Digital Learning Project Manager

The Law Society

Length of contract
18 month

Salary
£49,229 - £49,230 per year

About the Organisation

Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government, and others, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect, and promote solicitors across England and Wales. An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit for a role at the heart of the Law Society's campaigning and political influencing activity.

The Law Society is the independent professional body for over 200,000 solicitors in England and Wales. A year into the new government, there is a huge opportunity to influence the political debate, driving important issues such as access to justice, the rule of law, and supporting a thriving legal business sector up the agenda and influence on behalf of our members. 

About the role

As Digital Learning Project Manager, you will play a key role in helping the Law Society deliver the L&D strategy for its members. Working with the Digital Learning Content Lead, you will ensure a diverse content portfolio is delivered within budget, on schedule, and to the appropriate quality and learning design standards. You will maintain quality standards by leading key functions associated with content production, and ensure commercial targets for the portfolio are fulfilled. You will also play a key role in ensuring satisfaction metrics are improved.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the development of specific content portfolios and learning pathways by identifying opportunities for new content, courses, and curriculum coverage areas, in conjunction with the Digital Learning Content Lead, and with appropriate guidance from the L&D Steering Group
• Responsible for submitting proposals that clearly articulate educational rationales, market research, and commercial potential. This will involve close working with the Steering Group, other business units, and (where appropriate) external partners
• Work autonomously on a range of portfolio management activities, including product development, budget management, managing the content pipeline, and release management for non-accredited digital education content 
• Oversee the management of a back catalogue of content builds to fulfil the team’s strategic and commercial objectives
• Utilise deep knowledge of key pedagogical frameworks within digital education, and apply them to digital learning environments and a diverse array of professional learning contexts
• Demonstrable commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, especially ongoing enhancement to business processes and use of learning analytics
• Actively create and autonomously manage effective collaborations with faculty and subject matter experts in an informed and confident manner to fulfil educational and business targets for the content portfolio. This will involve supporting recruitment, training, and onboarding in conjunction with the L&D Steering Group and Faculty, with appropriate input from the Digital Learning Content Lead.
• Lead on and oversee the issue of contracts and framework agreements with contributors. Responsible for reporting on performance against agreed contractual terms with contributors, with input from the L&D Editors 
• Monitor trends in members' queries and apply appropriate enhancements to the portfolio on the back of them to continuously improve the offer 
• Work collaboratively with the Digital Learning Content Lead, Digital Learning Operations Lead, marketing, and other key stakeholders to ensure marketing campaigns are released in a consistent and timely manner 
• Work effectively with colleagues in marketing to share product knowledge to ensure effective promotion strategies are adopted for the portfolio
• Closely monitor performance against budget in the production of courses, consistently reviewing commercial performance post-release. 
• Lead on commissioning and release management processes for content items and products within the portfolio. This will entail adhering to and improving release management processes, scheduling and chairing release management meetings, and ensuring products meet core release criteria (commercial, technical, accessibility, etc).  
• Contribute to the overall standard of non-accreditation digital education content by ensuring consistent application of agreed quality measures 
• Provide administrative support to the Head of L&D to coordinate and run the L&D Steering Group meetings.

Skills, Competencies & Experience

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• Demonstrable experience in commissioning digital learning 
• Strong analytical and planning skills
• Ability to research, analyse and evaluate complex issues and assess their implications for the profession and Law Society, and make decisions and recommendations accordingly
• A good understanding of the legal profession and the legal market
• Able to successfully work on multiple courses at the same time, delivering each course on time and to a high standard  
• Able to effectively plan the end-to-end delivery of courses
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, internal and external to the organisation 
• IT literacy, including all Microsoft Office packages, and experience working with web-based products 
• Commercial awareness and an ability to identify new commercial opportunities 
• Able to manage own wellbeing during busy and stressful periods of work, with the support of the Law Society as appropriate. 
• Ability to adapt to different ways of working, with an emphasis on Agile methodologies 

Required Qualifications

• Degree level

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• 3% flex fund after 3 months
• Generous flexible benefits package
• Friendly working environment

Working locations

• Hybrid model, working in the London office and remotely

How to apply

• Apply online
• Please note: if you are an internal applicant, the Pay Policy will apply.

Policies

This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence, and respect.

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