Training Coordinator

Legal Aid of Southeast & Central Ohio • Columbus, OH

2d • $52,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO)’s mission is to provide civil legal aid and advocacy to overcome unfairness and injustice, reduce poverty, and increase opportunity. LASCO has a long-standing history of being committed to searching out the patterns, causes of, and solutions to the repetitive and fundamental legal problems facing low-income Ohioans and pursuing the legal recourse needed to address those problems. Since 1966, our organizations have helped thousands of Ohio’s poor obtain and keep housing, secure public benefits, worked with families to gain and maintain economic stability, and helped domestic violence survivors to live free of fear and abuse and to obtain the resources needed to sustain themselves and their children. LASCO is actively seeking a dedicated professional Training Coordinator to support internal and external training programming. In collaboration with the Training Manager, you will be responsible for planning, executing and wrapping up trainings for LASCO, Ohio legal aid programs and regional legal aids. This role involves managing logistics, venue and vendor relationships, registration, materials, training expenses, and continuing education applications and reporting.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in catering/conference services, including coordination of events, vendors, venues, and partners.
• A positive attitude, purposeful mindset and drive to do things well.
• Ability to anticipate needs and navigate problems with a creative, practical approach toward reaching successful resolution
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, take initiative and work independently
• Ability to prioritize workload to manage time, tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Proficient skills across the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Proficient skills in use of virtual meeting platforms, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams
• A general comfort using technology and the ability to troubleshoot tech issues for other training participants
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and written, with diverse audiences
• Strong work ethic with an eye for detail
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Prior Legal Aid or related work experience a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

• Be the primary person responsible for the logistics of executing in-person and virtual training events for LASCO staff and statewide/regional partner legal aid programs.
• Manage venue and vendor coordination for training events, including sourcing locations, negotiating contracts, updating Banquet Event Orders (BEOs), reviewing invoices, and overseeing payment processing.
• Maintain the calendar of LASCO, Ohio, and regional legal aid training events.
• Handle online registrations, post training announcements and materials on appropriate calendars, websites and email listservs, answer inquiries about training logistics, maintain records of attendance, and compile evaluation data.
• Maintain continuing education applications and reporting.
• Attend training events to assist with logistics and to handle other training related tasks.
• Coordinate attendee logistics for in-person training events, including hotel accommodations, food, material preparation, and audio/visual services.
• Provide a high level of support and assistance before, during and after All-Staff LASCO meetings, including venue, food, set-up and programming, among others.
• Provide tech support before, during and after virtual trainings.
• Support and collaborate with staff, partners, and other related parties to help achieve goals.
• Ensure action items, deadlines, and deliverables are complete.
• Be responsible for some general office work including scanning, making copies, and other similar tasks as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• LASCO offers an excellent comprehensive benefits package, currently including an employer funded HRA (up to $12,000), employer-paid employee dental and vision insurance, a language skills differential ($2,500-$3,500 annually), paid vacation, sick and holiday time, and ongoing training and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED