Training Advisor - Childrens Care Play Learning and Development

Salary: £31,022.00 to £33,699.00 per annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed Term $ú Grant Funded to 31/03/2026

Hours: 22.5 hours per week

Workstyle: Your workstyle in this role will be a frontline/community based worker.

About the role:

We are currently seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Training Advisor in Children&©s Care, Play, Learning and Development (CCPLD). NPT Skills & Training Unit operate within Neath Port Talbot and across South Wales, delivering work based learning programmes, providing vocational training and learning. We work within schools and specialist units, with post 16 young people and employed apprentices across several sectors. NPT Skills & Training are constantly developing their provision and are a growing team, providing many opportunities for staff to develop their own skills, experience and progress internally. Staff development programmes are available to staff to further enhance their career.

As a Training Advisor in CCPLD, you will support a range of learners across our projects and programmes in schools, our centres and out in our apprentices&© workplaces to train, support and assess our learners to reach their full potential and achieve their goals and qualifications. This role requires a high degree of occupationally specific knowledge and requires you to have current and up to date hairdressing and barbering skills.

Your daily routine will:

• Design, plan and deliver training sessions both in centre and off-site, based on course or qualification requirements, providing engaging and informative resources and practical sessions, that supports a variety of learning styles and maximises impact and achievement.
• Assess and internally verify learner skills/competence and technical knowledge to recognised national standards and provide feedback appropriately to ensure learner achievement and development.
• Manage an allocated caseload of learners within the sector, ensuring they are fully inducted, reviewed, supported and meet the expectations of the programme.
• Support NPT Skills & Training to identify new opportunities for learners, such as suitable placements, source apprentices and engage with new employers to recruit apprentices onto programmes with NPT Skills & Training.
• Ensure that you complete all required documentation in place for the monitoring and achievement of learner&©s goals and qualifications.

About you:

Do you have:

• An NVQ/QCF certificates/qualifications or equivalent in childcare, early years, play and development.
• Minimum of 3 years&© experience in a supervisory or management position within a childcare/early years setting.
• Possess TAQA/A1 or similar assessor award
• Possess TAQA/V1 or similar or willing to work towards an internal verifier award
• Experience of delivering training to pupils, young people and/or adults in a class environment and/or in the workplace
• Experience of delivering work-based learning/vocational and knowledge qualifications and assessment/quality assurance of qualifications.

Competences and qualifications in similar/other sectors would also be advantageous.

We would welcome those with experience in the following roles:

NVQ Assessor/IQA in CCPLD

Lecturer in CCPLD

Tutor/Trainer in CCPLD

About us:

We believe in rewarding and recognising our colleagues&© efforts and achievements. We also believe that there&©s life at work and life outside of work. We want everyone to be healthy and happy and have the financial resources and support they need.

Choose to work for us and you&©ll be rewarded with a range of attractive benefits and support to help you live your best life.

• Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve your work life balance
• Benefit from a competitive employee package with a remarkable 22.4% employer pension contribution
• Enjoy a holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years&© service (not forgetting the additional 8 bank holidays too)
• Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
• Utilise the cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
• Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme
• Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through our staff wellbeing group.

If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Gemma Stephens on

Phone: 07973 879269 or

Email: g.stephens@npt.gov.uk