Job Description

Job description
Opportunity Sheffield, the Employment & Skills Service within Sheffield City Council, is seeking to appoint a Senior Project Officer / Training Coordinator to facilitate, source, coordinate, and manage training support provision across its employment and skills programmes.



The Training Coordinator will support the delivery of Opportunity Sheffield's core aims: helping local people into employment, apprenticeships, and training; supporting individuals to overcome barriers to work and progression; and providing in-work support to Sheffield residents looking to upskill, progress, or change career.



We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible, and forward-thinking individual with experience in employment support and training provision. The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of externally funded programmes and will be responsible for contract management of selected Opportunity Sheffield training contracts.

Key responsibilities include:

Sourcing appropriate training opportunities for participants on Opportunity Sheffield employment and skills programmes Liaising with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to maintain up-to-date knowledge of funded training provision Coordinating the set-up of training and ad hoc suppliers on council systems Raising purchase orders and monitoring invoices against agreed values Coordinating the set-up and delivery of training courses with participants, training providers, and internal teams Responding to training enquiries and payment queries from internal and external stakeholders Monitoring training provider performance against contractual deliverables, including collecting evidence of training starts and completions Arranging and conducting contract monitoring meetings with training providers Ensuring full compliance with Opportunity Sheffield and Sheffield City Council contractual requirements Building and maintaining strong working relationships with training providers and a wide range of internal and external partners Using Enspirio information systems to check participant eligibility in line with contract requirements Supporting service development by contributing to management information and performance reporting Maintaining and updating training and budget monitoring spreadsheets Assisting with future procurement activity, including tenders advertised by Opportunity Sheffield Undertaking other duties as agreed with the line manager

Closing date for applications:

6 February 2026

If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Scott (Strategic Support Coordinator) on lisa.scott@sheffield.gov.uk or

0114 2296188

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.



If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003964
Date posted
19/01/2026
Application closing date
06/02/2026
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 7 38,220 - 41,771
Package
1 Temporary position until 31/03/2027
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Project Management