People Team Coordinator
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,141 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | B29 6NA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Sense |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 287781JCP |
Summary
About the role
Sense has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our people team as our People Team Coordinator. This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week. This role will a 6 month fixed term, hybrid position working between home and our office in Selly Oak, with a minimum of 2 office days a week.
The team coordinator will play a central role in enabling the people leadership team and wider people team to deliver against the people plan and organisational priorities. This role is focused on project coordination, communication flow, and operational support, ensuring that key initiatives are tracked, aligned, and delivered effectively. You will support project leads and managers across the people team, coordinate reporting, and provide a central point of organisation for cross-team activity.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate projects and initiatives across the people leadership team and people team, ensuring plans, timelines, and deliverables are monitored and achieved.
Manage cross-team project schedules, risk registers, and action trackers, ensuring accountability and progress.
Support budget monitoring and reporting processes, working with managers to collate information.
Provide high-quality coordination of meetings and workshops, including agenda setting, action recording, and follow-up.
Key skills and experience
Experience in project coordination, team support, or operational management.
Proven ability to build effective working relationships with senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.
Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
Confidence in using Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
Initiative and ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
Understanding of HR/People function is desirable.
For a full job description and person specification, please see the link on the left hand side of the screen.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/jobs/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-in-recruitment/
Sense has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our people team as our People Team Coordinator. This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week. This role will a 6 month fixed term, hybrid position working between home and our office in Selly Oak, with a minimum of 2 office days a week.
The team coordinator will play a central role in enabling the people leadership team and wider people team to deliver against the people plan and organisational priorities. This role is focused on project coordination, communication flow, and operational support, ensuring that key initiatives are tracked, aligned, and delivered effectively. You will support project leads and managers across the people team, coordinate reporting, and provide a central point of organisation for cross-team activity.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate projects and initiatives across the people leadership team and people team, ensuring plans, timelines, and deliverables are monitored and achieved.
Manage cross-team project schedules, risk registers, and action trackers, ensuring accountability and progress.
Support budget monitoring and reporting processes, working with managers to collate information.
Provide high-quality coordination of meetings and workshops, including agenda setting, action recording, and follow-up.
Key skills and experience
Experience in project coordination, team support, or operational management.
Proven ability to build effective working relationships with senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.
Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
Confidence in using Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
Initiative and ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
Understanding of HR/People function is desirable.
For a full job description and person specification, please see the link on the left hand side of the screen.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/jobs/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-in-recruitment/
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.