
Free staff lunches in term-time
School fee discount for children of Uppingham staff (pro-rated for part-time staff)
Retail, gym, supermarket, cinema and restaurant discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
Recognised Disability Confident and Mindful employer
Complimentary staff ticket to selected School performances
Additional information
This role involves regular contact with children and young people and is subject to safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check. The post-holder must comply with the School's Safeguarding (Child Protection) Policy.
Closing date: 31 July 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received, so early submissions are encouraged.
Uppingham School is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and welcomes applications from anyone who feels they could fulfil the role.
You may have experience of the following: Training Coordinator, L&D Coordinator, Training Administrator, HR Training Apprentice, Learning and Development Apprentice, Training and Development Coordinator, Employee Training Coordinator, People Development Coordinator, Training Support Officer, Learning Coordinator
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