Location: Derby
Contract: Full-time (37.5 hours)
Salary: Dependent on experience
Are you looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact on people’s careers? This opportunity is perfect for someone passionate about supporting individuals throughout their professional journey. At PKF Smith Cooper we have ambitious growth plans over the next five years, with a strong focus on developing early‑career talent and promoting from within. With around 37% of our firm studying towards a professional qualification, investing in our people is central to everything we do.
The important work you will be doing
- Coordinate training programmes across all levels and manage logistics with external providers
- Maintain accurate training, qualification, and certification records
- Monitor trainee progress, exam results, and compliance with professional qualifications
- Support performance review processes, including trainee reviews, feedback alignment, and assisting with career development and pathways
- Assist in delivering and improving learning and development initiatives
- Manage training calendars, onboarding/offboarding requirements, and compliance training
- Produce reports on training activity, participation, and outcomes
- Support promotion processes and progression activities
- Assist with early careers recruitment, including events and outreach programmes
- Provide general support across L&D, recruitment, and wider HR initiatives
Your skills and qualities
- A minimum of 2–3 years’ experience in an administrative role
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Willingness to travel between offices as required
- Previous experience in Learning & Development is essential
- Previous experience delivering training would be advantageous, but not essential
Why PKF Smith Cooper?
- Our company culture, built on our values – Engage, Empower and Excel – encourages initiative, personal growth, and collaboration. Every team member is appreciated and celebrated; a notion embodied in our Kudos Reward Scheme.
- The firm’s Partners, who remain actively invested in the development of employees, will both support and champion your professional development and progression.
- We work with ambitious businesses of different sizes across a variety of sectors, so no two jobs are the same.
- We are multi‑award‑winning accountants and business advisors, ranked the 12th biggest firm by UK fee income in the Accountancy Age Top 50+50.
Why Derby?
At our headquarters, located in Pride Park, you’ll find our main office, featuring three floors of bright, open‑plan workspaces, breakout areas, and modern meeting rooms. Fully equipped kitchens and dining spaces are perfect for spending time away from our desks.
Benefits
- A working environment that empowers you to perform at your best, through our flexible working policy and dress for your diary scheme – Hybrid working during your probation period is subject to manager discretion
- Time to do what matters to you – 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, the option to reduce annual hours for additional annual leave, and your birthday off, on us. Long‑serving employees can also request a sabbatical, giving you the chance to make truly unforgettable memories
- Rewards for those who actively embrace and embody our values and culture through our Kudos Reward Scheme
- Regular social events and annual, company‑wide away days, giving you the opportunity to engage with colleagues across your division and office, as well as the wider firm
- Bonus referral schemes for introducing new talent or clients so that when we benefit, you do too
- Life doesn’t stop at the end of the working day and neither do our benefits. We also offer life assurance, discounts on a huge variety of retailers through the PKF Smith Cooper Rewards Scheme, and cashback on healthcare (including dental visits, physiotherapy etc) through Simplyhealth
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