Curriculum Writer (Apprenticeship Product Manager) NEW

Worcester, Worcestershire
Davies Group

Davies Learning Solutions is widely regarded in the Insurance and Financial Services industry for working with clients to bespoke our apprenticeship programmes to incorporate their resources, align durations to the graduate schemes and creating and evolving client and learner facing resources and documentation and building engaging and digitally led learning pathways on our Learning Experience Platform and ePortfolio platform.Therefore, working closely with the Lead Product Manager, and Learning Experience team you will have accountability for the development, maintenance and performance of Davies Apprenticeship/Skills Bootcamp and Commercial products including; High Impact Training courses, Digital Study Solutions and CPD courses.

This includes writing, evolving and tailoring the curriculum scheme of work and course blueprints, along with the development of delivery models and learning pathways and creating or supporting the creation of engaging digitally enabled, learning resources. You will work closely with both the Lead Product Manager and Learning Experience Manger to ensure that our apprenticeship, bootcamp and commercial product portfolio supports our approach of developing knowledge, skills and behaviours into fulfilling future careers and that our apprenticeship products meet the requirements outlined by the Department of Education in providing suitable evidence for Off-The-Job learning and supporting our clients with driving learning On-The-Job.

You will take full ownership of your caseload of products, tracking and monitoring their performance and lifecycle stage. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to maximise product performance and resolve any performance concerns identified as early as possible. Please note this is a home-based role (UK only) with quarterly travel requirements to London.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & development of products across our product portfolio of apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps, HIT courses (6-16 week training courses including digital and face to face content), Study Solutions (digital Professional Qualification revision packs) and CPD courses
• Maintaining and improving our product portfolio, through analysis of competitor activity & government / regulator policy changes at applicable points in a product’s lifecycle
• Taking ownership of your product caseload, tracking and monitoring their performance and lifecycle stage.
• You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to maximise product performance and resolve any performance concerns identified as early as possible.
• Undertake regular assessments of your caseload products against the product checklist to ensure everything connected to the product, such as IfATE Standard changes, collateral, website, learning assets remain fully up to date.
• Manage and update the asset register for your caseload of products as required. Working with other Product Managers and the wider business to support the achievement of deadlines
• Working with the Instructional design Apprentice/learning designer to storyboard eLearning content
• Being an active member of apprenticeship trailblazer groups for all of your caseload products, and work with other relevant external key stakeholders/partners to ensure our products continue to be market leader.
• Creation of client product facing documents, marketing collateral and website content in line with Davies Group brand guidelines
• Creation of learning and development content utilising Canva, Adobe, Foxit and wrap around collateral such as digital pathway builds, digitising mock exams and writing quizzes across products when necessary
• Sharing best practice with others through standardisation meetings
• Delivering webinars and presentations on products to internal & external stakeholders
• Building engaging and digitally led learning pathways on our Learning Experience Platform and ePortfolio platform
• Promotion of our product portfolio through social media posts and campaigns
• Working with Subject Matter Experts to be able to provide guidance on the creation of learning content

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Minimum certification level of insurance (CII) or completed an apprenticeship in an Insurance or Financial services role
• Confident skills & demonstrable experience in designing, writing & developing training programmes and content (digitally-led, advantageous)
• Detailed knowledge of the financial services and the insurance sector training & development needs including ICA, CBI, PMI, LIBF, CIS, CILA and CII qualifications
• Training or certification in education, and/or training, advantageous
• Experience in educational product management. Knowledge of blended learning programmes, helpful
• Experience of creating engaging digitally-led resources
• Commercial awareness; experience in market research, competitor analysis, creating marketing collateral advantageous
• Experience in delivering training desirable
• Experience of using tools such as Articulate, Aptem and other LMS/LA tools, desirable
• Knowledge of Apprenticeship sector & funding / regulatory rules as well as the Education Inspection Framework (EIF), desirable
• Previous experience of managing awarding / professional body relationships, advantagous
• Experience of writing and acting upon Sector and programme level Self-Assessment Reports and Impact Reports, desirable

Why Davies

Davies are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, and belief (or lack thereof).

Join us and enjoy our ever-evolving benefits, including but not limited to:

• Reward platform – discounts for over 800 retailers
• 25 days holiday (rising with service)
• Well-being centre
• Recognition programme
• Paid fertility appointments
• Fostering friendly employer
• Pension – matched contribution at 5%
• Life Assurance (4 x basic salary)
• Development, training, and professional qualification