JOB TITLE: Skills Specialist
SALARY: £27-£34k depending
on experience
REPORTS
TO: Relevant Programme Manager
BASED: Milton Keynes based with UK travel
Background:
Under the strategic direction of
the Chair, Board, and Chief Executive, and in response to our successful bids
for EIF and National Skills Academy funding, Skills for Logistics (SfL) is
reorganising and building capability better to serve logistics employers and
achieve sustainability by 2014.
Key
to the reorganisation is the intention to embed disciplines associated with
project and programme management into SfL culture and practise. The delivery of each Programme will be
through a number of projects – sometimes running in parallel, sometimes sequentially,
through the life of that Programme. Each project will need a multi-disciplinary
team to deliver it and these teams are likely to differ between projects.
To meet this challenge, we will run with a pool of
in-house technical specialists in each of the following four functions:
- Skills
- Research
- Implementation
- Administration
One person from each project team will be designated
the Project Manager for the duration of the life of that project, according to
the main specialist focus of that project.
Job
Outline:
To
work within the parameters set by the Programmes to ensure the effective
delivery of their skills content. Preparing, monitoring, reviewing and
maintaining an overview of Occupational Standards for training and development in
the UK Logistics sector; to develop and promote the use of Skills for Logistics
National Occupational Standards as the basic building block for qualifications
in the sector.
Key
Responsibilities and outcomes:
- Developing and
implementing within timelines and budgets, new programmes and products to
meet changing industry needs as identified by the Craft Skills Groups and
other employer groups.
- Within set
timelines and budgets, designing, developing and gaining approval for
apprenticeship frameworks across the UK in consultation with relevant
stakeholders.
- Monitoring and
evaluating the effectiveness of programmes, products and services to
ensure the outcomes of the EIF programmes are fully met.
- Providing credible
and effective skills expert input to SfL communications with employers and
stakeholders to underpin the impacts of the EIF programmes.
- Developing and
maintaining systems to register demands for skills solutions, validate the
solutions and track their impact.
- Establishing
and maintaining effective working relationships with the National Skills
Academy for Logistics to ensure that new learning programmes and
associated qualifications are developed to meet demand in the most
efficient, cost-effective and value-added way, thus maximising the impact
on the sector.
- Monitoring
project timescales, milestones and costs to ensure that they are within
those determined by the work programme.
- Arranging and
documenting liaison-relevant stakeholders to ensure we comply with
requirements regarding NOS, Qualifications and Apprenticeship frameworks.
- Maintaining an
overview of qualifications and relevant QCF units to ensure that we are
working with the best available material.
Peer
Relationships:
- Other technical specialists
across the organisation including: Implementation, Research,
Administration and other Skills Specialists
- UK
Qualifications Regulatory bodies
- Awarding
Bodies
- UK Commission
for Employment and Skills
- Professional
Institutes
- SSCs.
Skills
& Attributes:
- Experience of
education and training standards
- Experience of
standards and qualifications work through working with relevant
organisations such as SSCs, Government
Departments, regulatory bodies, eg.(QCA, SQA etc), Awarding Body or
as a consultant
- Experience in
the writing of Occupational Standards & Qualifications
- Experience in
delivering funded projects
- Proven
communication and presentation skills
- Competent
workshop facilitator
- Experience of
QCA/SQA processes.
- Evidence of
clear communication styles that engages employers
- Evidenced
knowledge of the UK Logistics sector and its training needs
- Knowledge of
Apprenticeships and experience of their development
- Experience as
a presenter and workshop facilitator.
Qualifications
& Experience:
Relevant
first degree.
Appropriate
professional qualifications.
It is an exciting time for Skills for Logistics
due to the work programmes we are undertaking. The organisation is currently looking to recruit a number of new positions. If you are
interested in any of these roles then please forward a covering letter and CV
in the first instance to the H R Manager
at
Skills for Logistics
unit 12
Warren Yard
Milton Keynes
MK12 5NW
or email [email protected].
Thank you
