People Development Administrator at Great Places Housing Association, Didsbury

People Development Administrator

Location: Head Office - Didsbury

Salary: £26,924 rising to £28,341 (At 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance)

As part of the People Development team, you'll support colleagues to access learning opportunities and contribute to a positive colleague experience across Great Places. You'll play an important role in supporting our learning experience platform, helping to deliver development activities and ensuring our people development processes run smoothly.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team during a period of change and development, providing essential support within a busy and evolving service.

What you’ll be doing

Support the day-to-day administration of People Development activities across Great Places.

Manage the People Development mailbox, responding to queries and directing requests appropriately.

Support colleagues and managers to use our learning experience platform and access learning opportunities.

Maintain learning records and support onboarding, induction and colleague lifecycle processes.

Arrange learning activities, events and meetings, including bookings, joining instructions, welcoming facilitators and suppliers, and acting as a point of contact throughout the process.

Support the administration of training requests, learning agreements, professional memberships and development activities.

Raise purchase orders, process invoices and support supplier and payment administration.

Contribute to inductions, events and wider People Development initiatives, delivering a high standard of customer service throughout.

What we need from you

Experience working in an administration, business support or customer service role.

Good organisational, communication and IT skills, including Microsoft Office and digital systems.

Ability to manage a varied workload, prioritise tasks and work independently when required.

A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing.

A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places and continuous learning and improvement.

Ability to work flexibly and when needed.

What you’ll need

A customer-focused approach with a commitment to delivering a positive experience.

Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and build positive working relationships.

Ability to work accurately and reliably with minimal supervision.

Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.

An interest in learning and development, with experience using digital systems and online platforms to manage information and processes.

Ability to drive and access to a vehicle to travel between Great Places locations and external venues as required.

Ability to work from the office 2-3 days per week.

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

Pension ¦ DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)

WPA ¦ Healthcare scheme starts at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available per year (option to increase & add family members)

Ways of Working ¦ We offer some hybrid and flexible working

Annual leave ¦ Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years + Bank Holidays

Reward & Recognition ¦ You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’  

Professional fees ¦ The business pays the cost of one professional role related membership fee for each colleague

The Market Place ¦ high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more

Wage Stream ¦ You can access savings opportunities and early access to wages

Health and Wellbeing Initiatives ¦ Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing

At Great Places we believe the wellbeing of our colleagues is vital to enable them to deliver to great services, all your benefits can be used inside and outside of work.

Closing date: 16th November 2026

Shortlist date: 17th November 2026

Interview date: TBC