Location: MSSC National Support Centre, 200B Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7JY

Contract: Full-time, fixed-term until 30 September 2027 (Start date, between 1 Jan – 20th Jan 2027)

Salary: £24,000 gross per annum

Closing Date: 23rd November 2026

Are you looking for a chance to learn new skills, and build up your CV with a year supporting the Sea Cadets’ mission to launch young people for life?

We are looking for a people-focused Learning Team Coordinator to take ownership of promoting some of our training activities and supporting senior volunteers.

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life-changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

 This role might suit

• Someone looking to gain great work experience and build up their CV.
• Someone who is keen to learn and take advantage of training opportunities.
• Someone who has an interest in marketing or training.

 Responsibilities

• We are looking for a people-focused Learning Team Coordinator to take ownership of promoting some of our training activities and supporting senior volunteers.
• Manage inboxes and help manage our team of national volunteers.
• Create new activities and learning resources.
• Write and post social media posts advertising courses.
• Send out certificates to cadets.
• Keep sections of a website up to date

Requirements

• Good customer service skills and who likes helping people
• Prior knowledge of Sea Cadets or similar organisation, either as a cadet or volunteer. For example, a recently aged out cadet.
• Organised and able to plan
• Demonstrates the MSSC values of Respect, Loyalty, Self-Discipline, Commitment, Honesty & Integrity and Courage

Desirable

• Some experience of social media, such as Facebook or Instagram
• Creative flare to create marketing materials for training

Recent Learning Team Coordinator Testimonial 

“Having completed a placement year with Sea Cadets, I can say that it has been an incredible experience, filled with personal growth, and impactful work. Working at MSSC has allowed me to help make a difference in the Sea Cadet experiences of both volunteers and cadets. The year has offered me personal development opportunities, like a ‘secondary placement’ for two weeks with the operations team, completing my Level 2 award in skills for further learning and employment, and working towards my Day Skipper Theory. The team around me have been supportive, friendly and easy going, making it a pleasure to come to work every day, and make them approachable with any questions that I had.”- Isobel Yeung, Placement Year Learning Coordinator

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.

Benefits

• Flexible Working hours and a hybrid culture
• Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5 days paid volunteering leave
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

If you are interested in this Learning Team Coordinator vacancy, please apply now!

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.