Professional Development Coordinator

About this Role

The National Education Union is a powerful force for change in education, representing 500,000 teachers, lecturers, support staff, and leaders. As we undertake an extensive staffing review, this is an exciting time to join us on our journey to becoming a more agile, strategic, and powerfully coordinated trade union—ready to meet the challenges of the future and drive lasting change in education.

We’re currently recruiting a Professional Development Coordinator to provide central logistical support and event co-ordination within the Continuing Professional Development Team, including enquiry management and day-to-day organisation, promotion, delivery and evaluation of the union’s CPD programme and provision.

Reporting to the National Professional Development Manager, in this busy role you will provide a central point of logistical co-ordination and support for the provision of the CPD programme of events, both online and in person; maintain systems of quality assurance and course monitoring and evaluation and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure PD related work is progressed as necessary.

We are looking for applicants with demonstrable administrative and office skills, including good literacy and developed numeracy skills. Strong coordination, planning and organisational skills are essential, along with the ability to work pro-actively and independently within agreed parameters, whilst also contributing as an effective team member. We require commitment to the trade union movement and to the role of education unions in particular.

You must have good IT skills, including proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, notably SharePoint, Excel and Teams, together with the ability to use any other IT applications necessary for the effective performance of the role. For example, this may include Zoom, databases, budget management systems, electronic filing, records and data management systems.

In addition to salary, we offer good conditions including 33 days’ annual leave plus Christmas closure days and a defined benefit pension scheme. Salary and benefits are pro-rata for part-time applicants.

Further information

Further details can be downloaded from our website athttps://neu.org.uk/working-neu where applicants will be able to complete an online application on our recruitment portal. Closing date is mid-day Monday 9th February. We reserve the right to end the deadline early should we receive a high number of applicants.

We welcome applications from individuals seeking part-time, job-share or other flexible working arrangements.

THE UNION IS FUNDAMENTALLY COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICE