We are: News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world. Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations.

Your team: HR , a team that puts people at the core of everything we do; aligning business decisions to people initiatives. We are committed to finding and developing the best talent and are continuously looking for opportunities to innovate.

Your role: You will join the highly motivated L&D team to coordinate and support all development programmes across News UK.

Your role will involve a huge variety of areas including; delivering our Company induction to supporting projects, coordinating delegate lists and managing training and events logistics.

Your role will be the supporting glue to the L&D team and you will have exposure to the full remit of L&D initiatives. This role would suit someone who wants a career in L&D and sees this as an opportunity to ‘try’ the wide variety of initiatives across this department.

Day to day you will:

• Own and run the weekly News UK induction, including logistics, content updates, delivery, reporting and evaluation
• Support the L&D team with logistics such as; room bookings, delegate lists, joining instructions, feedback collation, reporting, project planning.
• Manage communications with external suppliers
• Manage email correspondence from internal and external sources
• Organise and coordinate meetings
• Manage key Learning Management System processes
• Support the event planning of residential training programmes
• Own and deliver a number of ad hoc projects
• Supports Head of L&D with team meetings, team communications, ROI reporting

What we’re looking for from you:

• You are keen to develop a career in L&D
• You are a passionate facilitator who can demonstrate how they would deliver induction weekly with enthusiasm and knowledge
• You have experience/skills in organisation and planning, with high attention to detail
• You have strong communication skills and can manage stakeholders at all levels
• You are a team player

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society.

And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Group