ShelterBox

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ShelterBox Truro, Cornwall
Oct 22, 2025
Full time
Grade: 4 Position type: Full time. Permanent, 37.5 hrs per week. Flexible working considered. Responsible to: Head of Learning and Development Direct reports: None Location: ShelterBox HQ, Truro. (Hybrid, with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office) Travel Requirements: This role will require circa 6 weeks of UK travel per year to deliver our residential courses. Each course is up to one week in duration. The role holder may be asked to travel internationally to deliver training programmes in support of our global team of affiliates and volunteers, unlikely to exceed 2 weeks in duration. This role may also be infrequently required to deploy as part of a ShelterBox project delivery team, working alongside our programme partners. These deployments are unlikely to exceed 2 weeks in duration. Role purpose: At ShelterBox, we are deeply committed to ensuring our staff, volunteers and international partners have access to the learning and development opportunities they need. Whether that is to improve their skills, implement change, keep the organisation compliant, or strengthen our collective ways of working, it is always with the goal of increasing our ability to deliver our mission. The role of Training Manager is a vital part of the Learning and Development team, leading on our core calendar of purpose-led, residential training programmes as well as managing the compliance and mandatory training needs of our people. Who are we looking for? ShelterBox is seeking a dedicated, motivated and proactive professional with a training background, and the ability to develop and execute complex training plans at the forefront of their skills. We are looking for someone to fit into a passionate and purpose-driven team, who can take ownership of a broad range of training programmes, and balance the needs of multiple projects at once. The individual should enjoy delivering training, developing annual plans to address the compliance needs of an organisation, managing complex logistics involved with residential training, and working alongside staff and volunteers. This is a great opportunity to be involved with a forward-focussed team, who work across the breadth of a humanitarian charity, and are constantly striving to support our people and partners. Main role and responsibilities As Training Manager, you will be responsible for the development, planning and delivery of ShelterBox's core training calendar. This encompasses our range of mandatory and compliance training courses, alongside our residential training programmes and any other programmes as decided in collaboration with the Head of Learning and Development. Through careful planning, budgeting and engagement with key stakeholders across the organisation, you will ensure the core calendar and associated training content is relevant to the evolving business needs and is able to be accessed by all who require it. You will ensure the stewardship and maintenance of our training resources, and relationship management of key contacts at our training venues and volunteers to enable long-term, sustainable delivery of our programmes. In addition, you will support the delivery of other L&D solutions as required by other organisational requirements. Duties will include but not be limited to: Annual planning of our core training calendar in-line with the business planning and budgeting cycle Development and management of the budget to enable the delivery of the core training calendar in-line with the budgeting cycle and promoting the best value-for money Planning and delivery of the Travel Security Training programme in-line with the requirements of the Deployable Personnel Minimum Training Standards Policy Planning and delivery of the We Are ShelterBox programme in-line with the induction pathway and business need Working with the People Assistant, ensure the management of all course and participant logistics including travel, accommodation and expenses. Scheduling and delivery of all compliance and mandatory training programmes including, but not limited to: GDPR; Cyber Security; Anti-Money Laundering; Anti Bribery; Payment Card Industry; First Aid; Trauma Risk Management; Fire Marshall, Etc. Maintenance and resupply of all training resources required to deliver our core calendar programmes, including inventory management of our 40ft shipping container. Business partnering with key risk owners such as Head of Legal and Risk, IT Service and Security Manager, Facilities Manager, and Head of Security to ensure our compliance needs are being met with the course content we have available, amending as necessary. Track and report on the compliance of our people against our mandatory and compliance programmes, feeding into the People and Risk Committee papers. Manage all risk assessment and mitigations processes for our training programmes, ensuring they are up to date, relevant to the risks faced on our programmes and our compliance with them. Support the management of the Qualsafe-registered "ShelterBox Training Centre" that enables the delivery of in-house first aid qualifications. Deliver Qualsafe-regulated, in-house first aid training as well as developing and delivering austere first aid training packages relevant to our work in high-risk environments. Develop and manage relationships with external service providers and volunteers to enable the sustainable delivery of our residential training programmes. Work with the learning management system to ensure all learning initiatives are tracked and monitored for completion. Support the delivery of capacity sharing initiatives with our programme partners in high-risk locations as required by the Programme Delivery team. Support the delivery of corporate and donor engagement events as required by the Philanthropy and Partnerships team Other responsibilities Any other duties as required which are deemed appropriate to the level and grade of the post.