Training Manager

Biochemical Society

Length of contract
18 month

About the Organisation

Biochemical Society promotes the future of molecular biosciences, facilitating the sharing of expertise, supporting the advancement of biochemistry and molecular biology, and raising awareness of their importance in addressing societal grand challenges. The Biochemical Society’s training programme aims to support the next generation of biochemists and provide opportunities for people of all ages and experience to explore and engage with molecular bioscience. The current programmes include some live face-to-face or online training events and a number of self-led online training courses.

About the role

The Training Manager role is an exciting opportunity to lead and deliver on agreed strategy across our current and future programme of training events, activities and resources, and plays a key role in taking the Society’s training programme forward. Reporting directly to the Director of Events and Training, and in collaboration with the wider staff team, the Training Manager will be responsible for the delivery and development of existing training programmes, the creation and implementation of exclusive members-only training opportunities to enhance our membership offering, and devising and implementing new training courses by working with volunteers to develop appropriate content. All of this should contribute to generating significant income to fund the delivery of the Society’s wider charitable work.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver surplus-generating training, to include both established and new training programmes
• Set up and lead all stages of delivering new training, from conception to delivery, including working with subject matter experts to explore and pilot new ideas, providing them with guidance and support
• Lead the delivery of insight-gathering from members, other organisations and wider target markets to understand training needs and gaps and to inform the design of suitable training programmes
• Lead high-quality content development for new training courses, together with processes to ensure the content is kept up to date
• Ensure appropriate feedback is gathered, and correct monitoring, evaluation and analysis processes are in place for using this data effectively to inform future changes or ideas
• Work in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications team to build effective marketing campaigns for our training offerings
• Ensure registrations, including enquiries, payment and data monitoring, are processed effectively
• Oversee day-to-day management of the Learning Management System (LMS)
• Maintain and edit the training-related pages of the Society’s website
• Manage budgets through monthly feedback on the finance year-to-date sheets and feed into the annual budget setting
• With colleagues, manage relevant committees to help achieve strategic aims and progress activities
• Undertake any other reasonable duties which may arise, and which are commensurate with the general level of the post and as requested by the Director of Events and Training 

Skills, Competencies, Experience & Attributes

Essential:

• Enthusiasm for working on a new strategic priority, where you will be developing the offer
• Demonstrable success in project management and successful delivery of complex projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Strong commercial mindset and budget management experience
• Experience in developing/delivering income and surplus-generating activities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a confident approach in dealing with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders
• Experience in developing and delivering successful programmes of training courses and similar across multiple platforms
• Able to show a broad understanding and interest in the molecular biosciences
• Strong level of IT literacy and administrative skills
• Rigorous attention to detail.

Desirable:

• Experience with learning management systems
• Experience in researching markets for opportunities to exploit
• Experience of CPD and/or other accreditation models
• Experience in delivering science-based training
• Experience of evaluating projects/programmes
• Knowledge of GDPR and other organisational compliance issues

Required Qualifications

• Degree in life sciences or related STEM subject

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salaries within the sector
• 24 days holiday + eight bank holidays and additional days over the Christmas break
• 14.5% employer pension contribution, 6.1% employee pension contribution
• Flexible working options available
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Employee Assistance Programme and Retail Offers and Discounts
• 4-day working week, available upon passing your probation
• Eyecare vouchers with Specsavers
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Paid Carers Leave
• Volunteering Leave
• Study Leave
• Enhanced Sick Pay after one year's continuous service

Conditions of employment

• Candidate must be eligible to work in the UK. We are not able to sponsor a visa.

Working locations

• Home-based

How to apply

• Apply online
• Please send a CV and covering letter. You mustn't include your Personal Information, name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter.
• Please note that due to limited resources, it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Interviews

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Please note that this role is home-based and, as such, interviews will be virtual.

Policies

This is because the Society is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies to support staff from different backgrounds. The Society takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

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