Apprentice Training Coordinator (Level 3-5)
Uppingham School · Direct employer
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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