Job Introduction
Here at BPP we pride ourselves on providing the best possible client and learner experience, with our School of Business designing and delivering best-in-class programmes. We are looking for a proactive and highly organised Resource Planner be responsible for the cost-effective and efficient resourcing of BPP Programmes
What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!
Why work for BPP?
It is a great time to join BPP as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP such as:
- Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
- With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
- We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.
- Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family.
What you’ll be doing
In this role you will ensure that the resourcing needs for all programmes are identified and managed appropriately. You will also be responsible for the effective organisation of the school’s operational resource demands and for maintaining key relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
As such, you will be responsible for:
- Work with Key Stakeholders including the Academic Programme Leads, to identify and resource all programme activity involving faculty and associates through the resourcing system
- Collaborate with the Faculty Managers to ensure fair and appropriate allocation of work
- Work with the scheduling team to schedule the required teaching and related activity
- Work with key stakeholders to allocate resource to business development and outreach activities
- Pro-actively develop and manage the relationships with faculty and associate staff
- Organise class cover in the event of tutor sickness and other faculty absence
- Review and authorise/reject Faculty holiday requests
- Work with academic programme and support teams to ensure efficient communication across teams to students and faculty regarding class/tutor changes
- Coordinate personal tutor allocations and teaching activity
- Support the freelance payment claims and faculty overtime payments process
- Pro-actively manage student re-sit support provision
What experience you’ll need
To be successful in this role the following experience is essential:
- Self-motivated with a proactive and creative approach to problem solving
- You must be capable of organising, time management and taking ownership of your workload
- Able to consistently work to a high degree of accuracy and possess exceptional attention to detail
- A clear and professional communicator both verbally and I writing
- A Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office (specifically work, Excel, Outlook and 365 is essential along with a high level of general digital literacy
- Strong negotiator with experience of managing stakeholder expectations and dealing with difficult conversations
- The ability to work well in a team and be collaborative
- Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with key internal stakeholders
Experience in the following areas would also be desirable but not essential:
- A professional resource planning qualification
- Experience of working in a resourcing environment
- Experience of working with resourcing system (e.g. Retain)
- Good knowledge of BPP products
- Relevant experience of resource planning, ideally in an operational educational environment
- Knowledge of legislation regarding working time regulations, policies, terms and conditions of service and Health and Safety
BPP are a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
The successful candidate will need to undergo a professional qualifications check.
BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.
BPP actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices.
