Academy Coordinator

Job Description

Who we areInfinity Works is a leading software engineering and digital transformation consultancy. We help our clients solve challenging technical and business problems in a wide variety of domains using a diverseset of technology stacks.A fast-growing company started by 4 friends in 2014, to now 500+ people in 2021, were located across our four office locations Leeds (HQ), Edinburgh, London andManchester. We work with a variety organisationsin a range of sectors ranging from retailers, telecomms, banks, the NHS and other public sector organisations, right through to start-ups and smaller companies with very bespoke needs.The RoleDue to the expansion of business at Infinity Works (part of Accenture), excitingly, we are looking to expand our Academy. As a result, we are looking to expand our Academy team. We are seeking an Academy Coordinator who will play a crucial role in the smoothrunning of our Academies going forward. Please read the details below and if you have any queries about it, or whether you might be a good fit, please contact us and we will be in touch with you soon. Otherwise, if you would like to apply, please click onthe button at the foot of this advert!The Academy Coordinator is responsible for two key areas within the Academy, sourcing and recruiting high quality candidates, and organising and coordinating the smooth running of the Academy programmes. The recruitment aspect of the role assists the AcademyManager in sourcing high quality applicants for our Academy, and managing them from initial contact through to working on a client account. The organisational and coordinating part is to help manage the execution of the programmes as they are delivered, forexample, coordinating the taught sessions and workshops, liaising with guest speakers, external providers and the academites themselves.The Academy runs multiple programmes per year, both internally to hire and train academites, also to support our partnership with Generation UK in delivering the data engineering programme, and finally to deliver successful client Academies where required.The strategy is for the Academy to continue to scale over the next few years and this role is key in helping achieve this.Key duties of the role

• Help organise and project manage the running of multiple Academy programmes, including our Generation charity partnership and any client academies
• Set up, organise and maintain our timesheet and expense system for use by the academites, instructors and guest speakers
• Liaise with stakeholders across Infinity Works and Accenture to ensure relevant people within the business are fully involved in Academy activity for their region.
• Maintaining regular communication and pastoral care of academites prior to, and when they join the organisation, to ensure an impeccable onboarding experience.
• Organising internal and external guest speakers for each Academy.
• Liaise with external third party trainers to book and schedule sessions
• Organise social events
• Set up project reporting and tracking for all involved in the Academy programmes
• Support with marketing activities in collaboration with the marketing team

Required experience, skills and personal attributes:

• Experience of recruitment, especially early careers is highly desirable
• Experience of working within training, learning and development or academic organisations is highly desirable.
• Experience of working to deadlines.
• Service and delivery focused with a professional attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Impeccable prioritisation and organisation skills.
• Friendly, efficient, professional attitude.
• Team player.
• Able to communicate in a timely manner to internal colleagues or external enquirers.

Keyskills :
Further EducationHuman ResourcesRecruitmentLearning Management