Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Education and Training Manager to join their team on a part-time, permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in developing and delivering high-quality training programs that drive learning and development across the organisation.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* Work with the Education and Training Committee to deliver the education and training strategy.
* Organise and oversee a calendar of national events, including an annual exhibition with circa 100 exhibitors and visited by around 1,000 members of industry.
* Manage the administration, entry process and judging of a series of annual awards.
* In partnership with the communications team, create emotive and inspiring materials conveying our story to all sectors within the industry and their respective audiences.
* Manage the administration of the My Furniture Career website, ensuring companies in the industry are using it effectively.
* Manage income and expenditure budgets for education.
* To nurture and cultivate partners (schools, colleges, universities and employers) in order to secure their long term contribution to their educational initiatives.
* To work with regional committees to support the delivery of several annual regional events.
* Utilise the existing database to hold all data in a format that can produce all necessary reports and track stakeholders, partners, student contacts and relationships.
* Ensure that the Communications Plan and programme supports the Education and Training need.
Personal Attributes and Skills
* Excellent administrative track record, with particular experience with an educational and/or charitable organisation.
* Success in delivering projects and events against targets and deadlines.
* Highly motivated, dynamic, self-starter able to work largely on own initiative.
* Ability to plan ahead, manage own time, work to deadlines and perform effectively under pressure.
* Excellent communications, influencing, negotiation and presentation skills.
* The ability to deal with people and challenges at a high level.
* IT literate and financially literate.
If the above sounds like your ideal next role, we'd love to hear from you. The closing date for this role is the 25th of July and the interviews as in person on the 31st of July.