Vacancy: Product co-ordinator apprentice

We are recruiting for just the right person to join our Product and Standards team, as a Product Coordinator, working from our Swindon offices located on key transport links in the town centre.

This opportunity is a great way to begin your journey with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, gaining real-life work experience while you study for a nationally recognised qualification. We'll support you at every stage throughout your apprenticeship, providing you with the opportunity to learn new skills as part of a highly successful and professional team.

About the role

The Product Co-ordinator Apprentice is a key role to the team and will support the development and delivery of the Learning and Development product, online activities and the resources for Professional Certification, End Point Assessment, Education and Professional Registration, focusing on the practical aspects and the managing of our Subject Matter Experts.

This is a varied role in a supportive and dynamic team with room to grow and develop.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with the Product Managers and Instructional Designers to ensure that development and delivery run smoothly.
• Support the management of the department’s Subject Matter Experts, volunteers, casual workers and freelancers to ensure that the correct and legal paperwork is in place and up to date. Deliver specific sessions and events to onboard and ensure that best practice is followed for all work-based activity.
• Work with the Product – Project Delivery Manager and Instructional Designers in the creation and development of up-to-date online content and resources that ensure workflow is transparent, compliant, and adhered to.
• Manage the practical evaluation of programmes and the collation of findings including the alignment of documentation and content library.
• Provide Product Manager guidance and support with the coordination of meetings and events aligned to the agreed Product Build plan to ensure that diary activity is understood and planned.
• Take part in project teams and relevant meeting to support the development of new activities and resources – taking the lead on some of them as appropriate.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a high-quality service.
• Assist in risk assessment, management, and mitigation of live products.
• Continually looking at ways to make improvements to systems, processes, and procedures.
• All employees will live BCS’ values and support our purpose.
• Flexibility is required of all job holders to adjust responsibilities as required from time to time by their Line Manager/Divisional Director.
• The content and reporting lines detailed in this job description may be reviewed and changed from time to time to reflect organisational requirements.

BCS is dedicated to providing training and development to help all staff realise their potential, and also offer a generous benefit package.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT are committed to promoting equality at every opportunity as an employer. This statement and our policies are designed to ensure our recruitment and employment practices and procedures actively promote equality of opportunity and value diversity.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK upon application.

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may be removed before any listed closing date once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.

In the event that we receive a high number of applications for this vacancy, we may be unable to provide an individual response to every candidate, therefore if you haven’t heard back from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.