Job Introduction
Resource Planner
Here at BPP Education Group we pride ourselves on providing the best possible client and learner experience, with our specialised team of client services specialists working closely with customers to ensure they are getting the most from our courses.
An opportunity has arisen for a passionate person to join the team as a Resource Planner. You will ensure that the resourcing needs for all programmes are identified and managed appropriately using BPP's resourcing processes.
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 Education Group?
It is a great time to join BPP Education Group 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 Education Group 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 London Waterloo centre 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 plan and ensure that all classes are covered with appropriate staff, creating schedule and planners, as well as reviewing future planning needs and resourcing gaps with the Resourcing Manager.
As such, you will be responsible for:
- Work with key stakeholders including the programme and faculty management team to identify and resource all programme activity in line with BPP resourcing processes
- Liaise with the central Scheduling Team and ensure all agreed deadlines and information sharing targets are met
- Organise class cover in the event of tutor sickness and other faculty absence
- Review workloads and support the Faculty Manager in relation to faculty holiday requests
- Liaise with the Faculty Managers to ensure fair and appropriate allocation of work
- Pro-actively develop and manage the relationships with faculty
- Work with the scheduling team to schedule the required teaching and related activity
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
- Good 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
- Able to consistently work to a high degree of accuracy and possess exceptional attention to detail
- You must be capable of organising, time-management and taking ownership of your workload
- Agile mind-set with the ability to adapt to last minute changes
- Able to consistently work to a high degree of accuracy and possess exceptional attention to detail
BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
BPP Education Group 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
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.
