Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
The National Association of Jewellers
Posted today
Salary: £35,000 to £37,000 with performance bonus
Reporting to: Head of Education
Location: Office-based with flexibility to work from home
The role
The Trade Association for the whole UK jewellery trade is looking for a new Education Programme Manager to join the enthusiastic, innovative, and friendly team.
As Education Programme Manager you will:
1. Be an influential member of ‘Team NAJ’, supported by the Head of Education and working with the Education Co-ordinator and Education Officer to achieve success.
The salary for this role is £35,000 to £37,000 (depending on experience). Other employee benefits include training, 23 days annual leave (plus 8 Bank Holidays) increasing to 25 days after 5 years, employer pension, insurance, and one day per year to volunteer at your nominated charitable cause.
Is this you?
We are seeking an experienced curriculum and resource development professional with expertise in quality assurance to manage qualification updates, new resource development, workshops, and short courses and to support the quality assurance process. This role is crucial in maintaining the integrity and relevance of our educational offerings and ensuring that they meet the needs of our diverse student base.
You will have work experience related to qualification development, delivery, and assessment in an educational setting and be well-organised with good attention to detail. You will be adept at guiding and supporting our extended team of tutors and assessors and will be professional and personable in dealings with internal and external stakeholders, including content developers, workshop and short course tutors, L&D managers, and colleagues. You will demonstrate the Association’s values of Honesty, Integrity, and Professionalism and be a team player and critical friend when appropriate.
You will possess excellent communication and organisation skills to ensure that qualification updates and new resource development are undertaken within agreed timelines and budgets and to the required standard. You will provide support to tutors and assessors and manage internal quality assurance processes, ensuring that assessment and qualification delivery is compliant with regulatory requirements and in line with industry expectations and standards. You will be able to collate, track, monitor, and report on data and key performance indicators and assist with the provision of information for marketing of the NAJ Education Portfolio.
All NAJ qualifications (regulated and non-regulated) undergo cyclical review every four years. New products, such as the JET Management and Leadership qualification, are developed periodically in line with market needs.
We currently have two regulated and two non-regulated qualifications (jewellery product, valuation, and management and leadership), enrolling a total of c. 550 students per year. We are also an approved end-point assessment organisation for the L2 Retailer, L3 Retail Team Leader, and L3 Jewellery, Silversmithing, and Allied Trades apprenticeship. We have ambitions to expand our current trade association status to align our education and membership offerings more closely, with associated developments in training pathways and resources anticipated.
About us
The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) is the trade body for the UK Jewellery industry, shaping professional excellence for more than 1,400 member companies employing over 20,000 people. NAJ is part of the overarching British Allied Trades Federation, which has supported the jewellery and silversmith industry since 1887 and now boasts several federated associations.
NAJ is run by a professional and passionate volunteer and close-knit staff team who are all determined to deliver the best possible support for the membership.
NAJ represents its members to policymakers and trade authorities, develops professional standards, provides industry education and training, and access to a range of relevant and valued benefits and services.
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