Training Advisor - Rotherham, United Kingdom - Pearson Education Ltd

Pearson Education Ltd

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Rotherham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Business Area Overview:
Training from Pearson provides training for teachers in the UK and Internationally.

Training is supplied face to face and online to support teachers and educators to help enable effective teaching and learning using Pearson products and services effectively and with confidence.

This includes 'product training' and 'pedagogical' training delivered more independently of Pearson brands or products.

Training from Pearson is a team providing business development, management and delivery services, from a pool of expert trainers and writers.

This involves:
- working with internal teams, existing customers and potential customers - managing (directly or through internal stakeholders) the delivery of high quality services for content and content production, logistics, venue booking, catering, travel and hotels, delegate booking and event management, delegate/customer communications, billing and revenue management and customer services

Position Description:

To coordinate and oversee the delivery and/or production of events for online and face to face events, from receipt of an initial query through to successful delivery on the day and post event evaluation.

This role includes accountability for:

Ensuring adherence to any regulatory requirements
Working with internal colleagues where necessary to ensure that our training programme of events is set up in accordance with regulatory requirements
Liaising with the contracting team to issue and confirm trainer/writer/vetter contracts
Processing payment requests for trainers/writers/vetters as required and issuing training/writing/vetting fees
Monitoring generic mailboxes and CRM, dealing with customer queries in a timely manner and within agreed SLAs
Building and maintaining positive working relationships with our pool of writers, vetters and trainers from beginning to completion of an event
Building and maintaining positive working relationships with internal colleagues and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of an event
Working with your line manager to actively initiate new ideas for training courses and process improvement
Maintaining accurate data within the Events Management System and all TfP systems and spreadsheets to support visibility and accuracy of performance and data
Providing accurate and up to date management information as required by line manager and wider TfP
Monitoring deadlines/KPIs/SLAs of the entire process to ensure compliance and maintain service levels, escalating to line manager should tolerances be exceeded
Acting as a cross team resource, supporting other teams within the department, during peak periods, if required.
Working with our suppliers to ensure they adhere to their agreed performance levels and raising concerns with the appropriate management level depending on the severity of the issue.
Ensuring all processes are followed to maximise efficiency of timeliness and accuracy within the team.
Taking complete ownership and accountability for any events assigned to you and working crossteam to ensure the event runs without issue.
Taking complete ownership and accountability for any queries or issues within the team and/or TfP as a group and ensuring resolution of issue through to completion.
Ensuring the volume of event cancellation and postponements are mínimal and within SLA, and not driven by issues caused by TfP.
Supporting new starters with onthejob training as required.
Ensuring that delegates receive adequate and timely information about any changes to an event, especially if a cancellation or change of venue occurs
Coordinating the setup and booking of training (both face to face and online) for individual centres in line with management instruction
Managing the event logistics (where applicable) for trainers travelling Internationally
Liaising with trainers and centres over training dates and requirements for each event
Coordinating/ensuring the booking of venues as required, prioritising suitable venues (through external suppliers as appropriate) to ensure that the most cost effective solutions are provided

Skills/Qualifications:

High level of communication, organisation and the ability to effectively prioritise workload and administer a number of events at any given time
Excellent customer service, and the ability to coordinate and carry out activities with limited supervision. Good interpersonal skills are required to interact effectively with internal and external customers
Prepared to be flexible in their approach to supporting others to deliver
Prepared to be open to the need for the role to evolve to meet new deadlines and objectives as the business' goals and targets change especially in how we provide training to different customers.

Education Essential - Educated to GCSE level with English and Maths at grade A-C Desirable - Certificate in Programme and Project Support or equivalent and/or Events Management Qualificati