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Product Development Officer, sheffield, south yorkshire
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Client:
The Workforce Development Trust
Location:
sheffield, south yorkshire, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Posted:
23.05.2025
Expiry Date:
07.07.2025
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Job Description:
Job Title: Product Development Officer
Department: Product Team
Location: Sheffield office with Hybrid working
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
SFJ Awards
SFJ Awards are a regulated Awarding Organisation, delivering high quality qualifications, and custom certification for learners through Approved Centres in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. We are also an Apprenticeship End-Point Assessment (EPA) Organisation approved by the Department for Education to deliver EPA to apprentices for a growing number of apprenticeship standards in England. SFJ Awards is part of the Workforce Development Trust group.
The Workforce Development Trust
The Workforce Development Trust is a not-for-profit organisation that provides services that support employers to develop skilled, sustainable, and efficient workforces in the UK and abroad. We operate via our four brands; Skills for Health, Skills for Justice, SFJ Awards, iCQ Awards and People 1st International, which deliver specialist, targeted skills interventions to support a variety of frontline public services.
Job summary
The purpose of this role is to develop qualifications, product assessment materials and related resources that meet regulatory, organisational and stakeholder requirements. The post holder will ensure that SFJ Awards qualifications, End Point Assessment materials and assessment and accreditation products are compliant with regulatory obligations and meet customer and organisational quality requirements.
The post holder will work under the direction of the Qualifications and Assessments Product Manager as part of a team and will be liaising with and supporting a range of customers and stakeholder bodies involved in the design of qualifications, accreditations and assessment materials aligned to the National Occupational Standards and the End Point Assessment professional standards. They will also be involved in liaising with, assigning work to and reviewing the outputs of external, subject matter experts and associates involved in development activities.
This role requires someone who thrives on being organised yet flexible enough to keep up with developments in a dynamic landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
The post holder’s key responsibilities will include:
* Managing a specific SFJ Awards sector and taking responsibility for the products within that sector.
* Working under the direction of the Qualifications and Assessments Product Manager to develop content for SFJ Awards qualifications, accreditation and assessment products.
* Liaising with colleagues and external stakeholders to ensure that developed content meets with organisational and customer quality standards including, where relevant, regulatory body requirements.
* Allocating work to and overseeing delivery by subject matter experts working with SFJ Awards on qualification content development and assessment products.
Specifically, the post holder is responsible for:
* Developing qualifications, accreditation products and assessment materials in line with SFJ Awards procedures and, where relevant, regulatory requirements.
* Developing End Point Assessment resources and assessment materials in line with SFJ Awards procedures, the relevant apprenticeship standard and where relevant, regulatory requirements.
* Following SFJ Awards procedures to review, withdraw, and extend qualifications.
* Developing and providing technical guidance to others in relation to the development and use of qualifications, assessments, and assurance products.
For the full job description and a job pack to assist your application, please visit: https://www.wdtrust.org.uk/careers/
This job requires some days in the office. Please consider if you are willing to relocate before applying.
Please include your CV, and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.
You can apply through our website.
Please only apply if you currently have a valid right to work in the UK.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
* Generous annual leave entitlement up to a maximum of 28 days, plus public holidays, and a potential Christmas closure
* Flexible working - 50% working from home with a dress for your day approach.
* Staggered start and finish time
* We provide enhanced leave, bereavement, carers, maternity, paternity, and sickness leave.
* Health and wellbeing benefits, access to our mental health first aiders, a confidential employee assistance programme, free eye tests and payment for an annual flu jab
* Enhanced pension scheme, with a contribution matching up to a combined 12%, and the option to join the Salary Exchange Pension Scheme along with death in service coverage at three times annual salary.
* Flexible employee benefits, portal including a cycle to work scheme.
* Buy annual leave scheme.
* Organisational development days and departmental training budgets
* Payroll giving, this is a tax-free way to donate to any charity, worthy cause or place of worship.
The Workforce Development Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone.
If your experience differs a little from what is outlined in the job description, or you are missing a desired qualification, yet you think you can bring value to this role, please apply, we would like to hear more about you.
We strongly encourage people of all gender, religion, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, and individuals with disabilities to apply.
If you need any reasonable adjustments at any point, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to advise on your pronouns, for example she/her, he/him, they/them etc.
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