Training and Event Officer

About Kinship

We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We re here for kinship carers friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren t able to.

Together, let s commit to change for kinship families.

About the role

You ll be the main contact for the national training team providing support directly to kinship carers, training facilitators and others relating to the access and delivery of training events and workshops.

You ll provide professional and effective administrative and technical support to training operations, including co-ordinating logistics, publishing event details, administrating the back-end data, supplier communication, financial administration and attending in person and online events to ensure smooth delivery.

Key responsibilities:

Training event coordination

• Provide administrative support, including supplier communication, coordinating logistics and delivery of all relevant general and financial administration tasks

• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders to coordinate and confirm event logistics for in-person and online events.

• Identify and secure appropriate organisations to exhibit as part of Roadshow marketplace events, providing in event hosting of these organisations.

• Source and secure venues and catering that meet event requirements for all in-person training events.

• Provide administrative, practical and technical support at training events both online and in-person.

• Act as central point for Zoom set-up, licenses and queries for team, kinship carers and external partners.

Systems and processes coordination

• Monitor planned expenditure to ensure it is in line with event budgets.

• Ensure invoicing and payments are accurate and processed to time.

• Support the monitoring and reporting on training activity via our Salesforce database, including providing data reports as required.

• Support the production, update, distribution and quality assurance of workshop materials and ensure all collateral is on brand, signed off as required.

• Develop and maintain an asset register of all training materials and equipment, ensuring availability when and where it is needed.

• Act as website champion for the team, managing and uploading all training content (workshop and events) and ensuring online training information is kept up to date.

• Provide support to the training team as required including to assist service improvements and supporting manualisation and documentation of all processes

• Set up and implement effective tools and documentation to support all operational needs of the training service.

What we offer you:

• Flexible working - we understand how important it is to balance family and work life.
• 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (1 April to 31 March) pro rata (3 to be taken at Christmas shutdown)
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential advice line and counselling)
• Charity Worker Discounts.

How to apply:

Please apply for the role of Kinship Navigator (Blackpool) by sending a CV and answering the questions below via Charity Job. The deadline is 12pm on Monday 30 March 2026. Any applications arriving after the closing date will not be considered for shortlisting unless there are exceptional reasons. Please ensure you have read the application timelines.

1. Why do you want to work with Kinship, and how do your values and experience align with our mission to support kinship carers and families?
2. Describe a recent event or training session you coordinated. Include how you managed logistics, communicated with stakeholders, and handled any challenges.
3. Provide an example of how you have used administrative systems or platforms (e.g., Salesforce, databases, online tools) to track activity, manage resources, or produce reports accurately.
4. Give an example of how you have supported a team to deliver a project or service, highlighting communication, process management, or assistance to colleagues.
5. Describe a situation where you identified a potential delivery problem and took proactive steps to resolve it. What was the outcome?

Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion. We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams. We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us.