Job Introduction
Here at BPP Education Group we have a dedicated Group Education Services division whose main role is to provide a range of services to support schools and individual students and learners in achieving successful outcomes.
As such, a brand-new opportunity has arisen within our Careers and Employability Service for a diligent, proactive and forward-thinking individual to join the team as a Skills, Content and Resourcing Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact by developing new processes, driving change, and bringing structure and operational excellence to the service.
You will collaborate with the wider Careers and Employability teams, ensure content is relevant, current, engaging and on-brand, develop quality assurance processes that ensure operational compliance, and oversee the quality and content of communications relating to the promotion of workshops and events.
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 excellent reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:
- 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 support the overall strategy for building and enhancing the key skills that employers expect from graduates and apprentices, ensuring that graduates are ‘employment ready’ and apprentices are expanding their ‘job relevant’ skills base that will enhance career progression opportunities.
As such, you will be responsible for:
- Providing leadership and day-to-day line management of the Skills Development Coaches, and Content Officer
- Ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of Skills, Content and Resourcing services across all subject areas and apprenticeship programmes
- Working with stakeholders across the business, develop and implement a comprehensive content strategy for skills and other related Careers and Employability content
- Providing guidance to the Skills, Content and Resourcing team, and other parts of the Careers and Employability service where appropriate
- Managing the creation, curation and continuous improvement of skills and other Careers and Employability content across a range of digital and physical resources
- Exploring and implementing the use of AI into content creation and maintenance processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness
- Developing and implementing robust quality assurance processes and carrying out regular audits and reviews of programme content to ensure quality standards are upheld
- Managing the creation and maintenance schedule and identifying resourcing needs for current and future content development
- Managing the content development and delivery workload for the Careers and Employability service
- Preparing regular reports for senior management, individual Schools et al on statistics and trends relating to content, workshops and events
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
- Demonstratable experience in a relevant field with a strong understanding of content creation and quality assurance processes
- Previous management experience with the ability to support, coach and develop staff
- Ability to initiate and influence change with a commitment and passion for continuous improvements
- Learner-centric with a focus on managing the creation and delivery of high-quality skills content across a wide range of learners
- Cultural sensitivity and the ability to work with diverse populations
- Ability to build and maintain successful working relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally
- Previous experience of scheduling and managing resources to ensure efficient and effective content creation, maintenance and delivery processes
- Excellent planning and time management skills, with an ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Initiative and strong problem-solving skills
- Knowledge and understanding of how AI can benefit content creation and maintenance processes would be beneficial
- Knowledge and understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive content design principles would be advantageous
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.
