Executive Assistant and Training Specialist

Executive Assistant and Training Specialist

This role is an exciting combination of two roles within Thera Trust's Learning and Development Team and Thera (Scotland’s) Senior Leadership Team. We are recruiting for an Executive Assistant to Thera (Scotland’s) Service Quality Director and a Learning and Development Specialist.

Alongside this is a unique opportunity for you to work at senior level to ensure that the Service Quality Director is an effective member of Thera (Scotland) Board – making their own decisions about how the company is run, using their experience of having a learning disability.

You will be responsible for delivering high-quality vocational training to Thera Staff in an exciting and impactful way. You will coordinate and deliver induction training and specialist courses, as well as maintaining and completing training records.

In order to be successful, you will need to be an exceptionally strong communicator. You must be motivated, flexible, and organised, with the ability to work on your own initiative to meet tight deadlines. This combined role will involve some travel across Scotland with occasional wider national travel and some overnight stays when required and comes with a combined salary of £33,552.97 - £37,281.08 DOE.

Executive Assistant

As the Executive Assistant to Thera (Scotland’s) Service Quality Director, you will work 24 hours per week over 3 days. The Director uses their experience of having a learning disability to ensure quality self-directed support and involvement in the direction and management of their company. Your role will be to support and enable the Service Quality Director to be an effective member of Thera (Scotland’s) Board. This position will be partly home-based with travel across The Highlands, Lanarkshire, Falkirk, and the Lothians with the Service Quality Director to visit people supported and attend meetings.

Learning and Development Specialist

As the Learning and Development Specialist, you will work 16 hours per week over 2 days. You will be delivering learning opportunities using a blend of learning methods including face-to-face and virtual to Staff in Thera (Scotland). You will coordinate and deliver induction training as well as subject-specific courses as required while maintaining and completing training records. This is a varied role which is home-based with travel as required, so you will need to be self-motivated and organised as this role will keep you busy!

For this combined role, you will have extensive experience within the health and social care sector working with people with learning disabilities.

Interviews will be held on the 29th and 30th of January.

Benefits

1. 33 days Annual Leave including bank Holidays (pro Rata)
2. Employee support line to support you and your family
3. Free nationally accredited training, and the opportunity to earn a qualification and progress your career
4. Contributory Pension Scheme
5. Free PVG check
6. Refer a friend and earn up to £300
7. Cycle to Work Scheme
8. Well-being initiatives
9. Access to Thousands of Retail Discounts including discounted Health Cash Plan
10. An Employee Council that represents the views of staff about matters relating to work
11. Access to Early Pay (T&C’s apply, excludes relief workers)

If you have a passion for making a difference to people's lives, consider a career as an Executive Assistant and Training Specialist with Thera Group. Please click 'apply' now - we would like to hear from you.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorships for international applicants, or candidates currently working in the UK on a sponsored visa as we are unable to assist with renewal upon expiry.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. For the purpose of this act, you must declare any convictions or cautions that you have received, including those that would otherwise be spent. This role is subject to a relevant PVG check should you be offered the position.