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Development Coach

On-site in SENDIST DARLINGTON·Full-time·Added today (last checked 29 Oct)

Our summary

Salary
£29,303 - £31,061 a year

About £2,050 - £2,160 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, SENDIST DARLINGTON
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Wednesday 11 November
Pension
28.97% employer pension

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Provide Leadership to the learners, visibly demonstrating and embedding the culture and ways of working for National Services in delivering service excellence across all jurisdictions.
  • Business-specific knowledge and experience to be able to coach and advise learners on improvement in specific business areas.
  • People and communication skills to be able to coach learners in increasing effectiveness in handling customer/user queries by telephone, email or webchat (etc.)
  • Ability to judge capability, competence and potential in learners and adapt approach for different learners to ensure best learning environment.
  • Knowledge of learning resources and solutions to recommend to learners.
  • Coaching skills to be able to help learners understand and take responsibility for their own development, to support them in doing so and to provide guidance where necessary.
  • Knowledge of HMCTS and National Services service standards to be able to measure learner's performance against these and provide support to improve where needed.
  • Flexibility and adaptability in working to tailor coaching style to learners needs while still meeting business requirements.
  • Resilience and authority to be able to manage learners effectively, sometimes in challenging situations.

Nice to have

  • CIPD or internal qualification in coaching and training practice (desirable).

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£29,303 - £31,061

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £29,303, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £8,489 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

  • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance
  • Access to learning and development
  • A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
  • A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Visa & relocation

This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.

From 22 July 2025, the Government introduced changes to the Skilled Worker visa route. The department cannot consider sponsoring you for this role unless you have held a Skilled Worker visa prior to the 22 July 2025 changes. If you have held a Skilled Worker visa continuously, please raise this during your vetting checks and eligibility will be assessed in accordance with the immigration rules and transitional provisions in place.

If you are applying for this role and you have not held a Skilled Worker visa prior to the 22 July 2025 changes, you will need to consider your options for obtaining and/or maintaining your right to work in the UK in light of these changes. Successful applicants must ensure they have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.

The Department will continue to comply with UK Immigration Rules applied in the UK and Civil Service. You can read more about Skilled Worker visas and the eligibility criteria here.

The role

Please refer to Job Description

Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.

Our Development Coaches play a critical role in the learning and training of our new starters. This role will enable you to demonstrate and develop your coaching and leadership skills. You will be responsible for helping new starters deliver excellent administrative support and customer service to service users, mediators, judiciary, and management.

This role will be responsible for the ongoing onboarding training that new members of staff receive, or that staff need when moving to new duties, ensuring they develop and demonstrate the skills and knowledge to deliver an inclusive and accessible service to diverse users. The role will focus on the short to medium term needs of the learners.

How you'll work

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday). HMCTS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs and are agreed prior to appointment. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy. Applications for part-time working will be considered however due to the nature of the role the minimum hours would be 30 hours per week.

For this post, occasional travel to other National Services sites may be required.

Reference number

488335

Job grade

Executive Officer

EO

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Number of jobs available

1

Location

This position is based at SENDIST DARLINGTON, DL1 1RU

Your skills and experience

For a full job description, please read supporting document included below before applying.

Further details

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.

These operational roles are customer facing, requiring successful applicants to be office based to provide HMCTS services to the public.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Changing and Improving
  • Developing Self and Others

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • As part of your application, you will be required to complete a 250 word 'Experience' question.
  • 1. You will be asked a further 'Experience' question at interview relating to your previous experience.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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Hiring process

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 11th November 2026

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

About HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)

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Government Administration

In their own words

About the company & team

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is an agency of the Ministry of Justice responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice.

Our National Services manage centralised administrative and contact functions (telephone helpdesks) in HMCTS and we're looking for individuals who are committed to public service and making a difference in people's lives to deliver justice. If you are interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.

  • Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
  • Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
  • Telephone : 0345 241 5359

Additional information

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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