Location: HM Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNBP)
Service Area: HR
Hours of Work: 37 Per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £28,000 – 34,000
What you will be doing:
As the Learning & Development (L&D) Co-ordinator you will play an important role in supporting the effective delivery of learning, development and early careers activities across KBS Maritime.
You will coordinate a range of learning and training programmes and activities, maintaining learning systems and records, and provide high-quality administrative and operational support, to ensure that employees can easily access and successfully complete learning opportunities.
Working closely with managers, employees, and external partners, as L&D Coordinator you will play a key role in helping to identify learning and development needs across the business, supporting training needs analysis and skills gap activities that contribute to building organizational capability. You will also support compliance and employee development by ensuring learning programmes are delivered professionally, efficiently and inline with business standards.
This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact on the employee experience while contributing to the continuous improvement of learning processes, systems, and programmes that support KBS Maritime’s performance and growth.
What you will bring:
- Proven experience in an administrative, coordination, or business support role is required, coupled with experience in supporting Learning & Development, Training, Talent, HR or Development activities would be highly advantageous.
- Confidence in using Learning Management Systems (LMS) or other similar business systems to manage learning activities and maintain accurate records with a high level of accuracy.
- Skilled in producing reports, management information and dashboards using Power BI, Excel, or similar reporting tools.
- Experience creating process documents, user guides and guidance material with excellent attention to detail.
- Strong organisational skills with experience coordinating meetings, events, programmes or projects in a fast paced, changing environment.
About you:
- You will be able to demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, building trust and collaborate effectively across teams and levels.
- Experience supporting change initiatives or implementing new processes, systems or new ways of working, helping to ensure smooth adoption and positive outcomes for employees and the business would be advantageous.
- CIPD level 3 or 5 would be beneficial, but not essential.
You’ll get:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme, following successful completion of probation period
- Early finish on a Friday
- Discretionary company bonus scheme
- Enhanced pension scheme – employee contribution 4% and company contribution 6%, or you can increase your contribution to 6% and company contribution will increase to 10%
- Life assurance x 4 (subject to scheme T&C’s)
- Access to our internal benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Group income protection
- Flexible parental benefits (if applicable)
- Free parking onsite
- Access to our Internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.
- Continued professional career development
- Kudos reward opportunities (internal achievements scheme)
- Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services
- Discount off entry into the Historic Dockyard
Application process:
Applications are urged to apply prior to the advertising closing date Monday 24th August 2026
Background checks & security
Please note that due to the nature of the site we are based on and the work carried out, once offered we carry out a number of pre-employment checks which include UKSV clearance applications – you will need to be eligible for this and willing to go through the process. For more information, please speak with the Talent & Recruitment team.
About us:
At KBS Maritime, we’re not just another company – we’re an exciting and dynamic joint venture between industry leaders BAE Systems and KBR. Our team is dedicated to providing Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Energy Solutions and Alongside Services at His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNBP), the beating heart of the Royal Navy.
With almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy’s surface ships stationed at HMNBP, working with KBS Maritime means being at the forefront of innovation and progress. We operate in a unique and fascinating environment, with a mix of historic dockyards and cutting-edge infrastructure that’s unlike any other.
By delivering state of the art solutions to the Royal Navy, KBS Maritime offers the chance to work on projects that make a real difference to the safety, security, and sustainability of the UK’s National Defence and Security. But it’s not just about the work – at KBS Maritime, we believe in the value of our people. We have the ethos of a small business, which means we value and empower our team members to succeed.
KBS Maritime is committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of every social or cultural background, age, gender, ability, sexual orientation, and belief.
We will make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to accommodate any disability. In the first instance, if you require this job advert in an alternative format, or require any assistance, please contact [email protected]
